Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-10
TESTIMONY OF
| SOME EpICURES.
BeA..d Beef Is Much Soughthfler
BY Chicago Hotels,
GRtEy BEARD ADDS FLAVOR
Sur s,,,ndent OF swim A co., chien.
go p.eures on the Merits of ne
WHISPERED Neat

w llsrton. Jan. a.--rrcd W. wilder.
rcne, 4 superintendent II swift q CO..
OF a 40. appeared before the war In
vcsu ailin commission today. The Wit
ncsn ~ he had general charge Of all
pacnf canning and nlaughtering Of
cattk 10 the Chicago plant. and gave
a ~ raj account Of the practical
WORD 9 Il the meat business. lie said
that y the cattle were bough, from
con.h ui,n firms at the atockynrdr.
ana an given antc.moricm inspec-
tlon| 4 government Official ana then
drivr 10 The abbattoir. being well
cooie tffufr killing. \ nklnning
rnua { ~ men. be- said would butcher
abo0, ig cattle an hour. The cattle
were ~ subjected 10 a poHt-moftem
exn n uii0n. alno by government In
sped r. who examined the lungs. liver
and tfilncs The company had had
m n ~ a. twenty cattle a week con-
dcnlf 4 At this inspection. being about
70 ~ X gco0 The condemnation was
mo.l tus to tuberculosis.
TIN aademncd animals are tagged
by O. government Inspectors. and the
CARA roes 10 the refuse tank where
the b. uae made 81 II IL to take the
Rrca0u ~ lubrleatlnE purposes and the
rrma ~ Tor fcrtiliarrn. This gouu
meat IalAmpfl hy the government In.
sped snd c,rtincd for the market
Tn III a cooled FOR forty.clrht
houo Nflfc shipping. tho temperature
bciflt rn down gradually frUm a. to u
or . lfgrtCs. The shipping ears aro
thofr .ghly washed and aired between
rhIt& fia. and are cooled by Ice and
-. -
frofn Z 10 - Export beef " enclosed
IN 4 iiseft cloth haz 20 keep n clean
aud Z preyclt ohhninF. There arr
icing fitlona every twcnty.four hours
on % nllfuai shipping line. and the
card ~ led that often.
Tfr Stiffness said dlnorunt cities took
diffsIsii grades Of beef. noatnn a..
man the best beef In the country.
and iliimofc about tho cheapest New
YORK. rood between the two, Part 81
the litf ordered by the government
dufirf ne war was sent nom Kansas
city, hihuugh most of Il was frum
chloe The contract with the gov
ernfnri eaiici for the best fat steers.
earcpas These specifications wcrc
comp "A with
Itininr to the much discussed
benrr "a The fcffigerator meat. Mr.
Wild aid the large wholesalers who
ruppl . The best hotels In. Chicago
'aRss ~ their beef before selling ii.
ana ) an advanced price Tor II after
II ncs4nu'ated the beard. Ne said the
meat sa' better In every rcspcot after
being ifei
Al > semplain,. rezardlnE the army |
contrIfi hecf. he said. the Manitoba" |
rhippfs' was the only one condemned. |
This so shipped July 10th and was
not vYsh overheard until September |
18Th. Niinesa had been In the export |
huri "a Ten years, and In the Liverpool 1
and 1ltion trade. WHERE The becf Vas
front ifn 10 eighteen days In transit
and J had never lost one quarter ~
beef. Witness denied that any chaml.
rnir rue used IN preserving any ~ |
Tue ftiit told hy his arm. and said that
In nd Non 10 other objections II would
be .'ifimsnt Ia the beef aud an extra
rxpcrls. The beef for export was not
The lost bel. hut fair uraiitY.
Dr. Vohhqf sought 10 bring out how
lhey igiefminci ''innnlmnte" beef. II.
" w. ~ @ has been tubuculnr.
vol. p,hby, presiding. objected that
he Htuument inapectorn were the
mes ~ Nere responsible. IAN right"
'oncltiel Dr. Common. u Will walt 10
,tatrf - Wv '"''''
Edvn buckingham. for eighteen
ears gmr'oyei IN the Htoosynrda ~
'wift Co, also testified thnt tho beef
'hh nhpluiely purc and had never, 10
IL ~ aalsige been chemically treated.
lie SAL al the beef furnished Tor the
var va IN gpod condition. that his
'uty As 10 supervise bc-f fnr shin.
n.nt. and after beef reached him mad
10y p'en ifeaiei IN any way and moth.
'E Wa done save ~ cut u ~.
JONI J. Murphy. who uupdrvisea the
ahni,A ut the refrigerator cars. and
- m.h l,afa has beou an enpluye
= hwlh Co, testified 10 tho same
cnerid eject