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Show MEAT MARKETS LIABLE TO PROSECUTION HIGH OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENT HERE. It is Illegal for meat markets to exhibit ex-hibit signs stating that they sell IT. 8. Inspected meats when such meats are not being handled by them. It Is claimed that several markets In this city are doing this, and that they are layiDg themselves liable to prosecution prosecu-tion on the part of the government. Doctor C. E. IV-hnke, associate asso-ciate chief of the Hurean of Animal Industry. at Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. together with threi" other high officials of the bureau, paid an official visit to this eltv yesterday, nnd aloug with other matters, It Is reported re-ported that the also investigated, some of the markets where these signs were exhibited and found that they handle uninspected meats As this Is deceiving the public and In conflict con-flict with the laws of the country, prosecutions are liable to follow, unless un-less the signs are removed or they conform with the law. Many unscrupulous dealers profit at the expense of the public by using such signs for drawing trade and still sell uninspected meats, but It will not be tolerated |