Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-03-24
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IN NJ CRY. March is, Thu sfmy
haaf CONT examined 4 NUM- Der sof en'
Moves Al tile Armour packing pls'nns !,
each "a testifying that no chemicals We III
used In the preparation Of meats; a g. (.
r Rambo IN employe who had been \.
d;schnroed I'll January, and VINO pro-
dmcad = letter from the superin tendens !
nnnchinp Tor his good character, salds
Mo car loads Of canned beef sold 20
~. ~. ,,overnmeur byt Armour were re-:
tnr 49, some time in May. When me me
- "a = are opened many OF the cans HN1 "
rn ~, found to have bursted. Maggofs
we're crawling everywhere. s ~ !, me IS !,
st 49, was So bad that ammonia had
70 he used to kill it. He never saw
INV INSPECTION. of canned meat. - an
Slncher. OF the Third Missouri, sald AZ ~
Fort Meade. Pa, fifty men We're taken en-
with vomiting. 1T was believed they
we're made sick by the canned beef.
KANSAS CITY, March 9o.-The beet
court examined witnesses as TO y, the
condition of two lots of beef rejected
at Mobile and Jacksonville, and re- -s
turned to Armour's plant. Testimony
showed that many cans were bnrsted
and mapgots were crawling every
where. About two cans in each case
were spoiled. =
CmcAao, March s1.-The beef court
ofirquiry examined but one witness
at Fort Leavenworth. after leaving
Kansas City. Sergeant Mason Who'y
served as regimental quartermaster at
Lakeland, Fla, said the refrigerated
beet received at Lakeland was un-5
doubtedly chemically prepared. San
agent of Armour & Company, he
further testified, "told me at the time
that this meat had been trehtedi with
what was called presentations 4
During its short session in Chicago
Yesterday, the court received the evl-
dence of four witnesses, who had been
called upon request Of Major Lee. the
representative Of Major General Niles
According to their testimony, the cam.
ned beef was always unpalatable and
distasteful, and, in their judgment, it
was u contributory cause OF sickness
among the soldiers, and unfit for an
army ration. Critical reference to the
refrigerated beef was also made BY the
witnesses. ~ @ ~ a
CHICAGO, March 2o.-The court ofin-.
quiry last night examined two wits.
nesses with reference to the beefques
tion-Dr. Nicholas Sem and Lieuten.:
ant Colonel A. w. Corliss. DR.. Sem
entirely disapproved OF canned roast
beef MS an army ration for any length
\ ~ ~ III "a
soldiers dislike for it. rs III
CII1cAGo, March 23-David Fleisch-
man, an employee Of the Hotel sMorri.
SON, testified that in June last, one .sof
the guests, whom he took TO be :
quartermastcr. or some other military
man, though in civilian dress, asked
him to accompany him to the stock
yards. The witness went, carrying
for him two tin or galvanized iron
boxes. They went to Armonr's. pack
ing house and to car containing
three or four rows of sides of beef.
The man took out of each box four
packages containing grayish black
substance and emptied them into per-
forated trays, set them on fire and
placed them under the meat. He said
it was an experiment to preserve meat.
The witness placed his finger on the
meat, tasted it, and & it burned. his
tongue. The next day when he went
after the cans thereswas su1phnrous
smell in the car, and another which
he could not describe. The car was.
marked '',rampa, Fla, DIR. E. E..
Murdoch. Of the city health depart
ment, testified that as an analy teal
chemist he had been called on to make
several examinations, both of canned
and refrigerated beef. In June last
he examined canned beef, which APP
pearcd to have been boiled both before
and after canning. The can contained
a considerable quantity of salt and
saltpeter, which had saturated the
fiber and hardened it. 10 be nutrl-
tious, the salt should not be added
until the cooking was finished. This
meat was of low grade and its nu-
tritive quality low. Hecould not get
enough beef extract out of four
pounds even to be used as culture
medium in experimenting in bac-
teriology. Dr.. Burns, assistant sur
geon at Jacksonville, concluded that
the beef had been chemically treated.
Lieutenant Hedekin said he ate refrig-
Grated beef and it made him sick. He
Thought the sickness was due to pre.
serVatives. The meat had a, peculiar
|staste. John Bierma, of the First Illi-5
nois volunteers, said the men refused
to eat canned beef. 1t was unpala-
table, and they were attacked with
vomiting after eating it. The surgeon
said the refrigerated beef was unfit to
eat. The members of the court left
for the east last night.