Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-28
on ale. In replY to .susstion bY the


chsirmap, Cirutn etated that he had q
genera! knowlejse If the regulations Of
farmers throughout Kentutky.
CuRirmsn-"Do you believe In the
sweeping charge made before this COM
mittee, that the isImsrs are in tie hsti,
Of sending GIsessed hogs TO market"
Ctruth-"It l believed tina: Of Ken
J lucky farmers, L would cease 20 be real
/ dent Of that s,aJe"
! Mr.. Funston Of K.ns.s (nembsr cf the
o mnittee) in the name VI the fsrmers
! Of Kiusss, protested sgsiBss the Charge
OF Btrtle H then asked Caru'h what
characterized as Hypothetical question,
ES follows: "If witness before this
C mmi.tee should state tSas for eighteen
years he had followed the business q
purchasing or slaughtering piggy soWs,
s.sRs, bears and cholera hogs, turning
them into bscon and selling them to peo-
pie, that at the age Of siKty-one MS con-
| science hurt him and he quit the buSl-
ness, and that after ward he eDdt kyoIed
| to put mis- son In the sSme business. II
you we're member f this committee
would you consider him too big & villain
and scCuadYel to be believed even untsr
cat ?"
Mr.. Caru'h-"weil, that is rather a
sSee ping question. l would hSte 10 be-
lleve that such thiops 80 that 1st."
Mr.. Carl Ptier OF Chicago Resumed his
tegVimopy, ard stated thst she food sdui
tera,iOn laws OF Er2Iapa had in no way
iu:eiftred with the sGle Of American re-
4 red lArd in that country. Tnero had
been no fnult found with Teaaed lard
in England.
Mr. Pension Inquired whether witness
cbargt that the packsrs mizUd unTashed
suts with the lard.
The witness replied that When inc man
u!sctufe Of lard IVES done In 8 slipshod
fashion these Objectionable parts would
slip in.
mr. Funston Inquired how witness knew
thi fact.
The witness replied that he hsd seen
insutficiently washed CUTS mixed with
lard.
Funston pressed the witness to state
where be had seen unclsAn CUTS mixed
with lard.
Witness declined to answer.
Mr.. Laird OF counsel for the packers,
o. lscfed 20 the question end SD toe
committee was raising the devil with the
Industries CT tbs county because 1t was
fllcwirg q fsise scent, collateral to the
main issue II the committee went into
secret session, exc ud,d the press
and opened up blast apd
let Lul the fib, he
would submit 20 II, but Ii WGs rot In de-
cent order q procedure that 1t should
De done now. The COnso quences OF viz
lad rs CT The rules by the committee FELL
upon men who could all endure them. 1t
WAS by d spsrture fr m the rules of evil
dence that The committee found the
Ehols world Of industry protesting
sENinst It's proceedings.
Mr.. Funston contended that his
question was based on the direct
'xanrnasion. Witness had stated that
Rawsshed guts went into lard. aud that
he had seen it. H. (FIDstoI) had then
a,keh the witness where Ee had seen II,
aud he left II to any lawyer whether that
Was not proper question. How mach
more siush did thaT DaR open the other
d'Y Uh-n he made charges which
(FdrS,Gt) would not bel eve uo0er oath,
Gan the present WisCesS was opening ap
oy bis remarks Eb1gs u1WAshPd CUTS.
The chairman ssid hs would NOS sus-
tsin the obi ctions mste bY Mr.. Laid on
the grcuuos stated eY that g'nIemsn
tbs question VISA directly ii order, but
Mr.. Drier came before the mmiate-
through its courtefy, and was not placed
under oarh. He WIS asked TO give The
committee any information within his
Knowledge ioto the subject MISTER of the
nv situation. Bat he gentleman had 8
right to refuse to answer the question If
he saw proper.
Mr.. Morgan hoped tAst ihe wit
ness would not answer the question
and he hoped hereafter 20 witness would
be permitted to answer tnese personal
questions.
Mr. Funston sgAin put his question,
aud witnesses sgaln declined to answer
He had made 10 general charge, he saiJ,
against packers, and he did not think that
any packer would SO coDErrRe IL.
RuUkton pressed mis- question and WAS
aeain met with en- obi ctIOn from Laird,
WAC wished the chsrmsn 10 rule upon
the matter. He did not want to surren-
der his right TO make objections TO the
discretion of any witness. He had Seen
she evil consequences Of allowing q wit
ness TO take the bit In his teeth. He de-
sired the chairman to d. cice tbs question
Pending the decision the committee sd-
j3nrGed.