Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-18
q. There ,s . small proDortionl Of tai

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"what per cent Of the latter 10 useds'
There are about two ounces OF jelly in
How long ia the beef boiled before it
Is put In the cam?
from thirty to thlrty-fi minutes"
What Is done with the water In which
the beef Is boiled?" -. =.
thrown away: In the case OF roast beef We
put in from one and a half to two ounces
OF # in the cans after 1t Is reduced to
.'Is that water used for making extract
"Ycs: some of it is used. but very little"
:What proportion of canned corn beef
and roast beef does your firm manufact-
Ordinarily, we put up more corned
beef" said MIR. Miles.
Colonel Gillespie asked:
Have YOU had but one brand from the
beglnnng?"
Yes, 10 my knowledge"
How much canned roast beef did YOU
gam"
Il cannot give the exac. figure"
Ex-ConEressman Peters.
Former Congressman NJ. s. Peters, Of
+ Kansas City. Kas.. was called after Mr..
Miles was excused.
Colonel Davis asked:
will you describe to the court what Is
meant by the term Gamers"
Cattle that are rather thin in flesh, and
are not suitable to be returned to the coun-
Major Lee asked:
Il believe you are familiar with the fact
that the government called for several mill
ion POUNDS of canned roast beef. Tell the
court whether In such an emergency an in
suit"
Il think it quite improbable that more
would come to this market in such an
MIR. L. A. Lennon was called and said
that Gamers is term used for cattle
that are brought in from the country and
are not tat as n rule.
Canned Meat Carefully Prepared.
Mr.. H. L. Antoine, of the Armour Pack
ing Company, the foreman of the canning
department of the Armour plant. testified
| that the beef used at the time the govern
men. ment contracts were filled was of good
grade and perhaps better that 1t Is at pres
ent. He accounted for this by the rush
| orders that had TO be shipped.
How carefully was that meat prepared?"
asked Colonel Davis.
CAREFUL
Were the orders all inspected?"
cent was rejected"
Major Lee asked:
,.,i1n' %Mow much Is the beef reduced by the
About 20 per cent"
., is there anything on the cans to show
II think that there is"
Colonel Gillespie asked:
s y possible for an empty box to be
LEFT with government stamp on it?''
| Yes. but 1t cannot be refilled without
the knowledge of q government oficer"
General Davis:
When can is found to be defective. is
| other cans?"
l. YES. II it is not spoiled"
Rambo Tells of Spoiled Meat Rejected.
L. A. Rambo, who was formerly employed
IN the canning department at Armour's,
What was the condition of the cans
when you were employed In packing them?'
thrat,n "As one ne, time about 80 per cent was
.",sa What disposition was made of the re-
Major Lee asked:
What was the matter with the cans that
We're thrown out?"
ike It.. l remember one order that was
particularly bad. Everybody knew OF the
Was this a government order?"
onas ~ was sSid TO be government order"
How long was this going on?"
about two or three weeks
How many cans would be found to have
N,}ss ,Pessible e. two ss. or three in every box"
What was the brand on the order of
| canned beef?'
| '.lt was Roast Beef and think Armour
Packing Company was printed on the Ia
.Whsss :sEn was sa,. the the spoiled meat takene
,.sN vns "a tss this .1 maser Of general cYsersa-
fYes among ali Of US, boys" ' "
Name someone besides yourself?'
| Gerald Miles and. William Ritehie. who
nn hs aSot " M
cs@pseli. % We all worked % tosether." her. ''e"'s
Foreman Antoine Rep1diaaes. ..Rambo.
| Colonel Davis called Foreman Antoine. who
declared: :,
Mr.. Rambo was. never employed in the
canning department, he was employed as a
"Mr. Rambo. what do you say to that! %
~ was employed in part of the canning
eight months that wa was m there I' 1 was vas en- n
Mr.. Antoine insisted that he had never
| known that RaTnbo had ever been employed
In packing cans.
| Colonel Davis asked:
Da the edpIcsiSn, and 1sav bursting that Mr.
Yes. but am positive that We never did
t.haye a. large = number OF defective cans
| as Mr.. Rambo has said. Tho total number
q day could not have been more than 2a
or 800 out Of 5000" Rambo still insisted
that the average was more than 800 per
| day.
Major Lee:
"Mr. Antoine, you could not personally ex-
| anime each can. could you?'
| mo, did not on each case, but l would
see ali the cans that had been rejected"
| DO you swear that Rambo was not en-
p.oyed In packtng?'
| II do" firmly declared Antoine.
Colonel Davis instructed Mr. Antoine to
| bring a record OF all the rejected cans for
the months of May and June. 1887.
Condemned Cattle Go to Tank.
9. BMorse. who has charge OF the killing
department at Armour's. said that all an
lmals that are condemned are taken to the
rendering room.
Are any chemicals used to preserve
beef?"
No and they could not be used withou,
my knowledge"
| Major Lee asked:
How many cattle will a tank hold?"
| About fifteen. The steam Is turned or
as soon as the tanks are filled"
In some cases could Carcasses be left
over niGht?"
Foreman Spence Testines.
Richard Spence. foreman of the cutting
department at Armour's, testified that the
beef which came into his hands had {
government tag attached.
| Did any beef come into your hand:
without some government inspection
| mark"
NO and have held my present position
for nine years.