The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-02

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!. 49, "a 40 thought then. ard sfr tssns.
etts,a~ "a. arss ming inaf could 10 fsss;ra
Ma "a snss country or elsewhere
sa5 ySah Gu51rss Fifteenth trrsnsrw
6 gas ~tsAssssed during th4 asxar1, ~,
ns..s ~ e .ls spent soaue tine in the hos-
e.sa ~ 30 sss'n.y. testified ina, b. naa a
- 80 lHe hght. ard rad eaten n xf4th |.
Il was rot 80 palstahia as .s-ns
vss az hse eaten. but IL was wnoIesr,sse.
sA~ the meat ueu5 ri stavs sofrns -
"s..er wayss He was too feyerexs 70 ga. :.
..iss 80, nut he saw other officers eat IL
Zen taken back 70 the United state. or
..v etty Of Washington, one o. she erst
slaIsporTs TO return. the wounded Officers
. haae up fund and bought supplies IRON
sI@ coh4aa-ssary Among these were cans
or roast beef ~
re Was s;!Il too sick aboard the v.sse, n
ear u. put the other officers haf snfoyea n
b..s =. bo~aen then reported on the
uee. Experiment tried on The enlisted .nen
yesterday DR.. Rowisn sald sn nrega rgn1
ne various sorts of mea, YESTERDAY era
ZINC on stew was frorn canned meat bought
- open market. second was from caniSed
oses brought back from Porto Rico. q tasrd
was or freeh beef houxh. ia the market here
ana no.ie1 thoroughly. while the fourth was
oa Irssn beef pArer.Ied eight minutes and
SUBSEQUENTLY roasted half hour The lat
tef was sae way in which the packing
houses said their canned roast beef was
mspared. -Four other Plates OF the same
result Of the tesf four OF the enlisted rner
picked our the Porto Rico canned beef az
what they had eaten In Cuba Two se-
,eelee me canned meat bought In open mar
ke'. Two picked out che fresh beef VIC,
nsn been simply boiled. or she cod meat
TWO men picked out the Porto Rscan car
ned beef, four The canned meat bought in
open market. and two the boiled fresh heee
One Of them picked cut the fresh beef boil
ed and roasted according 10 the hacking
houee recipe
MAJ. George H Sands. Of the engineer
corps testified that on the whole the can
red meat had proved satisfactory ration
The refrigerator beef received al his carnn
usually had TO he trimmed before using.
nns .ost hssie we.ght In this way. and wss
Arthur Meeher. general manager for Ar
lh1ar q 90. described In general way
az iength the process of purchasing slaugh-
terinR and packing meats prepared by hIs
MN The recital was IDENTICAL In detau
with the testimony given by all the PACK
ing house representatives to the war !nves-
tEst4on comm sston.
toi paws then turned 70 the chemical
raa@s OF the inquiry and asked: what
agent do you depend on for the preserva
TICS OF dressed beef"
COLD air" replied the witness ..ahso-
iutely nothing else"
Mr.. Meeker said he knew that one Pow
Ell lad made some experiments at Tampa
knew nothing 81 ihs details Of tie exneri RE-
menf and none OF the beef was sold 10 he
government Regarding canned roast beef
witness said there was no distinction be-
tween the packing ca.tis ard those for re-
frigerafing. except that the Gamers and
packers were ieaner so as 10 not get 30
much far In the can The ,raness part Of
the carcass was selected for packing
The only by~pFodurt OF ths Gained heaf
was the water In winch the rncat w Is boil
81, which furnished AN inffnites!r1al
amount % beef extract"
Pressed - say how much beae extrac,
would be made In packing 100 pounds u