The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-04-15


had maggOts In 1t, and that the 'fresh
meat was covered with slime, had
an offensive smell and nauseous
taste. This Is all and more than Gen.
eral Miles complained Of to the report
ers and the only charge now made by
hostile newspapers Is that he should
have laid the matter before the
bureau which was responsible for II.
That the general would not have been
needed and that such charges would
only have increased the activity Of the
Washington cabal against him Is
proven by the results of the two in
designations. The results Of the in
quiry will eventually produce a better
organized cOmmissary department and
a more business like method Of deal
ing with butchers, who. as a class,
need watching, as every housekeeper
knows. That the packers deal in
thousands Of hogs, beeves and sheep,
and the family butcher only in dozens.
does not appear to have any especial
bearing on the case. The wholesale
and retail dealer in meat is neither
better nor worse than the rest of us
when confronted with large profits
and it is the duty OF the United States
agents to inspect their purchases.
In accepting contract to keep
meat fresh in the Cuban climate
seventy-two hours, or nearly three
days after it left the refrigerator, the
packers relied upon the process. The
fultillment of such contract in q
warm, moist climate Is surrounded
with appalling difficulties and the
packers adopted the only expedient
possible in the absence Of refrigerat.
ing cOnveniences. They sent for the
inventor to come to Chicago and tried
his process before accepting it. Not
being able TO try the Cuban climate
and being satisfied that the curing
process was effective in Chicago, they
allowed the inventor to subject the
meat to his process and shipped it to
the United States army in Cuba. The
department asked an impOssibility and
cannot see that the packers are to
be blamed for resorting to what they
hoped would keep the meat eatable IL
not palatable. Anyway, it was a
choice between no meat at all or pre-.
served meat. The responsibility for
the canned meat is another question.
President Eliot Of Harvard college
in introducing General Miles to the
audience assembled under the auspices
Of the Harvard Republican club said
TO the students:
at is not because General Miles is a
doctor of laws Of Harvard university
that you have come to this place to-
day. 1t Is because you would like to
see man who has many times faced
mortal peril for his country. Many Of
the men who enlisted from this uni.
versity last spring did so partly be.
cause they wished TO see what that
experience was like But after all,
this ability to keep ones head and TO
look after the needs of ones self and
Others in moments OF mortal peril IS
something that many men can cul
tivate. Cowardice is rare in our race.
There is, however, a higher kind Of
courage, which, at the expense Of
calumny and obloquy, seeks feerlessly
To make known the truth, And this
is the sort Of courage which General
Miles has shown during the last four
months. y
Mother Maturin is the name Of a
novel written by Rudyard Klpling in
India when the newspaper publishers
were in the habit Of calling him "a
clever young pup" or "a smart
youth" IN 1886 he had three hundred