Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-09-01
PRIME STEAM IApn Pp.un

a board fence, and after the back yard is cleaned up B promiscuous coat Of white ! wash IS looked upon as good deoder- izer- But when II k daUbed on before removing the Impurities and noxious smells. they are sure tO oreaA out again, no natter how much whitewash is laid | on. Whitewashing has been applied Co
 political frauds, religious frauds, in- ] corporated frauds and frauds of all | kinds; but 1t has not always proved a ! successful purifier. Nearly three months ago chGges were made against Fowler . Brothers of CLicogo, by member oi
 the Board Of Trade of that city. The charges were that this firm mixed tallow. cotton seed oil and other foreign substances wi.h hogs feet, and put the same upon the market es "prime steam
 laTd.' The ease was taken up, by the
 Board of Trade, Fowler Brothers being members, and for the past seven weeks a
 committee has been at work on the case. A great many witnesses were eN- amlned pro and con, and a number of expert chemls-s, some of them profes- aogs ot colleges, appeared before the
 committee. There was an abundance of
 proof introduced showing that such
 frauds had been perpetrated. Some of
 the expert testimony testified to the ex-
 Istence of impurities while others testl-
 ied that they could not tell or that it
 was doubtful But laying aside the
 testimony ol the experts which us is
 usually the case wBs not worth much
 and there Was still leIt positive evidence
 Of fraud.
 But the committee. like many other
 siuliur committees sought to patch mp a
 report, in shors give tue Fowler Brothers
 a heavy coat of vhIsewash, fearing that
 decision according to tbe evidence,
 would prove damaging to ihe lard pro-
 due. of Ch.caco. They therefore con-
 tented themselves with declaring that
 "the charges made agalnst Fowler . Brothers Of manufacturing spurious lard
 from tallow. cotton seed oil, etc, were
 not sustained" After administering
 thls heavy coat of vhitewash. the com
 mittee feeling guilty. no doubt, climbed
 up on the top Of Fowler Brothers fence
 and hailoed back to them that, "inas-
 much. hoE,vsl. ns these charges involve
 questions of the greatest concern to the
 members O. this association, and to
 dealers and consumers of pork products,
 not only through our own country but
 in foreign lands as well, the board of directors, m view of the evidence sub ] mitted in this case. both on the part of . the defendants and for the prosecution, can not. with a due regard to thelr re- sp9usibili'ies tu the public and to the . members of this association, refrain from expressing their unqualified disap- provsl of and caus1re upon defendants for tLe remarkable methods of conduct ing the business Of manufacturing lard m their establishment, as developed by the evidence in this case. It appears, and ls admitted, to have been the prac- rica during at least several of recent moDtls, sh-t beef product ID various forms has been rendered in the same taEks with D z product, the mixed pro- duct of certain tanks being conducted through @ system of intricate machinery and pipes, in which also prime steam lard was at times conveyed, to their so- called lard refinery, wherein both prime steam lard and the mixed product used for what is called refined lard is drawn of into packages for market, and this in a manner that, by accident or design on the part of the employes of the establishment, could easily contaminate the purity ui their prime steam lard, which might thus become more or less adulterated, moi only with the beef pro duet SO rendered with portion oi their hog product, but also with the cotton seed oil aud'other unknown substances refined lard; and thls board. in view of the existing methods oi manufacturing prime steam lard ID that establishment, that without delay the parties so readjust their lard-maaasec- turing arrangements that all grounds for suspicion in this respect shall be removed"
 What will the country think of such ? report, and of what good will it be 10 .he Board of Trade, the Fowler Brothers pr the country? This is a question that interests all people who use lard; they lead the evidence and make up their 'wn decisions, which on the average ar- much more intelligent and truthful than hat arrived at by the committee. IT 'hicGgo expects to sell her lard she aust kick such men as the Fowler Ir3thers out of the business. They may oiTal, tallow, cotton-seed olI. stc, over the country branded as "prIme .tesm lard, and sell 1t for a tune. but here will be many stomachs turned I gaiust Chicago lard before long fl 1t Is f lot made less Fowler. f