Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-07

ON 2G VI ~ 81 IOWA
sa sEEF INVESTIGATIONS
N aalstNa TON April i Before tic
sasssl sssty court Colonel e. Il. Green.
IA, ssssssI med icnl Inspector of the
~ md chief surgeon in the field
The Spanish war, testified tha,
ssssS ehlet comp ANT ia Porto Rico was
81 IL we rocking. Tho canned beef
'Sas u pPetizing. but might be eaten
sss IA, u cooked with vegctn bes
sss n hsss0nt dctrimcnt. Col. r. i. Pope.
Hssas Il Of the Fifth army corps
ssy " = a. 8 NntiagO campaign, testified as
h IN M unappc,izing, innutri,ions char
|sss sIcter ~ the canned beef. He said the
ss 1900 skioMbls seemed to be lack Of
n lsiss Tor cooking. Maj Lagar,le,
IA fssmlnnad OF the hospital at 81 honey.
sS MI N eti TINT the hospital patients
s AAeas canned beef regularly and there
Ssa ma. no special complaint, though it
Sss RrCttncell considerable diarrhoea. At
ssss.s 's He ~ afternoon session testimony was
ss yen tending to establish the fact
1.a Saat the refrigerated beef served to the
soldiers in Cuba and Porto Rico was
ANS isseMicnlly treated, and that Alger was
All pOnstble for the use of this beef
sS Inc witnesses were Geo. III. Giddings,
III ~ nos ~ a representative of n combine
LION of Texas cattlemen, sought to sell
u Use Ton the hoof to the government,
s.nnd Gen. y. II. Syphers, attorney for
eate com bination. Roth testified that
fsSStSen. Eagan told them he understood
hercfrigerated beef was to be treated
It'll conservatives, and both testified
stnat EagRn had expressed doubts of
The Feasibility OF the plan. but had said
thAt "a lger insisted on contracts with
the packing houses being made.
VAsnINaroS. April 1.-The military
n court to Investigate the beef question
\ examined an unusually large number
of witnesses. including several army
Y surgeons. in Charge Of hospitals. Their
b tesk1mony was generally to the effect
tlIkt they had had no experience with
cal ged beet and that. so far as they
+ kIl Nv. the healtl, of their patients had
t1Rds been affected by its use. The
.nrr also heard the testimony of G.
~. Simpson. Of Boston, now engaged
/ MI furnishing beefons the hoof to. the
-..roons at inland points in Cuba, who
Inflated that lie had had several inter-
Jews with General Eagan prior to the
s, ting OF bids for the troops at Santi-
sago and had urged the impossi bility of
satisfactorily supplying beef to the
etGnban troops in any other way than
. on the hoof. or on the block. Major
! Taylor. in charge of the hospital at
Fort Mcpherson. said the beef furnish.
ed the hospital was all of excellent
quality.
WASHINGTON, April 5.--Before the
beef court of inquiry DR.. DAILY. medi-
cal examiner Of Miles staff in Porto
\ Rico. snid after he had become salts
fed that the beef had been chemically
pre- pared he made chemical analysis
Of ii residut,m from the beef used on
the Panama and found evidence of the
presence of salicylic and boracic acids.
s. From confidential talks with proprc-
tors of slaughter houses and manu-.
facturers Of chemicals he was more
: than ever convinced that the packers
A used chemicals in preserving meats.
b DIR. Nicodemus testified that both the
~ canned and refrigerated beef WIS very
"a unsatisfactory. The latter smelled
like an embalmed body. A request
7ssvas received from Gen. Miles present
pEng the names OF la3 officers and en-.
the court summon as witnesses. lie
said $4,000 men could give testimony
subsiantiat'ng the assertion that the
meat was unfit to eat. 81
WASHINGTON. April G.--Trofcssor
Russell II. Chittcnden, of Yale College,
ono of the chemists selected by the
government to analyzc the canned
roast beef, presented his report, show
z ing that the beef generally was good.
No chemicals had been found by him
in its preparation. and it was generally
wholesome. although it was doubtful
whether it was suitable food for the
tropics. DIR. Currie, of the Second
New Jersey. said the men had to throw
away tile meat sent them for dinner.
{ lie had tested the beef and expressed
B tho opinion that it had been soaked in
some preservativc fluid containing
salicylic acid. lie said he had discov-
cred ten years ago that Swift Il Go.
used salicylic acid to preserve thci:'
ineats Two months ago he had
found that beef furnished by Armour
e Co contained the same acid.
WASHINGTON. Apri, Ga letter from
Armour g. Company to the cominissary
general, dated from the FIRMS Wash
inrton Office. July Ii last, was laid be-
Y fore the army beef court yesterday.
q II, said that the company had the en-
elusive control of the Powell process
for preserving fresh meats, and.toid OF
tests on board the transports at Tam
pa, Florida, concerning which testi-
mcny heretofore has been received by
the court The letter said that tests
showed that. the pieces not wrapped
fermente ed in less than - hours. but
TINT those covered with sacks kept 100
hours. 1t declared that snci, results
I were never beforc accomplished in the
history of the fresh meats business
Nv. "A. De Caindry. for many years
clerk in the office of the comm'ssary
general, testified that at the direction
y 81 General Eagan he made 81 draft OF
\ the contract for furnishing the refrlg.
Grated beef Representatives OF Swift
& Company brought mp the question OF
4 the time the beef should keep after
s;ssnc. Under the orders OF Gen. Eagan
and Captain Davis. assistant commits
J sary general. various changes were
,riade, witl, the result that the con-
tr!,ct became inconsistent. Witness
had no power to rcctify the matter.
MAY co TO MANILA.
i:usnor That Ludlow Is to He Succeeded
by Lee. E=
HAVANA. April 5.---The newspapers