The times., 1899-11-17
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Il would have been strange indeed IL
some of the Algerian flavor of our Spanish
war had rot been waited across the Al
( lantic, to cheer our Anglo-Saxon brethren
/ in arms in their unfriendly discussion with
the Transvaal Beers. But we are not ready
to believe that anything more than flavor
could reach that far To insinuate that the
/ real thing had penetrated the British com
missariat would be to cast a serious re-
+ Fiction upon the probity and unexampled
virtue of our beef and hog packers. which
/ we are sure Secretary Wilson would in
/ stantly resent. and with all the devotion
/ TO truth and great business industry that
+ he displayed on another and similar occa-
/ sion
! Yet an officer on board one of the British
! transports has written letter to the Lon
! don Times" in which he asserts that
/ sixteen hundred rations of salt carriou la
! beled New York, 1899, had 10 be thrown
overheard as it was full of disease" He
1 adds: They only salt down the very worst
] portions Of very inferior beasts and pigs"
The result of the publication of this letter
in the Times" is a howl Of indignation
1 throughout the United Kingdom against
the 'rascally contractors and incapable ad-
miral;y transport officers who allowed
filthy. salted brisket beef to be furnished
10 the troops"
People in this country who are inimical
TO Great Britain and have been diligently
hunting for casus belli, have now one
made to their hand 1t is self-evident
that - 11Taaoff ion, rFa al
( decaying. or embalmed meat to the account
Of American producers of such commodi-
ties is a national affront, and could r3t
possibly be based on fact. The conditions
which prevailed in this country, Cuba, and
Porto Rico during the summer of 1898 are
s.ill fresh in our minds. The universal
opinion of the army was that it was being
Ted on carriou meat in cans and quarters.
But the Alger Relief Commission, of
which the Hen. Credit Mobilier Dodge was
president and The Hon. Tincarrion DENLY
most Of the other members. decided that
the officers and soldiers were mistaken
liars. the contractors monsters Of honesty
and royalty liberal to their partners and
friends, and the slandered beef so sweet
that whole box OF it exploded in the
rooms OF the Commission.
After this verdict had been rendered with
all the odor of sancdty appertaining to any
rendering establishment, the Secretary of
Agriculture rushed also to the breach and
/ denounced all and singular those who wou
shake the proboscis Of scorn at the escuIenL
debris of the diseased COW tanks Of the
wealthy West; and then, OF course, all wise
men hopeful Of Administration favors and
fearful Of Administration wrath, at once
/ desiccated and joined in the official shout
Of triumph: no evidence has been found
against the packers of tuberculosic long
horns, Of timed refuse tank pulp. nor of
the jury"
Il is necessary 10 revive the case Of The
People VS.. Algerism, in order to realize,
through contemplation Of the decision in
the same, how fragrant is the offence Of our
British cousins in insinuating that anybody
. on this side could be guilty OF unloading
salt carrion" on Her Majesty's Eagans.
Certainly something should be done about
it. Our pious packers should not allow
themselves to rest for a moment under
such imputations. 1t is d second chance
OF somebody's life to become solid with one
Of our best business interests" We think
/ that even Mr. Mckinley might lake up the
quarrel and inject another costly beef com
mission into the situation. Fortunately
the man as well as the hour is at hand
DENLY Is here and could be cheerfully
spared. Why not let him go to England
in the interests of the libeled and insuted
earrion-mongers. bat at public expense.
and wipe this foul blot from of our es-
( cutcheou?