The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-23

bsen kept for some s1nss presumably IN >
eofriGwat0r.
= souna aeit 80 . very small quantity"
lid Dr.. hur6ock. -and sone q TIE Deat
MAS coated With boFxcsr acid In other
opec10ens found thai they had been
Aoated with . preparatjon % sslicyfic acid
Tor preserving The msat. ] gave the optn-
Son that saltcyisc acid vas not only desrs-
mental 20 ds9mtton. bar prosaced naussA
Bor1csc Add. whss~ in s.seis noe naueeaf-
ing, delays the process ~ digetssen. ans
hence - net q % preseryasise for meat used
- Dist understood This 20 be retrig-
srsfor bSef. found bcsscsc acid In two
specimens and saIscyiie acid In one. These
expesimenss we're made about the middle
~ June. 1Ass
Col Dasis--fIss Il any connection VILE
the government
Il don.f krow sha. n asd.
WISE IL delivered 70 yop by anyone COD
nected with the government Had he csn-
tract re.stsons with The United States"
II don's krow that be had"
I'm connection viii. you. duty al Officer
~ the te4its department. what have You
found 10 Be the practice ansang the butch
egs ~ Chicago as 70 the Use OF rseserva-
tivssr.
s-Tney aon'f s~s rrexerrssives very much.
For certain classes Of meat they use SOME
pre<srvaslves; il fresh beef there Is not
much need for prsservstjves. Mess that
has been kept for t.rns and exposed once
nr twice becomes slightly tainted. and that
II frequently removed with nscarbonase OF
soda. and sometimes by dipping pieces OF
mens Into hos Soiut.an and then placing
1t Immediately back tn sbs refrigerator. A
hot solution q boraese aeir, which simply
cuAts the outside. viii remove the talnt
from msat.
We're ether Of these samples rendered
you By anyone connected win, . packing
h9userst
II was not ~ liberty TO inquire into that
matter. I VAS simply consulted - scsefl-
tiss on that subjeci-"
ssHad you any occasion to think or sus-
pecs that they came from packing
hous~7s'
sswsn. don't besisvs sct.nsiac man Is
expected to 20 Into those supposabls
thinas."
Gen Dav.s-In what quantities did you
nnd chloride of sodium and saitpetre In the
canned beef you examined"
II did not make cumulative analysis.
hut there was q large amount, more than
ordinarily used in cooking"
Meat W0ul1 Not Keep.
DR.. Murdoch. in reply to questions BY
MAJ Lee. said II can see how a coating
ct some preservasiss could delay the tsint~
ins 81 the outside Of the meat. IL II was
e1possd to the sunshine In moast climate
and . low altitude II something Of that
kind y not done cannot zee how meat
een Be kent srsat length Of time In >
moist climate. And II mat outside copt
wa cut away II would not AFFECT the value
~ the meat a. . ration."
How long would refrigerator beef. that
had been refrigerated . considerable
length Of time. keep after II had been RE-
moved from the refrigerator IN hot ell
mate and low altitude without any ar
tiIicfal eostingr
my opinion In that II could not keep
more than few hours six or eight
hours
Have you ever found horssfssh put up
Y earu and sold on the market here in
Not put up In cans. but have had
samples brought to me purportinE 20 be
fresh beef from the market and have
found some Of these samples to be horse
mesh instead OF beef. I had no means OF
showing whAnce they came An inyestiga-
ton with that result once led the health
department 10 suppress an establishment
In the outskirts nf Chicago"
Hefr1gePateA Beef Reflected.
William ]. dr.rin. sergeant Company
u, acting sergeant major Of the Second
battalion. testified that AT jacksonville
the refrigerated beef had 10 be frequently
rejected: u looked good. but when cut
open Il had q peculiar odor a nauseous
stsnch. On one occasion a fresh beef stew
was served ana Immediately thereafter
the entire company was taken violently
sick with vomiting and diarrhoea For
tEo weeks afterwafd three men out OF the
company WAS the maximum NJ for duty
Within six weeks three men died and al
thcusn the records showed they died from
fevef. Witness said he knew that the srk-
hess from This meat was what killed them.
This meat had to be brought two miles
and half from the point Of issue which
took about haff nm hour. An .nyestiga-
ton was made Of the beef which made the
company sick. bat with what result Wit
mss could not say.
Had Odor of Meat.
DIR. John G; Burne. OF chseaso. who wa.
assistant surgeon of the Sixth Illlnofx vol.
uhteers while the regiment was at Jack.
spnvIlle. stated that he had condemned the
refrigerator beef several times before Il
LETT the wagon which brought It. He had
aso returned some of II Ia the cars, TAX
lbs u back In wagons and telling the
agent OF Swift b Co. that be could ROT
We IT. He had refused the meat seven
uines IN one month on account of the had
oaor ana bad taste. The men complained
bitterly that they could not eat Il.
DIT pss's-Isad you occasion 10 believe
q suspect that the Swift refrigerated heee
had been chemically treated with \ view
60 its preservation
That had never been suggested ,a ma.
but 10 occurred to me when 1 used IL IRE
only ground for that belief was IN a..
TASTE arc appearance after II had beer, re-
0oved from the car II had a deas.n.,
EsunsF appearance. and I wondered
whether any chemicals had been used,
hefrsE~seted Beef Rotten.
First Lieut. ifeavka OF tha rntvt
@Nairs. testified that the principal meat
rauen N Cuba was rssrtserateSs beer. rns
complaint against il Vas that it was re,-
ter. 49,
tsi Davis asked sh~ wIsness /, he haa
nay reason 20 believe ur suspect thn.
cbeM'sals had been used in preserving tn.
refrigerated beef
Tire night after Joined my trooe re-
fssSefstos 49, appeared on the table sn
ts~ FORMS ~ steak That was THE first 7
Dad seen. Upon tasting IL 1 renasrksst
ssAt X Rad = peculiar taste which I had
never Noticed Asfnse In beef | ate very
heartily 81 Il That night Rad slsarretss
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