The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-13

FOR hauling meat at Chlckumauga The
witness was asked:
HAD you any reason to believe or sus-
pect during your stay at C'dckamauga
that the beef had ben treated with pte-
servatives?'
"N0. sir"
IN PORTO RICO.
IN witness then explained Co the court
I,y fresh beef was furnished 90 the
troops when they first landed in p0rtl
Rico He arrived at Ponce about August
3 and was there about a day while Gen
eral Brookes was in consultation with
General Miles The beef furnished the
troops at that time was taken from nat
i've cattle which had been purcn i1ed in
open market. lie examined the beef IN
the refrigerator room Of the Massochu-
setts. The temperature OF the room being
below zero
The beef was In perfect condition and 80
FAR as he could Judge re had no reason
TO suppose that II had bocn treated with
preservative.
In regard tothe caunoj roast beef. he
! said he had received no formal complaint
while nj Porto Rico but ne had been toid
that 1t was not very appetzns. In soIre
instances the men stated that they pre-
| ferred the roast beef 70 the native and
then again others claimed the native was
the better.
DR.. w. s. Devoire, chief inspector Of
the bureau of animal industry depart
ment Of agriculture, was the next witness
lie described In detail the system Of gov.
| ernment inspection in the packing houses
! Under the law theb ureau or jurisdiction
over beef Intended for export aud for IN
terstate commerce.
The witness was asked:
"Can any beef go through a registered
packing house establishment without IN
dergolng the supervision OF the force un~
der your control
mo, sir Independent Of its ultimate
destiuation, the carcass is incpected by
our bureau. Beef for canning leaves our
control at the canning rooms; refrigera-
| ted beef leaves our control at the loading
platform Animals condemned AZ the ante
mortem examination cannot possibly get
into the packing houses
NO REPRESENTATIVES,.
"I have never found any preservatives
I'm the water in which the carcases were
washed When an animal is condemned
in the antelmortem examination. the
shipper stands the loss and no u,,e to
the animal passes to the packer.
Last summer when there was greai
demand for packers. the packers were
compelled to purchase and use for can
ming many cattle OF the best grades"
Major Lee asked;
BOTTOMLESS TANKS.
Were you not sent " 1884, to inyesti
gate complaints about bouomless tanks2'
Yes, sir. The charges as to tine bottom
less tanks We're not substantial; the sea
tlmony came princi .ly from discharged
employees and was not sati''1ctorv i
ha-, however pretty well subsInuate.
that in some packing houses, quarter
have been removed from the top OF tn
r tank and sold IN this market. / refer o
, course to condemned meat"
Subsequently. DR.. Devoe said he wishe
IL distinctly understood that the firm {
which he referred as having sold con
r demned beef IN 1894 was not Armour an
} Co, ana that as far as he knew, thei
business had been conducted honestly.
Were Instances not common in Is.
OF diseased cattle being found IN Ia
= shambles2"
"No. sir Not to my knowledge. l d
not think there would be- a possibility
= a carcass condemned for lumpy jaw ge
\ ding into the packing houses. Our mn
+ inspection Is made in the cooling room
= We have no jurisdiction after the pos
4 mOrtem."
\ The witness stated that his only know
: ledge OF the use Of preservaugcs on are
I ed beef was the reading OF such expeI
I ments In the newspapers. he never kne
4 that II had been put TO any practical u5
I General Gillespie asked. ia transit
7 would be possible for any one TO open q
= cars for the purpose Of chemically tire,
= ing the meat?"
J Not without breaking the seal Of
- car and that would be a yio'auon Of
law
- BY Major Lee: do You visa TIE cpi
~, to understand that beef shi9pei by tE'
Ihs companies to be- supplied 90 the tr3.
'kE at Tampa could not be tiken from
car by any one except the governm'
Inspector al Tampag'
as eve have no Inspector a. Tampa
'-nS.. cars would doubtless Zoe ops1ei by
-. contractor"
sp' "'rhe labels ON the canqel roast D.
5s have no reference TO any nspection
NJ. yond the Inspection 81 the carcsas q
pc do not relate to the canning process.
her theyg''
rib, mo. sir; that is correct"
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