Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-27

WASHINGTON, March 27.-The testimony
w. G. Bartle before the investigating
committee of the House in relation to the
manufacture of refined lard has cause great
excitement all over the country. He made
some startling disclosures and among other
things, stating that hogs dying from cholera
were used. These statements were partly
suppressed by the press. Yesterday the
committee received the following dispatch
from Chicgo:
CHICAGO, March p, 1858.
W. W. DupLEy-Papcrs here have sensa-
tional reports to-day, hearing that Bartle
testified diseased hogs were cut and packed
in packing houses. This Injuries all pork
ers equally with lard, and cannot be either
proven or justified We authorize you to
50 inform Mr.. Hatch in our behalf. | can
not go TO Washington but your reply tn
Kimballs attorney is approved. Packers
indignant and may take action.
c. II. WEBSTER.
Chairman Hatch sent the following dis
patch 10 Mr.. Webster: Your telegram to
Colonel Dudley received and will be laid
before committee tomorrow. ! agree with
you in characteriZing Bartle's statement as
most extraordinary and surprising. You
say that the packers OF Chicago are indig-
nant at this assault upon their business.
] will promptly submit 10 the committee
any statement memorials or other docu-
ments that the packers may forward, and
do not doubt that the committee will be
glad TO hear from them of the subject.
Nv. II. HATCH
Mr. Bartels statements have not only
flooded the committee with counter state
ments but is likely 10 involve Mr.. Bartel
in damage and other suits. Mr.. Rartel was
not under oath when he made his state
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jury, as one firm at Kansas City announces
it will hold him TO.
Chairman Hatch, OF the House Committee
on Agriculture yesterday received various
kilograms from pork packer and Others rel
ative to the testimony OF Mr.. Bartel, which
will be filled with the Committee to-mor-
row morning. j. L. Squire. OF Boston, tel
egraphs: I'VE positively deny all state
ments that we used cholera or diseased
hogs for meat or lard Such statements are
false an malicious"
c. II. North and Co., OF Boston. tele-
graphs: III Bartel states that cholera or
is untrue. Nothing but wholesome, healthy
hogs are used by us, and we wish to refute
this libel on eastern packers.
Francis Whitaker IL Sons, st. Louis, tel
egraphs: ''Bartels statement that the yards
are full of cholera hogs to-day, and that
packers slaughter similar ones. is utterly
false and is a libel upon the general trade.
His prosecution will prove this"
Hon. Asher Caruth, OF Kentucky. has re-
ceived a letter from various pork packers
from Louisville, Kentucky, which he has
referred to Mr. Hatch. with an endorse
ment of the high character of the firm
signing it. 1t is signed by Hughes. Taggart
4 Co, %. W Thomas & Co. Fred Leib's Sons
Jarvis & Co. II. 5. Lissman & Co, Burch IL
Co, and Conrad & Siler They refer to the
newspaper publications and state that they
transmit q protest signed by all the city
packers against Bartel's testimony, which
they ask TO have laid before the committee.
They say: "At a time when our national
legislature isjtrying TO get foreign countries
TO rescind their unjust charges against
American hog products il seems malicious
that this man Bartel should make such un-
American statements against one of the
most important export articles.
The protest signed by the same gentlemen
is as follows: 1--WE unanimously declare
the evidence given by Wm. c. Bartel be-
fore your committee, as published here, TO
be untrue, so far as concerns Us, the pork
packers OF Louisville, Ky. We do not kill
diseased hogs. nor hogs sick OF cholera. We
make only absolutely pure hogs lard, free
from ali aduiteration whatever, and all
hogs unnaturally dead or accident
ally killed or smothered in transit and
all hog CUTS from animals slaughtered
at our slaughter houses are separately rem
dered into greases, both white and yellow
and sold as such on their merits to other
manufacturers. We feel justified in assert
ing that such testimony as Mr.. Bartel's is
invidious, injurious and highly detrimental
to one of Americas lea2ing interests, es-
pecially with reference 10 our trade among
foreign nations, and that the testimony of a
man who acknowledged himself TO have
slaughtered diseased animals for human
food, and did so knowingly, is unworthy of
credit"
In an interview with correspondent of
the Omaha Herald this evening Congress
man Laird, OF Nebraska. who is a member
of the Committe on Agriculture, said: so
far this is fight between dealers in pork
and lard, representing different sections
and conflicting interests. Certain packers
of pork and renderers of lard have sought
and are promoting this investigation,
TO the end that they may rather
gain an advantage than that the
consumer, or producer, should he protected
This has lately degraded the enquiry into
mere mud singing, as for example, the teS-
timony OF one. Bartel. which was simply
infamous and which aroused the committee
and will arouse the country to such an eI-
tent as will permit no tritling by packers,
renderers. reiiners or liars, with an indus
try that pays eighty million dol
lars per year into the pockets
OF the producers Of this country from
foreign consumers. Let the packers, rem
derers, and retiners take notice that there
is nothing 10 be gained by prejudiced state
mentS amid as rivals in trade. at the pecu-
MARY interests OF each other. BY this
method they will simply invoke legislation
unfriendly to their own personal interests.
Congress is here ior justice Ia all and not to
build up one set Of traders at the expense
OF another.
One of Many.
VICTOR, v. Y, Feb. LIST, 1887.
Mr.. o. +. Woodward, Dear Sir:-Send
me one-half gross Kemp's Balsam, soc.
size, and few samples, | certainly know
that Kemp's Balsam is the best selling
cough cure. have fifteen other congh and
lung Iemedh on my shelves, and kemp's
Balsam sells 10 to best of all. Respect
fully yours, F. E. Cobb. Sold by T. j.
Casper, druggist. IL east Main street, at
soc. and 81. Sample bottle free.
Bssques are more elaborately trimmed
than in any former spring.
Opposition I'm politics. is the life of
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