Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-03-25
BEEFCOURTRESUMES
Many Witnesses Examined In
Chicago Yesterday.
TIE Use OF CHEMICALS IS DENIED.
over Four Milton Pounds OF Canned
Reef sold the Government Last
Year ny Two Firms-Complaints
OF Troops Laid to the Climate.

CHICAGO. March iA-Rapld progress
was made Yesterday BY the government
court of inquiry investigating the beef
controversy. Nearly a dozen witnesses
were examined. three OF them being in
spectots % the government bureau OF
animal industry and the rest of them
employees IN various capacities az sew
eral Chicago packing houses. Colonel
Davis recorder % the court. stated last
night that he was unable 90 approxi-
mate the length of time u would take
90 exhaust the list of Chicago witnesses.
but IL sectas likely that two or three
DAYS viii Pc required and possibly the
entire wees before the members of the
court can leave for Kansas city.
Dr Dyeson said that cattle condemn
ed at the ante morfem examination IN
the yards f0r various causes. NJ they
passed the post mortem Inspection
might be brought into the packing
house and used. he had never seen
chemicals 81 any kind used except ao-
raN AMI things 90 that sort around the
hog houses He had never investigated
the subject ~ chemicals with reference
90 hece
Dr charies F. McNem. bureau In
spector at the beef and sheep house 4
Nelson Morris A. Co.. was ire next wit
ness. RE was not aware of any chem
icals having been used In that esta b.
hshment and had no reason 60 believe
on suspect ghat they were 80 used
Charles IT. Emory. suparfntenas,t -,
the Libby McNein a Libby packfnx
house. testified next "Our business IL
principally canning" ne said We DO
not do any siaughtsring directly but
animals are KILLED for as By Swift A
Co. The amount of canned beef sold bv
us 90 the Dnited States last year was
between 2.oo0.0 900 and 2.so0. .oc0 pounds
or this we had on hand ION the tst -,
January. 1855. about 100 600 pounds. No
chemicals are used OF relied upon bv un
70 preserve canned beef. A very small
quantity of SALT Is used
The first witness of the afternoon sea
sion was Arthur Meekcv. the manage,
or Armour q Co.'S packing house. whs
haa preyiorsiy been -. estioned Al
W ashinEton. Re said the accumulation
ot canned goods were held in Chicago
hut the firm had also large stock IN
Europe. They had on hand az che out.
break Of the Spanish war 500 600 Mound,
of canned roast beef IN CHICAGO an
10000 pounds in New York Thev sold
100000 pounds 20 the government and
also 10000 pounds OF corned beef.
The witness stated that complaint.
about beef furnished the government
had been received az the minor agencies
but none OF them was OF sufficient i'm.
portance 10 De sent 20 the home Office
Refrigerated beef had been furnished
10 camps az Chickamauga Jackson.
vile. Tampa. Fernandina Lakeland
and Port Tampa. lie said that n.
chemicals were used 20 preserve IN,
beef
How DO you account for the dissat
isfaction that Is alleged on the part o
the soldiers In the use or canned roas
beefe"
think there were several reasons
the heat which caused the fat and th,
jelly 90 melt and the meat would sep
arate-cone apart in pleces-and ther,
was no salt In IL. no pepper and n,
condiments