, 1881-06-12
AMERICAN PORK.
Its Complete Vindication by the
Department OF State.
The Calumnies Of Foreign Nations
Thoroughly Exposed and Re-
futed.


American hog, the manner in which the aI1l-
NAL is raised and prepared for human foot.
The investigation grew out of the fact that
the French and Belgian Governments had
raided the good name which American pork
products had maintained throughout the
world for quarter OF century.
The foreigners found that American
bacon and hams were rapidly
underselling the native product The home
raisers of hogs and packers Of meat conl-
planned bitterly Of American competition,
and the only possible way to stop it was to
get up a scare and panic on American
meats. This was done, occasioning losses OF
thousands of dollars on our packers and
their friends in the principal seaports OF
France and Belgium; and also. intllctins
upon the best pork product in the world i
suspicion under which it must labor Tor
several years to come.
The investigation was made BY Mr.. Michael
Seaman, OF the Statistical Bureau OF the
state Department Those directly and indi-
rectly connected with the trade afforded to
Mr.. Scanlan all the Information ut their coln-
1na1ld, and the whole question, beginning
with the birth OF the pig, and ending with It
boxed and on the train for the seaboard, was
exhaustiyely considered. The process ot
selecting the hogs, and the manner, Of kill
ing, cutting, and curing were described win
great accuracy, In refutation of the reports
inlustrously spread abroad that American
lard was made Of dead hogs, and the bacon
| and hams were more or less affected with
trichinn, statements of hog-ralsers buyers,
packers, and the Health Commissioners OF
! Chicago and Cincinnati are appended to MIR.
| Scanlans report and conclusions.
| Dr. DE WOLF FURNISHES THE FOLLOWING:
| Under the ordinance we hare five Meat ln-
| spectors on duty.-two Of them on duty ut the
Stock Yards, and three OF tnem IN tue CITY mar
| kets.
lice power ut the Stock Yards; nevertheless, inc
Stock~Ya proprierors and commission men
dealing in animals find it to thstr interest TO per-
nit our Meat inspectors to exercise their fnnc-
tions ut the Yards, because II we condemn I'M
auinal as unit foe food in the yards they re.
tain the carcass for fertilizing purposes while II
it Is put ON to the markets outside Inc ire
de,4ce,s: the owner for the material conisca,tedL;
regard that as the sharp and t. sure metaa OF OF
the StocS-fards, chartered by Legislative enact
| rnent, known US the '' Union Rendering Conf
pany." One of the enactments Of thiS charter
| provides that all detd animals found in the
yards, and that implies coming IN on the truins
dead or dying after arriving at me a; yaras; as as
unit for food. shall tie turned over 10 TINS Com
pany for rendering purposes. These dead or dis
| rascd animals condemned by our Inspectors as
unat for food are turned over to this Company
| for rendering purposes. These dead or diseased
animals are removed from the Stock Yard IN
closure by this Union Rendering company on
| their own trains, running to the Indiana line,
| about t,venty-nine miles. There they have ex-
! tensiye facilities for the extraction of grease
ana conversion OF the residue Into commercial
| fertilizers. During the year lSSo 4o0ooO pounas
| of meat found tn our city markets by our IN
| spectors, anu unfit for use BY cause OF cIHncia-
ton Of the carcass, bruistng Of tho carcass or
| tairt after slaughter. had been condemned and
thrown into the rendering tanks as ABOVE DC
| scrlbed. .--.
THE SUPPLY OF HOGS
brought to tho yards for the purpose OF packing
| is nut critically Inspected by our Meat Inspect
and am only interested in protecting the citi-
| zens OF Chicago have, however, for sctentinc
purposes ano other REASONS, Kept a very snarp
the Stock-Yards since February. 1877: be-
lieve, and indeed positively know. that the
far from us, touching the disposition OF Fuckers
to slaughter diseased or emaciated hogs tor
packiug purposes, are maltciously anu wickeaay
| fnse. e..
! The larger packing houses employ buyers Tor
their pens of great experience. ana 10 Wnon
Pay large Guns Mr aTnoE, r. 70! ennp.
I have understood. employ three men, TO eaca CO
of whom they pay $5uo u year. The hog, :, are are
| ever that may be, a hog infected with trichln;e
cannot be detected by any generul appearance
| have seen hogs suffering from tr1chiniasis ID
the mosr perfect condition Of physical health.
The only possible means OF detecting this con-
diuon is by the examination of tho CARCASS with
have been consulted by the packers several
times touching tho proprlety OF organizing q
corps of scientists for the purpose
OF INSPECTING THE CARCAsSEs
packed at the yards. The Impracticability Of
any such move will appear to amy one VINO re-
calls the fact that more than 5,0o00O OF hogs per
annum are slaughtered for packing here. a
single Individual, no matter how expert. could
hardly cover more than ten or twelve carcas5es
day.
men, recognized US authority in microscopical
work in this city, to undertake an examination alton
using. We have been accredited with pork
supply from tn per cent of which fs declared
to be infected with triehinse It's true tnat some
similar extent of disease would have been dis,
~ haa sas tde same eu1e been taken in n-
yestigution; for example, it was necessary on
some occasions to examine ttty spec.medns from
Do you mot see how readily such carcasses
might be regarded rs sound and perfectly Tree
from Infection, If you nude IN cxumlnation Il.
simply from TWO or tafee spec'"ens 11o" u4o
carcass?
IN THE INVESTIGATIONS MADE
by these gentlemen, and by the State Micro
scoptcal Society few years previous, a number
sho wed thorougnness Of work altogether pe'
yond thut declared US necessary BY foreign CT
Our supply Of pork this year is moro free from
trichip;t. than for any yenr certainly during the
lust six or eight years previous.
This fuct assert because | have kept for The
mast month IN accomplished mtcroscuplst al
work in the yards, and he has failed to ind d
sn@ anvther her matter of Interest in this connection
our mortality in this city for the lass tour years
rungcs from a.tUOiu ls7, 10 lO0uUn 1850. Only two
Cifyof e CHICAGO during that period Thls is m in.
portant statement, III view or the tact that otl1
markets, without sreat watcntnlness s,'n,ie "n dae
with meat rejected by the packers.
The supply of meat, therefore, distributed T., 70