The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-22
DAILY WAS WRONG.
y CDxTnADICTED NJ An
~rrxar CHEMIST WITNESS.
enA SafieyIie Acid Isea In
r,e,ervssx Meat wesiS Leave No
- Sassesas Taste ~ Was
~-1sneA % by the Army DestOr.

-mrxcTox. Jan n.-Prnf. Wieiaxki.
-. - al,s seoiogscai survey. today re-
- - DE war investigating commits
- go h.s ,eSs o. tie gsowaeE furnished
= rec. Daily as being TIE residue ffsFn
ssi.snx down OF a portion 81 TIE con-
- rel on The Panama. dtsczossd the
-.s--es OF both bor!s AID saiicylsc ACID
r fsssrxS E5oh the witness StAnd Ard
= eiessiy examined
- sass ne could say nothing OF
=. ~rsUsn Of the materials tested. nor
- y state the probable amount Of the
-. agents sxe.ai that would be ex-
.s.s~1 a. making ssA from the beef with
II rnes material ard longer time. Large
1..lla.sa Of saca chemicals for prsserya-
- heWeves. ne sad. would De ufaneces-
~ "a wSuid be an expensive waste.
~ bouDcic acid. ne SAID tmpars no DOOR
- = I'D. was odorsess ard he could not
- uHe4heF it forms any compounds vita
~ - AZ cattle that woass5 produce odor.
s1noiA IL not be possible" he was ask
Z .sAss neat Kept Tor time varying
- oce to Twelve weeks In cold storage
~s1rst by easeae cloth. would be affect
= - The substance In the cheese ciotng''
= shos,a.d think So" xaz the reply.
- Il possible to get both these agents
- We found both In the material
nhnlssed. pus3or'ing to lie q meat ex-
!, aoes not necessarily fosow, then"
nrxssssd Gen. Beaver, that the product
- s1amined came from beef tea"
/ no. did not inquire into It's origin"
oen Beaver read from Surgeon Days
nour OF the beef on the Panama pro-
nsd - Ponce. saying some OF II tasted
- dec0mposed boracsc acid. Now" be
tted III there is any percsptloie taste in
|hRAx3c acid, would fts Use In any guam
IN b meat impart such taste
4 nAo4id say not" answered the wit
-7n.n ss have disposed Of that" com
Wssnsn said he knew OF no such thing
= dacompoeea boracsc acid. and tina, from
! ssssnfs6c point OF view the expression
~ ntanfngless. that boracic acid In such
sasnsstiAg ~ likely would be used would
ass Ne taste In the mouth Of an sndi-
ulsai ~ had been testified to yesterday
b Surgeon Daily.
would the treatment OF horaese or sau-
uac Add make any difference In the odor
rEash from decayed beefr' interrupted
u@sss. Woodbury..
TAs would take actual experiment"
vn " rsply: There might be some slight
Aake1 - 80 the effect on health Of using
~ Aee;ed with the acid. witness said It
~ u AksyIic acid would BE- different. and
~ efohibiied b. mox European govern
npun The horacic arid cf meat furnish
q sraSR n hss opinion, would BE- OF very
- Importance from a heath view. hut
- Atcyac acid xosild Is Objectionable
y re meat were kept tyeaty-four hours
M issv<nE The refrigerator the .,hefni>-
miEht retard pesrefaction.
IL the horacIc acid were used In the
1T would II .mparf, as has been testi-
- taste 80 bitter. nauseous and an
NAtahss - 10 make II unit for user
Essss aas asked. AID he replied: No.
hymaster Henry G. Colbert, Of the
NJ. testified 10 large purchases OF beef
y the navy. The purchases were from
= sAme firm which supplied the army
said the meat gave general satisfac-
and there was no complaints. When
I'D II there were any evidences Of
11ntcals being used he answered In the
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