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that side of the subject which I had in mind, I wish to allude 
to a circumstance which occurred in Kansas City perhaps a 
little more than a year ago. One of the abattoirs in that city 
was reported in the public press to the effect that the grand jury 
had found that one of its employees had endeavored to bribe 
some of the government inspectors to pass condemned meat and 
the publication of that article engendered a feeling among the 
consumers of meat in the surrounding country which made them 
averse to buying the products of that abattoir. Meats shipped 
out to towns in the surrounding country were returned with the 
statement that there was a feeling that that firm was desirous 
of, if it did not actually engage in shipping out meats that 
would not bear inspection. That was an indication of the feel¬ 
ing in the region about Kansas City in regard to inspection. 
Of course it needed something of that kind to bring out an ex- 
pression of sentiment. The inspection certainly is growing in 
effectiveness, and since hearing this paper I feel much en¬ 
couraged in regard to it. Dr. Peters has certainly looked upon 
it with a kindly eye, but I have no doubt whatever that he has 
drawn a fair comparison, and I believe the publication of that 
paper will impress our veterinary readers very much in favor of 
American inspection. Those who have given the matter little 
attention are ofttimes inclined to look upon the force as a lot of 
men with government jobs and that it is just a place for a lot 
of politicians to put their friends. I believe the publication of 
this paper in our periodicals might be extended to the lay press. 
For instance, if the veterinarians of this city would take such an 
article to their papers and request them to publish it as an ex¬ 
tract from the Veterinary Review, or the Journal , which¬ 
ever it may be published in, and the same method followed in 
other cities, it would in this manner secure an extensive publi¬ 
cation. If in St. Joseph, it is deemed desirable to cultivate 
public sentiment along that line, a continual supply of just this 
sort of articles to your daily press will after a time bring forth 
substantial fruit in the way of inspection, and is one of the 
surest and best methods to reach that goal. 
Dr. Peters : If I had been near Dr. Stewart at the time he 
suggested this paper I would have written it somewhat differ¬ 
ently. I am very sorry I did not know just what he wanted, 
but I would beg leave now to say a few words to the subject he 
has suggested. I think the value of meat inspection in this 
country was never more clearly demonstrated than during the 
controversy over the meat supplied to the army during the late 
