The times., 1899-03-07
read the afidavit carefully without fear

read the affidavit carefully without fear
ing that 1t may be shown to be the truth.
Dolan swears in proper legal form that
there was a system of deception practiced
on the Government inspectors, who were
not over-inquisitive as a rule because that
was not to their advantage. The influence
of the house was efficient to cause the re-
moval of a disagreeable official The pur-
pose was to put on the market, either as
fresh or canned beef cattle in all stages
of tuberculosis, lumpy jaw, and other
dreadful and contagious diseases. The form
of condemning the worst cases was gone
through with and then each carcass was
thrown into a vat ostensibly to be reduced
10 fertilizer. In fact, the bottom OF the
vat in room below was open and the car
cass fell on a car and as Immediately re-
turned to a room where Inspected meat was
kept. Here it was cut up ard prepared
for consumption. In order to blind and
deafen the inspector an exhaust pine
poured its roaring steam into the vat, pre-
venting the inspector from seeing to the
bottom and from hearing the carcass strike
the car Mr. Dolan recites every step IN
the process by which the laws were vio-
lated and meat full of the germs of fatal
disease distributed to the world as having
been approved by both State and Govern
ment officials.
The members of the firm accused de-
clare that Dolan's charges are absurd. In
their effort to discredit the man who stood
by them in a strike. they volunteer the
assertion that in supporting them he be-
trayed his fellows. though, of course. we
did not look at it that way'-an instance
of the blackest ingratitude. The denial
of the firm is weakened by the statement
of the former Secretary of the Illinois
State Live Stock Commission that five
| years ago the State officials found that
large numbers of lumpy-jaw cattle were
! being slaughtered daily by the Chicago
! packers and when they tried to suppress
this traffic in diseased meat they met the
! fierce opposition of the ring that up to
i that time had enjoyed profitable busi-
ness in this Illegal purchase and sale. 1t
had to be suppressed at the point of the
| pistol" This former official, George NJ.
Lecrone adds that this character of dis
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would undoubtedly produce widespread
disease in the army; only those who have
witnessed post-mortem inspections of it
know of its vile character. The traffic
in this meat amounted to hundreds of
thousands of dollars annually"
With this additional testimony. the
| public must be debtor to the man who
had the courage to expose the appalling
crimes of powerful institution. He has
done something to atone for his long par
ticipation in the awful business. With
out hope of reward. but with a reasonable
! fear of persecution, he has performed his
duty to his fellcw-meu. 1t is now the
| imperative demand of justice that the
Government, whose faithful soldiers have
been among the victims should use every
/ possible agency to get at the exact truth
and to iDflict such a penalty on the mer-
cenary criminals. if they are proved to be
guilty, that will deter others, that the
world may eat its food without the fear of
swallowing countless vicious microbes
The denial of the firm is only what was
to have been expected, including Il base
attempt to discredit the man who, they
admit, stood by them in a critical hour.