The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-04
tld5 - tHH4y' III
I. NJ ! SUBJECT.
Investigating Meat Contractors
for the Army. III
.!AAN''S'WERs5oF CHICAGO FIRMS
IS " INQUIRIES Sent out by con,missary
Gen . era .! :jE:asan-slethods Employed
&. mi N. Preparing Beef-Packcrs Deny
Y that they Used Chemicals 10 Pre-.
4 serve, the Mcat.-categorical Replies
80 3li. Leading Questions.

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III 20 Leading Questions.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-commissary
Il General Eagan has been steadily pros
eeatins tile inquiry into methods fol.
lowed iby. the big meat packing houses
l$ofputting up the meats supplied to the
army during the war. Last week he
made public a formal statement from
the Armour company and to-day he
Z gave out for publication the Following
letters addressed to Lieutenant Colonel
Y q NJ Smith, purchasing commlssary at
Il Chicago, which came from; all save one
q the Arms which supplied the army
meat. either refrigerated or canned:
Swift e Co., Chicago, Dec. %. -Reply-
s ing to your letter Of the e7thi ms; .ssw-e
81 wish to state that we do not puENb
81 tinned beef; therefore are, not abba to
/; answer your, intcrrogations wltlirfegarl
y to timed beet. An IND " 4.
4 ;rsiS We are slaughterers and SHIPPERS OF
refrigerated beef and In all OF our Gcx-
{perience have never used any cheMgsesS
Whatever with refrigerated beef. = <:
We have made shipments OF refriger-
lated beef to Santiago, Cuba, and Porto
Rico, and have supplied the United
States army during the month Of De-
cember at the following places: Annis-
Y ton. Ala; Huntsville, Ala; Knoxville,
y Tenn Savannah. Ca; Augusta. Ga:
Greenvile. s. c.; somcrville,{ s. c.; Co
lumbia. s. c.
Beef shipped to Santiago. Cuba, and
\! Porto Eae 4 Rico. and to various United
y States camps has been handled In ex-
e actly the Same way as that used to sup
s'EplyE our various branch houses at differ
ent cities and towns in the United
States and England. with which any
II one cdn become familiar by visiting our
branch houses and slaughterlng plants.
We are. respectfully yours,
1. .5,s. .sl n SWIFT & CO.
ELK BY G.lF. Swift. President.
Libby, Mcneil & Libby. Incorporated,
Chicago, Dec. 2S--In reply to your let
ter OF: the eth In regard to roast beef.
we first commenced packing 1t twenty
e five years ago. 1t Is sold by NIL whole
sale grocers and retailers and used by
the mass Of people-and especially In
mining camps. Large quantities have
@been consumed by the Alaska trade the
II last two. yenrs; also In South Africa In
the mining regions. We also ship large
quantities of.itto our foreign trade and
" especially Scotland. and lurge quanti-
Z ties have been used by other govern
ments and especially the French army.
gsF In cooking the beef before putting
+ into cans:there Is naturally more or less
juice that comes from the meat the
n same as there is when cooking it at
your home which Is sometimes saved
land used in maklng soups. The beef is
Il not cooked for the extract.
~ In regard TO the cooking of roast beef
d we consider 1t cooked MS much as corn
beef to make it tender. the same us the
h corned beef, but 1t Is done under II
y higher degree of heat. and consequently
does not take rs long to cook it.
IN Answering your question in regard to
= foreign ingredients and scraps being
: used in putting up this meat. will say
{. we use nothing but good, wholesome,
sound. government inspected beef and
!; no scraps OF any description are used.
The fat In our can Is part Of and belongs
I to the beef which Is packed In the can.
There is none poured in. We do not
Y handle refrigerated beef. 5l
Respectfully yours.
LIBBY, M'NE1LL & LIBBY,
W. F. Burrows. Secretary.
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