New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-05

cit is" he said. "as difficult, to say what smell
! Is like as II is for an artist to paint dNins
groan. II the phrase was offensive" he added.
| II might have adopted the language OF the SOL
diers. some of whom said It smelt like the devil
| while others compared it 20 bouquet or cess
| pools" Dr. DAILY said he had since made expert
mc,ts ON beef subjected to treatment by boric
| ncid and had found It to give forth about as fou
! q smell as could we'll he imagined.
! Minor Leo than read various reports made b%
| Dr. DAILY concerning official inspections or the
b.cf nj the camps in Jacksonville, Lexington
| and ChickamauGa. All these stated thal the
meat used generally looked well. but tnat there
| was universal complaint OF its smelling baci!
| lis had found the fresh beef 10 be apparently
! preserved by the injection OF some chemlcai
which destroyed It's natural flavor ana wm'n
| must OF necessity have been injurious To me
| health OF those eating IT, II was 10 his mind I'M
! nossib;c 10 preserve the meat without the us- OF
! ocids and apparently 1t had been preserved oy
tho injection Of chemicals to aid the WORK OF oe-
| fective cold-storage" In one case he had touho
| the odor similar to that Of dead human po"S'
and in another. speaking of the odor' he saiu' II
w..s unnatural. mawkisl sickly, like that OF
human cadaver after an undertaken mao '"JeV'''
his embalming preservativc
RESULTS OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
He was satisfied hat the beef had been chem-
| jcalIy prepared-that it had been embalmeu' III
! fact After his reports had gone IN ne hau IL
order 10 satisfy his o:rn mind. made che''i'''
era,v.is ~ a residuum from the beef used on
tho Panama. AMI had found distinct evidence oil
| the presence of boric and salicyic ACIDS NJ
tbon referred again TO the report or the wal
| Commission in which reference had Deen ihaue
| 70 the use of these drugs. the intimauon pei"s
| that a trace OF thom would not De lhJu'l'u'
Replying DR.. DAILY asserted that the cheHl'"''
were detrimental to health, and they could only
| be used at the peril of those taking them no
| matter what authority says these chemicals are
safe thev are not safe" he said, emphaucaliE
Here DR.. DAILY introduced joint report maze
nv DR. Clark chemist. and DR.. Hidenralu'
| chen,ist az the Geological Survey. on an ahai-
| vsis made by them of residuum from 'he oee,
| used on the Panama In TINS report Iliei a.
| they had examined the powder l9Iiisneu , ~
| Dslv Both the flame test ana ti,e 'uliIIe''
naper test gave distinct evidence or the piesiC,
| OF borc acid. they said we also UUeo'' tba
| good reactions with ferTlc chioriue' S'o"'S ~
| presence Of salicyHc acid. - 1,o,
! In RESPONSE 20 a general question III DdlH
! said he had obtained much Information ga
frming what he had testified TO- Out wn,rm .iru
| come 10 him In a confidential way, rende'i'b
| II inproper for him to give the names or thoSe
supplying the facts. In truth. pan mao p ~.
Diaced on the information lie tnOuSHt .l,'''
| some forty or fifty persons had spoken 10 mn, nun
| in corroboration Of what he had salu' IN
| zero the proprietors Of slaugter- houses ana
the manufacturers Of cheml@ais. Ohe ai'q ~,
| Cacturer had told him that he would nave pe,n
| compelled TO go out of business except TOT tle
| patronage of the beef men. He said, after some
| Questioning. that he would ascertain WHc'itcI
| he could give the names OF these people 10 '"e
! court. 1.,, r,o,.,r nv
| DAILY said he had heard nothing "neh ne nul
| is Gre ohgprVatiOu at Tampa IN response
| TO Colonel Weston's remark 10 the cree ma
| any chemical had been used on the peel WiHCh
| Tho Colonel had hung in the sun. He SAID ne
| bsd preserved the specimen from the beef on the
| Panama in an aArdted bottle, locking IL IN IL
| portmanteau. He had given the specimen no
| treatment except 10 remove 'iie i"O ny '''''7
Asked IL he was still much convinced as
when he made his report OF the quahty VI Jne
tiops than | ever from the unsoilclteu
evidence that has come to me since the report
DIR. DAILY CoRROBORATED.
DR. Edwin 7. Nicodemus OF Philadelphia who
| served as a surgeon in the Porto Rican cam
| noien said that both the canned roast beef and
| the REFRIGERATED beef unsatisfactory lie
had returned to the United States on the trans
| mort Mississippi and found the refrigerated
| meat very unsatisfactory. 1t was he SAID sug-
| gestive Of q dissectng room the odor beng
| characteristic Of an embalmed body. Ihe peer
| had a sweetish. acrid taste and some OF the
| men after eating it had manifested symptoms Oh
| ntomaine poisoning. He inferred that the DeeI
| had undergone chemical treatment because the
| taste and smell were different from the normal
! taste and smell Of meat.
| Lieutenant Dixon. Of the 10Th cavalry, VINO
| was commssary Al Lakeland Fla. part OF
| last summer said that he did not recollect that
| ne had ever talked with Mr.: Morehouse Ar
| nour's agent at Lakeland. about any SUBJECT
| except their accounts III the presence Oh Lieu
| tenant Gampfer The meat supplied was re-
| frigerated beef and always good. The idea
| had never occurred TO him that the beef had
| been chemically treated. He had not been so
favorably impressed with the canned beef, and II
| had proved unsatisfactory
| DR.. DeVoe of Chicago. was recalled. lie Is an
| inspector of the Agricultural Department. and
in 1894 made an inspection of the packing houses
| of Chicago on complaints and reported to the
| Department This report however could not be
| found and Dr. DeNoe was asked to give the best
| In formation ne could He proved an unwilling
| witness saying that he saw no reason why
| statements concerning facts four or five years
| old should be brought out here to the detriment
| Of the business of firm which had since, so far
| as he knew, obeyed the law.
| The Court insisted. however and he said that
| tho firm of Nelson Morris e. Co the one
| which had been especially investigated The
| testimony had been given mostly by discharged
| and disgruntled employees, and was to the effect
| that the carcasses OF cattle had been taken from
| the tanks and placed on the local market. The
| findings had not been conclusive. There had
| been no evidence that the firm had connived at
| this disposition Of the carcasses. and there
| q denial Of the complaint by the firm. DR..
| Devoe said ne had at the time been reasonably
| satisfied that the law had not been complied
! with. and he had reported to the Department
| that there was foundation for the complaint.
| STATEMENT FROM NELSON MORRIS & Co
| Washington April A representative Of Nelson
| Morris & co. tonight made the following state
|