The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-14

to the nourishment. About IL per cent. of
the nourishment came out in the first boil
ing proceSs-li2 per cent. OF soluble albu-
men. An extract of beef was made OF IT,
No date was put on the label on the roast
beef cans. the contents being. guaranteed
Meat thus preserved six. eight and nine
years. was just as good II put up last
summer. The French government required
a date on the can. The same kind of meat
was used In the cans furnished the United
states government.
How do you account for the dissatisfac-
ton that Is alleged on the part OF the SOL
diers in the use OF the canned roast beef?"
WHY THE MEAT WAS UNPALATABLE
Il think there were several reasons-the
heat, which caused the fat and jelly TO melt,
and, instead of nice MISUNDERSTANDING
piece OF meat coming out of the can, the
meat would separate-come apart in pieces.
And there was no salt in It. no pepper, no
condiments and in many cases no condi-
ments were used 1 think it would have Civ
en- more satisfaction if made up and cooked
with vegetables. 1t should be taken out OF
the can as soon the is opened
In reply TO General Gillespie the witness
stated that Powell was a meat dealer he
understood. in New York city. He had no
connection Whatever with Armour * Co. He
visited the New York office and said he had
q process for preserving refrigerated beef
Tor period without ice. IL was quite a
proposition to handle beef in the warm
country and the New York office sent Mr.
Powell to Florida 10 experiment. The ex-
eminent and that the end of It.
In answer to General Davis the witness
stated as another reason for the soldiers
not liking the canned roast beef that neither
tire regulars nor the volunteers were used
10 ii, the regulars having fresh beef at the
posts. The canned beef was certainly not
appetizing unless the proper condiments
were used or the meat was not properly
cooked Some shipped TO Florida was re-
lected as some OF the tins were defective.
Where one tin in a case was defective the
whole case was rejected, but this meat was
supplied by the Armour Packing Company,
OF Kansas City, a separate organization
from the Chicago house. He did not know
or ozone being used 10 preserve refriger-
ated beef.
S. S. Conway, general superintendent of
Armour q Co, testified that he had never
been connected with the beef department,
methods Of preparing beef He said that
salt, saltpeter and sugar We're used in pre-
pairing hog products and sometimes borax
for shipping purposes, but none of these
was used in connection with the preparation
II. r. Walton. superintendent of the
canned meat department of Armour & Co.
gave in detail a description of the process
of canning and the methods OF detecting
yearly rejection of cans. he said would be
less than half of per cent. The only agent
relied on as preservative was sterilization.
The last witness of the day was w. +.
Pierce, In charge of the slaughtering, cool
ing and loading or cattle at Armour & Co.'S.
He was asked If any discussion or dispute
had ever arisen between the firm and the
government inspectors with reference to
the propriety of a condemnation;
Yes, sometimes, but very seldom"
IF a prime steer is condemned, what is
the loss to Armour & Coz
Forty dollars or more"
HAS any matter ever been removed from
the tanks during your connection with the
establishment
only after il has been thoroughly disin-
tegrated."
Have you ever had any reason to sus-
pect any tampering or foul pley with re-
spect to condemned meat?'
mo, SIR
Are any chemical salts or acids used in
connection with preservation"
NO, sir; cold alone is relied upon"
The court adjourned until 10 O'clock to-
morrow morning.