spectors in Packingtown, and they all took that to mean
that they were protected from diseased meat; they did
not understand that these hundred and sixty-three in~
spectors had been appointed at the request of the packers,
and that they were paid by the United States government
to certify that all the diseased meat was kept in the state.
They had no authority beyond that; for the inspection
of meat to be sold in the city and state the whole force
in Packingtown consisted of three henchmen of the local
political machine! And shortly afterward one of these,
a physician, made the discovery that the carcasses of
steers which had been condemned as tubercular by the
government inspectors, and which therefore contained
ptomaines, which are deadly poisons, were left upon an
open platform and carted away to be sold in the city;
and so he insisted that these carcasses be treated with
an injection of kerosene -- and was ordered to resign
the same week! So indignant were the packers that
they went farther, and compelled the mayor to abolish the
whole bureau of inspection; so that since then there has
not been even a pretense of any interference with the graft.
There was said to be two thousand dollars a week hush-
money from the tubercular steers alone; and as much

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"Rules and Regulations for the Inspection of Livestock and Their
Products." United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal
Industries, Order No. 125:--

Section 1. Proprietors of slaughterhouses, canning, salting, packing,
or rendering establishments engaged in the slaughtering of cattle, sheep,
or swine, or the packing of any of their products, the carcasses or prod~
ucts of which are to become subjects of interstate or foreign commerce,
shall make application to the Secretary of Agriculture for inspection of
said animals and their products...

Section 15. Such rejected or condemned animals shall at once be
removed by the owners from the pens containing animals which have
been inspected and found to be free from disease and fit for human food,
and shall be disposed of in accordance with the laws, ordinances, and
regulations of the state and municipality in which said rejected or con~
demned animals are located...

Section 25. A microscopic examination for trichinae shall be made of
all swine products exported to countries requiring such examination. No
microscopic examination will be made of hogs slaughtered for interstate
trade, but this examination shall be confined to those intended for the
export trade.

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