The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-10
SWIFT and HIS MEN
Testify About Their Beef Be-
fore the Board.
HOW MEAT Is INSPECTED
Process of RefrigeratiOn--No
Chemicals Employed,

washington. D. c. Jan. Sired W.
Wilder. general superintendent, for swift
& O. OF Chicog. appeared before the war
investigation commission today. The VII
ness said he had general charge Of al the
packing. canning and slaughtering Of cat
tie for Tho Chicago plant. end gave a gen
eral account OF the practica. work ot the
net business. he said that al the cattle
were bouEt from commission firms al thc
stock yards and there given an ante
mortem inspection BY a government ofneid
and then driven 20 the abattoir. being Wen
cooled. before killing. A SHINING gang -
80 men he said. would butcher about I'D
cattle an hour. The cattle were then SUB
iected to q pAst-rnortem examination. also
by government Inspectors. Who examined
the lungs. liver and iutestines. The COM
pany had had as many as twenty c~t.+e
q week condemned ~ che iuspectipo. be-
| iny about twenty on, o. 9Dco. The con-
/ derrraticn was mostly due % 'uberculosis.
The condemned animals az tagged by
! .ise. government inspectors and the carcass
/ goes 70 the refuse tank. where the only
1 use made az II is % take the grease for
! Iubricating purposes and the remainder for
/ Fertilizers. The good meat Is stamped ~
( the government Inspector and certia~d Cor
/ the market
HOW BEEF IS COOLED
! The beef is cooled for forty-cigght hours.
i before shipping the temperature being run
down gradually from 45 % % or Is degrees.
The shipping cars are thoroughly washed
| and aired between each shipment and are
cooled by ice and salt. The Temperature
/ in the cars Is from IS 20 q. Export bses IL
! enclosed in a cheese-cloth bag 80 keep Il
clean and 70 prevent chatting. There are
icing stations every twenty-four hours an
each railroad shipping line and the cars
are re-iced that often. The witness said
different cities took different Srales Of
beef Boston it-uaut ed the best bee: 4u
The country and Baltimore about che
cheapest New York stood between The
two. Part % the beef ordered BY the gov
eminent during the war was sent from
Kansas City. although most OF g. was from
Chicago. The contract with the govern
ment called Tor the best tat steers The
specifications were complied with.
THE BEARD on THE BEEF.
Referring "a the much-discussed beard
on the refrigerator meat. Mr.. wilder said
the large wholesalers Who supplied tho
best hotels In Chicago aged" sli tasir beef
! before selling 81 and got an advanced price
for b after Il accumulated the board He
said the meat was better IN every re~pect
after being aged As 20 complaints re-
garsinr the army contract heef. he said
4 the Manitoba shipment was the only ore
condemned This was shipped July 20 ana
..~F . ~ fssrrs be-
Is. witness had been IN The export husi-
ness ten years. and in ;he Liverpool and
London trade. where the beef was from
ten TO eighteen days IN transit, ~ had
never lost ore quarter OF beef. witness
denied that any chsmttsl@S were used N
preserving .snv OF the heas sold by HIS firm
and said that. in addition 90 other OBJ
fections. &. would De useless; would BE
detrirnent 20 the Beef ard an extra eE-
pense. The beef for export was not ths
best beef but a fair quality. Or. Conn"T
sought 20 bring out now they determine
'In half a minute whether beef - or Is
not. or has been. tutercular. Colonel Dem
by. presiding obiected-that ne govern
ment inspectors were the ones who were
responsible
An right" concluded Or Conner I
vii watt 20 examine The government Of ths
United States"
OTHER EMPLOYEES TESTIFY.
. Edwin TurksuF-TTd. for eighteen years
2 er,nloyed IN the stock yards ~ Swift -
! 70 srs, testified thar rhr beef was so-
/, so'uta-y pure and lad never 20 his kno"i-
: ,4ye boeu chemically treated He SAID
al .ba beef furnished for me war was IN
n 900 condition that his dffy was - super
2 ,fre -,~enaratian f1r shipment. and nat
P beet after reaching him had nof been
20 treated .1 any vsar. ard fiiat nothing vas
10 done save ~ eFt s, un.
p John Murphy. wso suDerviH'H ne
IS handling q ere retrFsrator cars. and fDs
z 0f-een -earz has 1een an empioye ~ rN'it
q A. Co. testiaed t9 tne same general ere I.
NJ c;ars3rer then wrnt into a detailed
- description - the ammonia retr5E@s@i-''E
q -sa-, He explained nat enc ammonia
= merely earrthsf cold AIR 20 kecp The
rnsa. a. n proper ternE~-a 'rTe
; inc ammonia did not cone in contact
Q with the ru~at or affect 81 n any way
A. ~ $40 ksersnK pvo1ertfes frs-
= f-fre-sta-8 fnsat. 81 sass taat ir NE opsn-
lon. -noat qas at i.s bfff aftfr iHrs-
weeks rr -sr -.-I.r. FL gs-lif remain af fH
Zee. fa- r--aa1e cen Gays longer. AFTER
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