The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14

vestigated the subject of chemicals with
| reference to beef. He said that case o.
| lumpy jaw does not necessarily condemn
| lied
DIR. Charles E. Mcneil. Bureau Inspec
tor at the beef and sheep house of Nelson
| Morris & Co, was the next witness. He
vas not aware of any chemicals having
| been used in that establishment, and had
no reason to believe or suspect that they
| were so used.
Only Salt for Canned Roast Beef
Charles H. Emory. superintendent of the
| Libby, Mcneil & Libby Packing House
testified next. Our business is princi-
pally canning" he said. 1--WE do not do
any slaughtering directly. but animals
are killed for US by Swift & Co. The
amount Ct canned beef sold by us to the
! United States last year was between two
million and two and half million pounds
! OF this We had on hand on the 1st of
January, 1888, about one hundred thou
| sand pounds. No chemicals are used or
| relied upon by US to preserve canned beef.
A very small quantity of salt is used. In
/ q tWO-pound can We use One-half ounce of
salt in solution
James 5. Morrow. Assistant Superir-
| tendent at Libby, Mcneil & Libby, cor
| rOborated the testimony of the previous
witness as to the processes of canning
roast beef. He said there was scarcely
any difference between the grades of
roast beef, and that the distinction was
made mostly, he supposed to compete
with 0thers IN the business. There was
very nttle difference as 10 Quality. He
| did not know whether there was any die
Terence IN the price to the government
lie said that about 80 per cent. cf tie
cows were used in canning.
h.
sion was Arthur Meeker, the manager OF
Armour ~ cos packing-hOuse, who had
previously been questioned al Washing.
ton. he said the accumulation of canned
goods We're held In Chicago. but the firm
had also 4 large stock in EIlrope T'bey
had on hand at the outbreak of he Snan,
lsh war 10000 pounds Of canned roast
| beef in Chicago and 10000 pounds in Ne1y
York. They sold 100000 pounds To the
government and also $4,000 pounds OF
corned beef.
No Chemicals Used.
The witness stated that complaints
about beef furnished the government had
been received at the minor agencies hut
none of them was OF sufficient tmport5nca
TO be sent 10 the home office. Refriger-
ated beef had been furnished 10 cams
AT Chickamauga. Jacksonville. Tamna
Fernandina, Lakeland and Port Tamna
lie said that no Chemicals were used "a
preserve the beef either.
The witness stated that two ounces of
jelly were put into a tWO-pound can Of
roast beef, but no salt The ielIy gave
an attractive appearance 10 the meat ana
added 10 the nOurishment. About ID
Fer cent Of the nourishment came out in
the frst boiling process - per cent. of
the soluble albumen. An extract Of haef
was made out Of IL. No date was nut m,
the label on the roast beef cans. the con-
tents being guaranteed. Meat thus pre-
served SIX eight, and nine years was inst
as good as II put up last summer The
French government required a date on
the can. The same kind of meat was
used IN the cans furnished the United
States government.
How DO you account for the dissatis-
faction that is alleged on the part of tb.
soldiers IN the use of the canned roast
beef?"
Il think there were several reasons-the
heat which causes the fat and the felly
To melt, and instead Of q nice. attractive
looking piece OF meat coming out of the
can tue meat would be separate-com4
apart in pieces. And there was no salt in
H. no pepper, no condiments. and In many
cases no condiments We're used I think
IL would have given more satisfaction IN
made up and cooked with vegetables II
should be taken out OF the can as soon as
the can Is opened
Soldiers Not Used tn Canned Beef
In reply 10 Gen. Gillespie The witness
stated that Powell VAS a meat DID, !,