The Red Cloud chief., 1888-03-30

roy Propose to Salt Down W. q.
BaEtle For His Alleged
Lies.
st. Louis Men Drag Him Before tho
Exchange Dold & Sons VIII Hsve
Satisfaction.
Other Kansas City Non Worked Up
Bartls Attempts to Qualify Hs
Assertions,

bartle Attempts to Quality His
Assertions
ST.. Louis, March N.-The pork packers
Of 1T. LOUIS signed and presented the fol.
lowing to the members Of tho Merchants
Exchange. who arc in special session on
the subject:
WHEREAS, 1t was stated in the public prints
that William G. Bartle. q member Of the Ex-
change. testified before . committee Of Con-
gress in reply to . question BY the committee:
did you. while you were packing hogs IN St.
Louis with q large Southern trade. use cholera
hogs and put them into the food products!'
and answered Il did and 50 did every other
packer" and
WHEREAS 1t is also stated that on cross OF.
animation said William G.. Bartle testified that
he had cut hogs into hams. etc. knowing them
70 b diseased. just rs every other packer did;
Now, therefore. believing these statements
to be false and knowing that such charges. II
not decidedly denied, will cause untold losses
not only 10 the material interests OF the eoun-
try, for these reasons We respectfully ask your
board to investigate the matter and il tho re-
ports In the paperS ore correct, eXpel not only
William G. Bartle. but all others who assisted
in this fearful libel ON the honor and integrity
Of . very large number of the member OF this
exchange.
To this the directors returned answer
that the packers should make specific
charges and state what rule OF the Z
change had been violated.
William 6. Bartle, the m~uch-abused pork
packer, who returned from the East last
night, SAID: ''In the telegraphic dispatches
from Washington under date Of March "a,
relating in part to what l stated before the
House Committee on Agriculture, in refer
ence to the packing Of pork in this coun-
try, there is an error as to what I stated
concerning Jacob bold & Sons, Of Kansas
City. l never suggested or intimated
that the foreman Of that firm
had recently bought 100 smothered hogs,
which were put into the tanks and went
into prime steam lard, rendered by that
firm. The substance of what l did say was
that the foreman Of Dold & Sons, who gave
his name to me as Martin, said that while
he was foreman of another concern he had
tanked out in n season for that house y
2N smOthered hogs and put the product
amongst prime steam lard. In Justice to
bold Il Sons, l must say that their packing
house is far above the average for cleanll-
ness. Their foreman took me through the
bulking room and Itake pleasure In saying
that l found the same in tirst-class order
and condition. Ihave been misrepresent-
ed through the public press as to my testi-
mOny before the Congressional Committee,
but whatever l then stated l am ready to
verify in whatever form the investigation
may come. The people aredeeply concerned
in this matter irrespective of tho wishes or
interests Of cOntending factions"
A SERIOUS REFLECTION.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 27.-The pork
packers Of Kansas City are very indignant
at the libelous statement made by W.. e..
Bartle, of St. Louis, in the lard hearing at
Washington OF Saturday. They state that
the assertion that Jacob bold 4 Son used
diseased and "smothered" hogs in the
manufacture Of lard is net only absolutely
false but is a serious reflection on every
packer in the city as well as an injustice to
the Stock Yards Company. Bartle's state
men is not only denounced as an unwar
ranted Misrepresentation by packers in
this city, but Chicago and Louisville
packers have taken up the matter inc will
also make it quite warm for the man from
st. Louis. The local packers will hold a
meeting to-day, which will be called by
Chairman Fowler, and the matter will be
discussed and equitable action taken.
At the offices of Jacob bold Il Sons yes
terday Mr.. Jacob bold, Jr., and his man.
ager, Mr.. Jennings, were busily engaged
in preparing evidence to be presented to
the House committee at the next meeting
Of that body. Mr.. bold said: 1.-The wires
day, and we have been unable to get any
thing from u representatives at Wash
ington. We have telegraphed u lawyers
tn ohforp N v-orh0tiun rorApt ~ Nfp Ropt1ooo
statement before the committee, and until
that is received we can do nothing OF m
portance. We are starting at the base of
and then rush it through. VIC regard this
as q SANDER upon every packer here and
also upon Kansas City,"
Messrs. Armour and Fowler called upon |
Mr.. bold yesterday. They were consider. |
ably worked up over the matter and ex- |
pressed their feelings very forcibly.
Thomas Rooney, the Official meat in |
spectOr, makes q statement on oath that |
Bartle's assertions were false. |
JACOB DOLD, sR., INDIGNANT.
WICHITA, Kan, March S.-JacOb bold, |
ST., who is engaged On the construction of
q packing house in this city, when asked
regarding the statement Of W. G. Bartle, |
VI ct. 1lOuiSs OClOIC ~ x1OuSC - uAtu - L
sad: Il wish to tell the public
in general that he statement Of Bartle is
not in any respect true, and that he is an
infamous liar. We have never bought q
smothered hog, but we have sold them to
establishments when they have
died on our hands. Nor have we evei
bought any hogs that knowingly were not
well and healthy. And moreover we never
offer any thing for sale that we will not
use ourselves. Bartle must know that
he said was not ~true-false in every
We a already authorized our
attorneys to commence legal proceedings
this calumniatOr, as such lies will
injure any mans business for the time
Struck Against Stereotype.
ERIE, Pa, March 27.-The union compos
tors in he .MorHisg Dapahch and Ntrod