The record-union., 1899-03-15


demned after having been seventy-two
hours away from the ship
The witness stated that chemicals
were not in any way used as a pre-
servative. He had heard of the Powell
process and other chemical expert
ments, but had never tried them.
Borax was used, he said, in packing
and shipping cured Joints of pork, but
not son beef. He said that his COM
pany did no canning, but furnished the
beef used by Libby, McNeill & Libby
for canning.
Major Lee asked if the larger pro-
portion Of the poorer beef did not so
to the Gamers.
| Swift replied that it did not.
The next witness was Horace G.
Gardner, the manager of the construc-
ton and mechanical department OF
Swift & Co. He repeated the incidents
attending the closing of the contract
between Swift & Co. and General Ea-
gan.
| What conversation was there as to
the application of your practice of
keeping meat in Cuba and Porto Rico
as to refrigerator plants?" he was
asked.
!
meet the exigencies Of that climate, to
erect refrigerators on shore; that did
not think it would be safe in any other
way. but that so far as treating beef
with chemicals to- preserve it, We would
not do it at all; that if we could not
get the business and do it according
to our regular process of refrigeration
we would not take it.
Were shore refrigerators provided
for?"
Yes, we contemplated that in our
original proposal"
| The witness denied that any chemic-
ais whatever were used in the beef
business Refrigeration was the only
thing relied upon.
IF General Eagan testified that the
| limit was seventy two hours, how DO
you reconcile this conflict with the tes-
| timony?"
! General Eagan is mistaken"
| William Van Widdie,s refrigerator
engineer in the employ of Swift & Co..
testified that he had charge Of the
meat of the ship. Port Victor, which
reached Port Tampa July 9th. The
meat was loaded on the ship there from
refrigerator cars, and was in good con-
were used in the preservation of beef.
The ship went to Santiago, taking re-
frigerator plant, but was kept waiting
for three days before the plant could
be taken ashore. In eight days it was
in working order He did not know
who caused the delay. Witness went
himself to Colonel Humphreys two or
three times. and Colonel Humphreys
said he would get around to it in time
F. w. Wilder, General superintendent
of Swift & Co, who had testified in
washington, was recalled and asked
about the use of chemicals. He said
that none were used, and could not De
used at the packing house without his
knowledge.
George E. Van Norman, a commits
sion merchant, with offices at Milwau-
kee and Chicago, testified in detail as
to the Governmental, State and mum
cipaI inspection of cattle slaughtered at
the stockyards.
Major Lee asked if, as a rule, por-
ton of the poorest class Of cattle killed
were not used for canning.
Yes sir; but people have a. wrong
idea about emaciated cows going in for
Gamers. They would not be econom-
icaI for that purpose; they are all bones
and no flesh"
B. Sherwood, a commission man at
the stockyards. said the term 'scanners"
was a misnomer. If a canning house
bought cattle, the cattle were
called Gamers" but if a dressed beef
house bought the same cattle they
would not be termed ''canners."
Major Lee tried to show from the
f1of da of r
tie were used for canning, but the wit
ness would not make any such admis-
sion.
| Colonel NJ. o. Smith, who has been
the purchasing commissary of the Gov
ernment at Chicago since 1890, was the
next witness. He said he purchased
between May 1st and July 19, 1898,
| 2759,272 pounds of canned roast beef.
The orders for purchase came from the
Commissary General in every case.
At the request of Colonel Davis, the
witness produced copies of orders. He
said the orders were all rush orders.
The Recorder read large number of
kilograms between General Eagan and
other officers of the Subsistence Depart
ment at Washington and Colonel Smith
with reference to the purchase OF can
ned roast beef last year.
What inspection were these pur-
chases subjected to?" asked Colonel
Davis.
They were only inspected by sam
pie"
I'm some cases I see the price of de-
liveries on the same day varies 1 or
cents pound What is the reason for
that?"
These were not my purchases. They
were made from Washington"
did you make any purchases of
Libby, McNeill & Libby's second grade,
known as the Emory brand?"
II myself never bought any Of the
second grade. Of Libby's meat; this was
purchased direct from Washington"
did you buy any canned meat of
the second grader"
well, the Hammond Company sub
mitted to me some samples which
seemed good, and 1 bought them, not
knowing until afterward that it was
what they call their second grade"
Did you purchase any refrigerated
beef?"
mo, sir; but paid for a good deal
of it,
On cross examination, Major Lee
said: You speak of purchasing this
by sample, under these rush orders.
What method was pursued as to COM
pairing these samples brought to you
with the stores purchaser"
"None took it for granted that they
supplied the same stores that were rep
resented by samples"
with all of these rush orders with
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