SANITARY WORK IN UNITED STATES. 
571 
the exports (in pounds) of microscopically inspected pork since 
1892 to 1898, inclusive : 
To countries requiring 
To countries not requiring 
Years 
inspection 
inspection 
Total 
1892. ... 
.22,025,698. 
.16,127,176. 
. ..38,152,874 
1893.... 
.8,059,758. 
.12,607,652 . 
.. .20,677,410 
1894.... 
.18,845,119. 
• •- 35 , 437,937 
1895.... 
. 39 , 355 -23°. 
. 5 , 739,368 . 
• ••45,094,598 
1896. ... 
.21,497,321. 
. 1 , 403,559 . 
1897.... 
. 42 , 570,572 . 
.1,001,783. 
• • - 43 , 572,355 
1898.... 
.120,110,356. 
.161,303. 
.120,271,659 
That the work performed by the Bureau of Animal Industry 
is immense, and that in the United States sanitary medicine is 
not behind the efforts made in European countries can be 
readily appreciated by the preceding figures, and no doubt can 
be entertained as to the thorough execution of all the laws and 
regulations when we glance for a moment at the organization 
of the body of workers who compose the staff of meat inspectors. 
* This staff is composed of two classes of agents—the pro¬ 
fessional, viz., the veterinarians who fill the position of in¬ 
spectors and assistant inspectors; and the non-professional, 
consisting of stock examiners, taggers and assistant microscop- 
ists. The stock examiners are men who have had experience 
as butchers, cattle dealers, buyers, etc. They are able to assist 
the veterinarians very much in making ante-mortem examina¬ 
tions and supervising the marking of the meat and other prod¬ 
ucts. The taggers do the work of laborers, putting on tags, 
stamping boxes, cancelling stamps, etc. The assistant micro- 
scopists are all engaged in the trichina inspection. They Jiave 
been trained in the work and are under the supervision of a 
microscopist who in most cases is a veterinarian. 
This little army, 877'strong, is divided as follows : 157 in¬ 
spectors, 1 live stock agent, 145 stock examiners, 207 taggers, 
319 assistant microscopists ; the balance is made up of clerks 
and laborers. . . , 
The keep of this army amounts to about $400,000 a year. 
It is a small sum for the amount of work it does, and certainly, 
