INSPECTION OF MEAT AND MILK. 
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Dr. James A Steuart, City Health Commissioner, said the 
subject has been so thoroughly exhausted by the very able 
and instructive paper read by Dr. A. W. Clement, as well as 
by the clear gnd logical views presented by Professors Welch 
and Councilman, that there is nothing left for me to say in 
this connection, except that I have been both pleased and 
interested, and that my views on this subject are in thorough 
accord with those expressed here to-night. 
I feel called upon, however, to say briefly, as Health Com¬ 
missioner of Baltimore, that I have for the past ten years, in 
season and out of season, advocated and urged the passage of 
a law creating Inspectors of Food, especially of meat and 
milk, by the State or the city of Baltimore. It goes without 
saying that none should be thought of for a moment, for such 
a position, but one thoroughly qualified and equipped for the 
difficult duties of such an office, by all the necessary technical 
knowledge and experience essential for the efficient per¬ 
formance of the work. In regard to the establishment of an 
abattoir for the city of Baltimore, I have struggled in vain 
for the past fifteen years. Long since I became convinced 
that private slaughter houses could not be properly regulated 
by city ordinances, and in fact were from the very nature of 
things an unmitigated nuisance, no matter where situated, 
within the city limits or upon the suburbs. 
I have labored to convince the butcher that his best inter¬ 
ests would be subserved through the abattoir, but all in vain 
up to the present time. I do not despair, however, and shall 
continue my efforts in this direction in spite of all opposition. 
The importance to the community of wholesome food, as 
well as the abatement of the private slaughter house nuisance, 
are too great to be outweighed by opposing difficulties. I 
shall be glad to co-operate with the committee you propose 
to appoint, and charged with the difficult task of proposing a 
law to be presented to the Legislature, together with an 
appeal for its enactment. 
Mr. T. Wallis Blackistone, who had been invited to be 
present for the purpose of discussing the subject from a legal 
standpoint, said that while legislation had provided for the 
