The San Francisco call., 1899-05-11
THE MOVEMENT ON MILES.

LIE MOVEMENl ON MlLES
is with little satisfaction that the American peo-
/. pie read OF the movement to expel General Miles
from command and drive him from the army. The
testimony taken by the commission to inquire into
the condition OF the beef supply was published to
extent sufficient prevent the least feeling OF popu
lar respect Tor the report OF the commission That
report reads like conclusion reached before test-
1nony was heard. that is adhered though discred-
tied by the evidence
War, when carried on by nations most ex-
perenced in its emergencies by constant operations
III the field is always opportunity for the
puous TO get unjust gain by the manipulation OF
contracts and supplies In the very best conditions
Government never gets the value received as an
individual 1t is estimated, with approximate correct
ness that everything used by the Government in war
costs about double what it would cost an individual
II this state OF things is avoidable it is seldom
avoided When to this chronic waste OF is added
such condition of the army ration make it
not only non-nutritious but noxous and dangerous
to the health OF the troops righu situation is dis
closed That this was the condition of the beef sup
ply is settled beyond question. 1t its condition
in the camps as we'll as in the field and on the trans
ports The testimony to establish this cannot be con-
ceaed under the inspired findings OF the commission
The evidence of Governor Roosevelt and men Of
equal eminence and credence is accepted by the po-
pie, though it made no impression upon the commits
sion
The beef interests, which fattened on the treasury
while the OF the people dying OF the food
they supplied, reported to demand the degrada-
ton OF General Miles because foreign countries Gus
toners for our beef products, are showing prudent
desire to protect their people against the ills that
visited upon troops They accuse
General Miles of discredtng American meat products
all over the world II he told the truth about the
army beef and if Roosevelt and the cloud OF witnesses
who supported his charges tell the truth as they do
and the people believe they do the American meat
supply is dscredted by the criminal greed OF the great
monopolies which control its conversion into forms
for consumption by the worlds market
From another quarter comes support OF General
Miles charges. A committee OF the United States
Senate is investigating the aduteration OF foods The
testimony taken by this committee since the beef
commission filed its ridiculous report is complete
revelation OF the very processes the results OF which
were stated in the testimony OF Roosevelt and the
charges OF Miles.
That committee finds that "freezine" "preserva-
tine" rosaline and "laktone are in common use bv
the handlers OF meat Professor Mitchell analytical
chemist OF the Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commits
sion informed the committee that these substances
used in dairy products bulk oysters fish,
hams and corned beef "Freezine" is nothing but
pure formc aldehyde, a chemical that destroys the
tissues of the stomach. OF all these chemical agents
Professor Mitchell says that they fermentation
and decay only by destroying the digestibe character
OF the food on which they used
DR. Wiley, the Government expert, examined a sub
stance used to preserve appearance of freshness in
meats and found identical with the poisonous pickle
used in medical colleges to preserve cadavers for use
the dissecting table
Here, then, we have in progress an entirely indie
pendent inquiry into the subject ordered by the
United States Senate which reveals the very condition
that formed the substance OF General Miles charges
What have the posoners OF our soldiers to say to
this? The Senate committee is not inventing any,
thing to discredt the American meat supply 1t is
simply divulgng facts for which the meat-poisoning
enemies Of General Miles are responsible They are
guilty OF commercial dshonor, and the hog and
cattle rasers suffer by decline in price due to fall
ing off in the foreign demand the fault is not on Gen
eral Miles but the beef contractors who are try
ing to pull him down.
This country produces the largest quantity of
wholesome beef and pork OF any country in the world
Our wide pastures and ranges the abundance of our
corn crop, which both hogs and cattle depend
the freedom OF our herds from the epizooties which
affict animals elsewhere and render their flesh unfit
LOT lOOQ all JON 10 make us the worlds for
meat products prepared for human food If the men
who buy this wholesome meat and through greed
process that destroys instead of supporting life
have by these injured the credit of American
meat they cannot hide themselves dodge respon-
sibity behind the demanded degradation OF General
Miles
The United States Government has finished once
and for all with canned beef Regulations have been