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CORRESPONDENCE 
name in connection with his comments on certain editorial para¬ 
graphs which appeared in the issue for the preceding month. Is 
it not surprising that the doctor should throw off the discreet 
silence which he preserved so successfully at Philadelphia, when 
he had my remarks before him for a text,and now return to the 
subject when his only incentive is two short paragraphs, which 
the writer possibly thought were brilliant, but which most read¬ 
ers probably regarded as rather stupid ? 
The paragraphs in question were apparently intended to be 
witty, and the humor I have no doubt was aimed at me, but Dr. 
Schwarzkopf is evidently not yet sufficiently familiar with the 
English language to catch the subtile meaning which the author 
expected they would convey. He has consequently mistaken an 
ally for the enemy, and, without waiting to investigate, has 
opened up with his artillery at long range. 
With the remarks directed at the paragrapher I have nothing 
to do, but concerning those aimed at me I may be permitted a 
few words. It is stated that “ when anybody attacks the United 
States meat inspection service Dr. Salmon’s patriotism gets 
immediately aroused, and he violently throws mud at the 
foreigners.” 
As to the charge of mud throwing I must enter a disclaimer. 
The doctor has again apparently failed to grasp the meaning of 
our American expressions. It is true that when one gentleman 
asserted we had no professional inspection of meats in this 
country, I demonstrated the contrary by pointing to the Federal 
meat inspection service, composed of inspectors and assistant in¬ 
spectors, all veterinarians, and all under the civil service regula¬ 
tions. When certain high German officials returned to their 
country after visiting the Columbian Exposition, and reported 
that there were only two microscopists engaged in inspecting 
pork at Chicago, I was able to disprove their statements by ex¬ 
hibiting the bureau pay-roll for Chicago, which shows the 
constant employment of from fifty to ninety persons in the 
microscopical inspection from the time this service was inau¬ 
gurated to the present. 
