The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-22
Gives Some Strong pOinia Against the
Purehase OF Dressed Beet,

Among the papers read Al tho last
session OF the Ohio Sanitary Aha0cla'
ton, held Ia tho assembly room OF the
city hall last week, was oneby DR., Lew
Sluaser OF this city, His subject was
Traud Ia Dressed Beef. and tho pa
per wis an interesting ono,
The Doctor said that while q member
OF the Ohio Legislature some years ago,
a charge was made by an outside ppsty
that the Superintendent OF one Of our
state Insane Asyluma, with the eohniV'
anoe OF the steward, who was q rela
tive, was In the habit OF purchasing
spoiled beef vi o reduced price, boiling
II In charcoal water, feeding II 10 pa
tients, charging the State tho market
price OF good beef, and between the
superintendent and the steward the
profits we're divided, Tho papers In
the case were referred 10 Tho standing
committee on benevolent institutions,
tho matter investigated and while
there was some ground for the charge,
not SUFFICIENT 10 convict, and tho com
mittee felt themselves Justified under
the circumstances In making what 10
termed In political parlanGe, u white
washed report. Tho Developments,
however, %huggeBted the enactment OF a
law prohibiting the appointment OF a
steward who was 4 relative OF the an'
perlntendent, That law | believe, 10
atlll In force,
Az a later day, while q tour west, |
fell In with an old acquaintance, who
was AZ the time Ia the employ OF the
Chicago Stock Yards. In d cOnyeraa'
lion with him about the beef and cat
tle business, | lnGldently mentioned
that had been using IN my family
canned meats put up In 81. Louis. This
excited u d%inparaglng remark from my
friend, and asking for an explanation,
no Informed mo that tho beef usually
canned, was Of cattle unfit for market.
They were either sick or had been in
| jured In transportation, sold at u redue'
cd price, and converted into canned
meat, The disclosures no then made
OF tho imposition practlced upon com
munlty IN the sale OF diseased meat 40
impresaed mo that / have never since
knowingly INDUCED In canned meats of
any kind,
I cite these two lnatanoea hearlne nm.
ON tbe gubieet IA illnatTete the facct
that neither the man OF protested plety
10 which the accused Of the lrst party
belongs nor the man OF reputed integ'
liz banlf anniIcahie 10 ill., Mart az i
seeond nart are IN trnatad when the
aeoumulation az Tie simlSblv dollar IL
involved Within the Iaat few veara an
e-nternriae az gIgantIc nynnor,Iors ina
mean formed by men NJ vi,tsd cant
hi combined ioaSthsr Co.. tha nnrn "pa
of avnniying hecj,ins an Vd iasn ptt n,sns
nm drasseJ n,aats Thsv b"ve
shsttolrs M GhIcaro Kansas Hi,v and
N Tonio Thav eonn III I've nrIca az
csttIe shinned iroro 4 wast pptaT' ~,
nrice of drsaaed beef In the marEets ~
ihe eoat uaving secnred a "ononoIv
~ the h%naIness hntL The nw,chose and
sale tbev hsye IL In tha,r oower ~
MANAGE Il t~ s,it memsai,los ne
d"alers In tSo stooL e~chsone il naat
ters iittla w. the,n ,ybo snWars' ~ Inv
rem nro0ts Thev fnrnish djtIoreuy
onnlliies ~ heef THAR hest ia cant
eaat IN tho larger citias ,ybe,s a. enm'
msndS the his6est nrIca "whiia tha a..
dinaTv ana ,pterjor 80 .il,,es oonne 20
smaller tovna IiEe t&Santon IN nroog
of this II IL only necessary 10 compare
the price of beef cattle In Chicago with
the price at which beef is sold In Can.
ton. Az the same time that II was sold
here ~ from "a 10 81 70 by the side,
merchantable cattle, such as was con.
sidered Nc for Strengthening was quoted
Ia the Chicago market ON foot at from
80 10 1913. Does not this indicate
something rotten In Denmark While
II will be conceded that there Is u dif.
ference In the condition OF cattle, the
difference should not consist In the
quality Of the beef; that is In being
unfit for human allmentati0n. What
are the facts bearing upon the case?
II Is In evidence that az one time dur.
ing the past summer twenty. eight quar-.
ters Of Chicago beef were turned over
TO n fertillzlng establishment. 10 had
become putrid. At another time Ave
quarters were turned over TO n party
and fed TO his hogs. Several OF our
city butchers, who were pursuaded TO
handle dressed beef, were constrained
TO abandon the traffic on finding several
quarters badly bruised and Others con
taining cavities Of puss.
An employe Of n mont market IN thia
eIty selling dressed meat. Informs mo
that n was no uncommon occurrence
To- ind in n err load Of beef iust arrived
quarters that were nsllmy" and osticky"
which condition. Indicated n nntreftc.
tive change. This meat, after %renovat.
inc. was sold 10 our people as sound
meat. The faot that much Of the west
ern beef sold here Ind Inc an%nearance
of coming from good Conditioned cattle
VET sold nj n reduced nrIce waa eyi,
IDENTIFY of fraud. n Ia well known that
oattle are shipped from the nlains with