Evening star., 1899-01-03
w. T. BU RRON ., StCTetd
Nelson Morris & c,
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Decembe

CHICAGO, H., December %, 1898.
Lieut.. Col. o. NJ. SMITH,
Purchasing Commissary, U. S. A,
$50 Illinois St, city:
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 9th instant,
requesting information according to extract
of letter received at your office, has come
to hand, and we herewith beg to submit
to you all the information at our command.
We repeat the questions for convenience,
putting the reply after each question.
Q. State the extent of the timed roast
beef industry.
A. Our business in this article is very
large. extending oil over this country and
throughout England and to the continent
of Europe.
Q. How long has this article been in
use, where used and by whom?
A. We have manufactured and sold the
article In question at least eighteen years
or thereabouts sailing it principally to
the wholesale grocery houses and provision
dealers, and timed roast beef is and has
been used by all classes of people We
nave for years supplied this article di-
Tectly or indirectly, to the British gov
ernment for use Of the navy, also the
French government and to our government
Tor the use of the navy; in the latter case,
before, durir-g and after the Spanish war,
ana made our sales upon samples inspecte ed
and approved by the proper board of in
spectors.
Q. Is it largely used in this country: if so
by whom sold and the class of people who
generally purchase it?
A. AS stated in answer to previous uues-
tions we have sold it very extensively in
this country for years, principally to whole
sale grocery and provision houses through
out this country. We understand these
people have IN turn supplied the retail
srocers, snip chand1ers, exporters and coun-
try merchants, so that 1t is and has been
used and consumed by all classes of peonle
IN additlon, as we have stated large ouan-
utles have been used by the American
navy. Nun
Q. If it has been sold to foreipn oou,-
tries. about how much and who uses it,
"A. our principal sales of this product
nave Deen TO England where we have
shlpped many thousands of cases -every
year Tor long period of wears also to
france Our principal customers have been
the governments. and wholesale grocery
and provision houses and We are informed
tnat this product is sold by the latter TO
retailers who again distribute it TO all
classes of people, especially those who need
the food for long sea voyages, and in other
cases where preserved meats are REQUIRED.
=. Do all packers make soup from the
water after cooking the timed roast beef,
or not?
A. We make no soup from the water af-
ter cooking the timed roast beef
". whether or not the timed roast beef
is cooked as much as the timed corned
beef?
A. Yes. it is even cooked in a higher tenn
perature.
z. Are any chemicals used in the pro-
cessing of the timed roast beef?
A. No, none whatever.
=. Have any of the packers ever used,
and II so why, any scraps in putting up
this meat. and where did they get the
scraps; why are there scraps, if scraps are
used?
"A. We have never used, and do not use
scraps in putting up this meat We cut up
certain cuts of meat, parts of the carcasses,
and use such parts in the making of timed
roast beef.
Q. Whether In the course of processing
or packing this timed roast meat, tallow
is afterward poured in, or whether it is the
fat that properly belongs to and is part
of the meat?
A. We never pour in tallow of any kind,
at any time. We cut up with the meat
When 1T Is raw, the fat that properly be-
longs to, and is part Of the meat
Q. Do any of the packers at any time
use any chemicals whatsoever with refrig-
Grated beef; II so why?
A. We do not and have never used any
chemicals whatsoever with refrigerated