The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-06
THE MEAT SENSATION,
A Sharp ReVew of Gen. Miles Actions
and Position in the Matter

sharp ReVsw of Gen. Miles Actions
and Position in the Matter
Properly the investigation of the mat
) ter Of meat supplies for the army, and
for the navy also, should be scientific.
1t is question for expert chemists ia
decide whether Gen. Miles odious de-
scrlption Of the meat as ''embalmed''
has any other foundation than malici
Gus suspicion.
We are glad to see, therefore, that the
National Provisioner, 1.-The organ of the
meat and provision industries of the
United States" is so confident of the
groundlessness of the accusation that
II calls for such an expert investigation
in these words:
A commission of impartial chemists
can settle the question of the 'enbalm-
ing polsons and dangerous acids
charged by the scandalizers, in short
oroef' Analyze the meat analyZe the
canned stun. This will settle the whole
matter. Why not do it?"
1t is essential that there should he
sucn an investigation, in the interest
OF the whole public, for the meat Gen.
Miles calls "embalmed" is consumed
regularly by large part of the people
OF TINS country and constitutes an i'm
portant part of our exports to foreign
countries. AS the trade paper from
Willch we nave already quoted remarks.
llIe cheap notorety reaped by the
commanding general of the ar1ny with
the assistance of an outrageousiy SEN
satlonal section of the daily press, has
stirred up fanatical or demagopieaI
legislators to concoct bills to brighten
people With the suspicion that every
thlng they eat is ''embaImed." The fact
OF the use of personalities for milk
ana butter, no less than for meat. is
petNefteu 10 provoke popular alarm
aitsr the Miles plan, though, as this
trace authority says, the supply of
Iooo 10 an enormously increased and
frequently crowded population would
De SIMPLY impossible if modern genius
ana science had not provided means for
tne sate transportation of perishable
sooos from the seat of production to
the centres of consumption.
Gen, Miles and his coadiutors are
wildly attacking science and doing
what they can to destroy the deyel-
opnent OF great industries which have
extended greatly the food supplies of
mankind and lessened their cost to our
own people and to foreign peonIes
w mere the inspiration of such efforts
Is not the malicious demagogy of Miles
us motive is sheer ignorance and child
ish credulity.
II is encouraging, therefore, to be
told that the Industries engaged in
furnishing these supplies on a scale so
enormous are not only willing but also
anxious to submit their products to ex
pert SCIENTIFIC examination and analy-
Sis. Inc question raised is purely a
question of fact, and the decision of if
ny such means can be obtained and it
VIII be final for everybody of inteIli
gence. II there is anything in this
4Hlles Talk ABOUT ''embalmed" food the
men who are doing the "embaIminp''
to an extent so vast that MANY MI
lions Of money are invested in the
business are both criminals and fools
without an example in history for their
Nlllalny and their folly, and they will
pc punished and despised accordingly,
,raaffd1i~ the he military accountability of
nothing to do. ,'+4H4f fgr til, the merits of this
graVest known to military laaaat nave
subordination, conduct to the preiudn6e |
of good order and military discipline.
and it consists in his publication of re-
Hectlons on the president or command
er-ln-chief, and violation of army regu-
lations in publishing abroad sensa-
tional accusations and suspicious He
should be punished for it with the great
.er severity because of his high rank.
Military history will be searched in
vain 70 find an instance of another
commanding general of the army of
great state who brought like disgrace
on his service and his country at any
time, and more especially in time of
war.
The food question will be disposed of
in such way that nobody here or
abroad will be left in any doubt as to
the truth concerning it.