HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. ay 
Mr. Satmon. They are places over across the line in Kansas. They 
claim they are unable to sell meat. They want to sell their meat in 
Missouri, and under the law they are not allowed to ship meats across 
from Kansas to Missouri unless they are inspected. We have pend- 
ing na 38 applications for meat inspections that we are unable to 
grant. 
Mr. Haveen. What nents are made for the inspections at 
these smaller packing houses? 
Mr. Satmon. There is no special arrangement unless they are kill- 
ing from 50 to 75 head of cattle and 200 or 300 hogs a day. We do 
not give them inspection because we think it is not worth it. 
Mr. Havcen. They are, then, at a disadvantage, are they not? 
Mr. Satmon, They are at a disadvantage. 
Mr. Grarr. Do you keep any inspectors at the distilleries in Illi- 
nois where they raise fattened cattle? 
Mr. Satmon. No; only at the slaughterhouses and stockyards. I 
went over our expense account yesterday, and I want to say I had not 
looked at the estimates and did not know how much the Secretary had 
asked for. I requested him to ask for somewhat more than he did, but 
I just took our monthly expense account and averaged it up, and I find 
that during the last few months our expenses for meat. inspection 
had been about $75,000 a month. The export cattle inspection has 
run about $5,000. The inspection of imported animals runs about 
$4,000; then the sheep scab inspection about $10,000, the Texas 
fever inspection about $5,000; our dairy products inspection runs 
about $3,000, and miscellaneous expenses about $3,000. It makes 
altogether $112,500 a month, and that comes to just $1,350,000 a year. 
I reached that conclusion before I looked at this, and went to see 
what the Secretary has asked for. He has asked for just exactly the 
amount that I arrived at by going over the monthly expense accounts 
yesterday. 
Mr. Bowie. Right in that connection, I understood you to say yes- 
terday you have about 400 inspectors now. 
Mr. Satmon. Yes, sir. 
Mr. Bowrz. How many will you expect to have if you get this 
increase of $100,000? 
Mr. Satmon. Well, I do not know, of course. 
Mr. Bowrz. Would it all go to inspectors or would it be partly 
applied to something else? 
r. SatMon. It would go for inspectors and the expenses of inspect- 
ors and miscellaneous expenses which naturally come up in connection 
with such a matter. 
Mr. Grarr. These inspectors are allowed their traveling expenses, 
of course? 
Mr. Sautmon. Yes. 
Mr. Grarr. But not their maintenance while there? 
Mr. Satmon. Except in special cases where they are sent to a place 
for just a few days. Every man must have a home station. 
Mr. Grarr. Where the most of his work is done? 
Mr. Satmon. Where the most of his work is done, and when he is 
there he must maintain himself. ; 
Mr. Bowre. Doctor, could you give me an estimate approximately 
of the number of additional inspectors you think it would be wise to 
put on? 
Mr. Satmon. I could not, very well. 
