Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-27
A HOWL.
Pork Packers Ia TarIous Places Pro.
test Ageinss Bartle'5 Evidence
Before the K0use Committee.
Tbs Evlderos of a II al Who Would Know
inSly Put Diseased Meas on sale
80 MT OTeSibie.
INJURED THEIR BUSINESS.

KANSAS CITY, No, Malca 26.-Jacob
Ddld c Son, pork packers here, accused
by William G. Bartlee Of ST.. Louis, be-
fore House committee, Of killing dis
eased sad smotherei hogs ana manufse--
turing impure lard, refute the charge IS
base and slknderous. They further show
that By tbs rigid system Of Inspection tbs
packing houses Of Kansas City are sub
jected to, it IS impossible for diseased
pork or impure lard to escape detection.
Dold & SJn Lave entered proceedings 10
have B4rtIea indicted for perjury, sid
have 80 brought suit for $50. coo dam
agee, based on the possibility CT their
being damaged to the extent Of st least
10 per cent. OF the busire5s Of the Kansas
City establishment alone.
LOUIsvILLE'S PROTEST.
LOUISVILLE, Ky March 26 The pork
packers OF Louisville forwarded this
morning to Ctngrl sSman CsrUth the fol
towing protest against certain SPEC f I'd
evidence heard before the committee on
Agriculture, It'll request thEt he present
is to the committee;
To tina Honorable Chairman Of the Committee
on Agriculture of .he House of Rsuresents-
lives, Wa hiugton, D. q.
DEAR SIR-We unanimously dec are the
evidence given by William G. B.rtls be-
fore your ccmmiLIee as published In the
Louisville dsAy papers to be
untrue SO fSr IS concerns
US, the pork packers of Louisville, Ky.
We do not kill diseased hogs, nor hogs
sick of cholera. We mSke only sbso-
lutely pure hog LARD, free from all adul.
terations Whatever, and all hogs un-
naturally dead or accidentally killed or
smothersd in transit and All hog CUTS,
from animals as gathered st cur packing
house, are separately rendered in gresse,
both white and yellow, and sold as such
on their merits to other manufacturers
We feel justified in asserting that such
such testimony IS Bartls's Is iDVidious
and highly detrimental lone OF Americas
leading interests, especially with refer
cree to our trade among foreign nations,
and that the testimony OF the man who
Acknowledges himself 70 have slaughtered
diseased animals for food, II he did SO
Knowingly, is unWor by of credit.
Signed: Huges, TaggArs &: Co, Fred
Lei!es Sops, Jarvis { Co, II L. Nip
man & Co, Bursh, Harris & Co Conrad
& L'ler.
ST. LOUIS PACKERS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, March &c The pork
packers OF 81. L ruis sigued and pre-
s9uted the following to the members Of
,hs Merchants Exchange;
Whereas, 1t is stated in public prints
that William G BArtle, a member OF the
Exchange, testified before the CT mint
tee of Congress, In reply to question
Il the chairman, "Did you, while you
we're packing hogs n s.. L uls, with q
lsIge southern trade, use cholera hogs,
ana put them into food products7" and
answered: 81 did, aud SO did every other
packer"
Whereas, It IS also ST .ted that or Cross
exsm nation this said William G. Bartle
testified he had cut his hCgs into hams,
etc knowing them to be diseased, Just
as every other pscker did.
Now therefore, believing these stste-
ments to be false and knowing that such
chaTgss II roE denied will cause untold
losses not only TO pork packing but to
the agricultural interests OF the country,
for these reasons We respectfully ask your
hoard to Investigate the matter sud il the
reports in the papers are correct, expel
not only VIM. G.. Bsrtle, but all others
who assisted IN this fearful libel on the
honor and integrity Of a very large num-
Der of members OF this eXchapge.
Signed: East St.. L uis Packing & Pro
vision Company, sygD. L Qoirick, Pres.
Francis Whitaker & SURs; G. ochran,
Zstell Bros., Provision and Commission
Compasyi Edwsrd 'Esi 1erg Packing q
Provision Company; D. A. Spoken,
Charles Uosmsi'h & Son; jeremiah
Murphy; and several others.
PROM ARMOUR & CO.
WAsHISGToN, Marcn 2S The chsir-
man Of the House committee on sgi-
culture laid before the committee the
8 member of the firm OF Armour { Co.
The dispatch is addressed to ". ". Dud-
icy, counsel for Atmour:
CHICAGO. ILL. March 26, 1888.
To W. ". Dudley.
Pagers acre have sensational reports Of
to days hearing; that Barle testified |
hogs were cut and packed in |
packing houses This Injuries sill pork |
pscKers equally with lard, sud cannot be |
either proved or justified. We authorize |
you to inform Mr. Ha'ch In our behalf
1 csnnot go to Washington, but your re-
ply to Kimbsll's attorney is approved.
The packers are indignant and msV take
aLtion to- morrow. G II WEBSTER
VARIOUS TELBGRAMs RECEIVED
WASHINGTON, MHcn 26 -Clairman
Hs'ch of the House C mmlltee on ogri |
cul ure to-day received various kilograms
from pork packers and others rel4nVe 10
the testimony of W G. B4rtle Of St.
Louis, which will be filed with the COM
nistee 10 morrow.
Francis Whitaker & Sors Of ST. Louis
telegrapos: B,rtle's statement thst the
Gsrds Gre full IF cholera hogs to-day and
,bas the pat kers slaughter similsr ones
g utterly false, and is libel on the gen
'ral trade. His prosecution will prove