The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-04


| Chicago ILL.,, Dec 90, 1898
! Lieut. Col O. NJ Smith, Purchasing Commissary,
L. S A, 80 Illinois Street, city:
Deqr Sir: Your favor of the 27th instant. re-
questing information according to extract of .
| letter received at your office, has come to hand
and herewith beg to submit to you all tbs
| information at command
We repeat the questions for convenience, put
ting the reply after each question,
Q.-State the extent of the timed roast beci
industry
A.-our business in this article is very large,
| extending all over this country and throughout
England and TO the continent of Europe.
| Q.-How long has this article been in use,
where used and by whom?
Ave have manufactured and sold the article
in question at least eighteen years thereabouts,
selling il principally to the wholesale grocery
houses and provision dealers. and timed roast
beef is and has been used by all classes OF peo'
! pie. We have for years supplied this article III
reotly or indirectly, 10 the British government
! for use Of the navy also the French government
| and 10 our Government for the use of the navy
| in the latter case. before, during and after the
| Spanish war. and made our sales upon samples
| inspected aud approved by the proper board oi
| inspectors
| o.-Is it largely used in this country; if so, 10y
! whom sold and the class OF people who generally
I purchase il?
| A.-As stated in answer to previous questions
We have sold it very extensively IN this country
| for wears. principally to wholesale grocery lhu
provision houses throughout this country. We
understand these people have in turn supplied the
retail ,rocers ship chambers, exporters and coun
try merchants, so that it IS and has been used
and consumed by all classes OF people. In add
ton as we have stated large quantities have he'n
used iy the American navy.
OF it has been sold to foreign countries,
| about how much and who uses 1T!
A.-Our principal sales of this product have
been to England, where have shipped many
thousands Of cases every year Tor long period ol
| wears also 10 France. Our principal customers
! have been the governments and wholesale grocery
and provision houses, and we are informed that
this product IS sold by the latter to retailers, wio
again distribute it to all classes oil people, espe'
cially those who need the food for long sea voy-
| ages and in other cases where preserved meats
o.-Do ali packers make soup from the water
after cooking the timed roast beef, or not!
Ave make soup from the water aiteI
cooking the timed roast beef
| o-Whether or not the timed roast beef is
| cooked as much as the timed corned beef2
A-Yes, ii is even cooked in a higher tenn
peraiure.
o.-Arc any chemicals used in the processing OF
the timed roast beefY
A.-No. none whatever.
o-Haye ahy of the packers ever used, and II
so why. any scraps in putting up this meat. and
where did they get the scraps; why are there
scraps. if scraps are used?
Ave have never used, and do not use scraps
in pftfing mp this meat. We cut up certain cuts
OF meat parts of the rarcasses. and use such
| parts in the making of timed roast beef.
O-Whether in the course of processing or
packing this timed roast meat, tallOw is after
ward poured in, or whether il Is the fat that
| properly belongs TO and IS part OF the meat?
| Ave never pour in tallow of any kind. at
any time. We cut up with the meat when it IS
raw. the fat that properly belongs TO and Is
part OF the meat.
Q-Do any of the packers at any time use any
| chemicals whatsoever with refrigerated beef; ii
50, vhy2
Ave do not and have never used any chem
ioals whatsoever with refrigerated beef, and see
no reason why any should be used.
Q-TIas any packer who has furnished refrig-
Grated beci TO the subsistence department, ever,
or anywhere or to any extent, used any cherni-
Gals of any kind whatsoever in the treatment OF
refrigerated beef
Ave certainly have not at any time or under
anv circumstances whatsoever used any chemicals,
and do not helieve any other packers have.
o-Whether any chemicals whatsoever touch
tho meat itself2
A.-No, we have never used chemicals under
any circumstances.
Q.-EIas the meat ever been treated by any
chemical process of any kind whatever?
A-Nn. never.
We trust ouE. replies above. are clear and
exhaustive enough for the purpose intended, and
will hc glad furnish you any further informa-
tion in our power Yours truly.
NELSON MORRIS CO.,
D. U.lfor