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Show their obligations. He will gladly change his attitude, just as soon is! he fully senses the power of the do-1 mand that the public health be pro-1 tected. Like the rest of the human family, he is a creature of habit and custom. He will always change his methods to meet the changing demands de-mands of his patrons. "The day is arriving, and is not far off, when all animals slaughtered in Utah for human food will be submitted sub-mitted to an appropriate inspection. And the local butcher will advertise the fact that his products liave been officially branded with the stamp of purity and wholesomeness." cf the Utah Experiment station. The people of the smaller centers of population, pop-ulation, he declares, are awaking to the fact that, unlike their more for-: for-: tunate city cousins who enjoy the projection pro-jection of meat inspection, they are ; exposed daily to the hazards of un-i un-i believable foul conditions surrounding surround-ing the country slaughter house, th? source of the meat they consume. "Flies, filth, stench, seclusion, secrecy, se-crecy, emaciated brutes, tuberculosis, ! i abcesses and all manner of disease lesions," says Dr. Frederick, "constitute "consti-tute the environment, and the men-; ace, of many local slaughtering! houses in Utah. And the marvel ofj it all is that patrons of the local butcher for generations past have been so tolerant of his unclean methods. "In its nation-wide campaign against disease, the public is now insisting that the country butcher clean house; and it is to his interest to do so. Otherwise, when all the facts become known, his juiciest steak will lose its savor, and former patrons will turn to other sources from which they may pm chase meat with the assurance of health protection. protec-tion. "The local butcher in tbe past has stubbornly resented any meddling I with his affairs, and unfortunately he has been encouraged in this attitude at-titude by the inertia of local autberi- ties and the malinterpretation of FILTHY SLAUGHTER HOUSES i DOOMED, SAYS VETERINARIAN t' . That the country butcher has been operating under conditions which roon must give away before the j sweep of sentiment favoring protec-! protec-! tion of public health, is the belief I of Dr. H. J. Frederick, Veterinarian |