Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-23

been removed from the refrigerator In
hot climate and low altitude with
out ARTIFICIAL coatinR2'
MY opinion Is that II could not keep
more than n few hours; six or eight
hours"
'IIave you eve, found horsenesh
put up In cans and sold ON the market
here In Chicagor'
Not put up In cans. but have had
ilns brought TO me purporting to
be fresh beef from the market. and
have found sorne Of these samples to
be horscflcsh instead OF beef. had
no means OF knowing whence they
came. An Investigation with that re-
suit once led the health department to
suppress an establishment In the out
skirts Of Chicago"
KNOCKED OUT a COMPANY.
villain ]. Grlnln. sergeant company
+. acting serreant major Of the Sec
ond battalion. testified that at Jackson
willie. the refrigerated beef had to be
frequently rejected. II looked good. but
when cut open II had peculiar odor, a
snauseous atcnch. on one occasion n
fresh beef stew was served and imme-
dlntcly thereafter the entire company
was taken violently sick with vomiting
and dlarrhoca. For two weeks after
ward three men out OF the company
was the maximum fit for duty Within
ELK weeks three men died. and although
the records showed they died from
fever. witness said he knew that the
sickness from this meat was what
killed them. This meat had to be
brought two miles and q half from the
point Of issue. which took about half
an hour. An Investigation was made OF
the beef which made the company sick.
but with what result witness could not
say.
REFUSED TO PASS MEAT.
Or. John O. Burnc Of Chicago. who
was assistant surgeon OF tho Second
Illinois volunteers while the regiment
was at Jacksonville. stated that he had
condemned the refrigerator beef sew
crai times before II left the wagon
which brought H. He had also returned
some " II TO the cars. taking IL back
w wagons ana telling the agent Of
swift q Co. that he could not use II.
He had refused the meat seven
times IN one month on account OF the
bad odor and bad taste. The men
complained bitterly that they could not
eat II.
Col. Davis-Iiad you oconalon 10 be-
licvc or suspect that tho swift refriger-
atcd beef had been chemically treated
with view 10 Its prcEcrvatlon7
That had never been suggested 20
mo. but II occurred To me whom I used
H. The only ground FOR that belief was
In It's taste and appearance after II had
been removed from the car. II had a
doadened, peculiar appearance. aud
wondered whether any chemicals had
been used"
First Lieutenant Hcdekln OF the
Third cavalry testified that the princl-
pal meat ration IA cuba was refrigcr-
ntor beef. The complaint II was that
II was rotten.
Col. Davis asked the witness n he
had amy reason 10 believe or suspect
that chemicals had bccn used In pre-
serving the refrigerated beef.
'The night after I Joined my troop
refrigerator beef appeared on the table
In the form ~ gteak. That was the
marked that II had a peculiar taste.
which ! had never noticed before IN
beef. ate very heartily 81 10. That
night had diarrhoea. which developed
shortly nftcrwurd In dyHentery and
was unable 10 nscribc the disease to
any other cause"
what I'D you 20 nacrlbc the Pc
cullnrity 10 prcservatlvcaf"
THE fact that the meat WAS different
from any that ! had ever tasted and
that u made me sick"
SOLD CHEMICALS To PACKERS.
w. a. RobinHon. travelling represent
NAtN' ~ wv tUtultAl urn OF ANlflNN
nhEcr A Co.. New York. testified that
he formerly had solicited orders and
sold chemicals to the packing trade.
THc witness said II was within his
knowledge that his frm sells 10 pack
Lighthouses large quantities OF borncic
acid and other acids. but that 40 far
~ he knew they had never been np.
piled 20 fresh beef. they were used for
export pork.
Horace g. Gardner OF Swift q Co.,
recalled, gave a detailed list OF the va
rious chemicals used In the difiercrt
departments Of that establishment. lie
said that In the refrigerated beef de-
pnrtmcnt. no chemicals OF any kind
are used, ana that he never knew Of
nalicylc acid being used on the prem
lsca Tor any purposes.
Albert u. MnnnN. tho chemist of Ar
mour A CO., testified that large num-
bcr of chemicals wcrc uucd In the man
ufncturlng department. but none In the
packing houses except bornx and boz
raclc acid, which were used IN packing
some goods for the foreign markets.
The witness stated that tho rcfrlgcr-
ntor beef sent To the army was shipped
In the usual way. and that no chcmi-
Gals were used ON ".
In reply 60 Col. Davis. the witness
said he had seen what II called ''prc-
norvallnc," and had analysed II. II
contained borax and was used for pre-
serving vegetables. milk. cheese. but
ter. etc.
John HERNIA. private In Company u.
First Illinois volunteers, nftorwnrd
assigned 20 n provisional battalion OF
engineers FOR duty In Porto Rico, tcn-
titled next. In all cases. he said. the
men In his battalion refused o. ca, the
canned roast beef unless absolutely
driven 10 II. They said II was unpnl-
ntnhle. their Htomnchn rcbcllcd against
u. ana they were attacked with vom-
itlng after eating II. In Porto Rico
the men very seldom ate the canned
beef white their money lasted. The
surgeon told the men that the refrlEcr-