The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-17

muth & Sons and from Nelson Morris &
Co.
You mean that you paid the regulation
rrice demanded by all the packing compa-
MES and then got part Of your money
back7'
In buying from Charles wismuth. the
manager, I paid him the full price and he
would send me to Mr.. Miller. the treasurer,
and 1 would get half a cent pound back
This was credited In the expense Of deliv-
ering.
Mr.. osuIIivan stated also that Armour
a Co. Swift & Co.. Cudahy and Nelson
Morris & Co. sent much inferior meat 10
this market, the best goods going East
BAD MEAT IS SOLD
.r ,.,,a,a :, said Mr. O'Sullivan. from
,,v observation as q buyer and an inspector
,ha, tbree-fourths of the meat sent TO 81
louis by these four concerns Is ihiefio'
,n some respects. They doctor II up WIN
chemicals called Frostoine, liquid Hiaue
q, Haywood. borax and alum, anu appneo
with brush ,,,.
"After the mold Is rubbed on and TINS
.hs,,,caI applied" said Mr.. OSuinVah'
che meat is taken out and soid at ""'
ever the packing companies can
soua cases this meat Is diseaseu, anu "
cas,onally SO putrid that before the ia1iu
,s applied It stinks- Then tney max .
great deal of market sausage out Oh HosS
kidneys which are often diseaseu
walter Pfeifrer, president OF the ST. LOUIS
,,.,.har., Union. stated that the price or
neats this wear is uniform among all tne
n.ckers. and all out OF proportion 10 tne
snaller advance In the price OF hse sloeA
or the price Of feed
He estimated that the price OF peer anu
bacon this year, compared to the pnce Oh
hogs and cattle on foot. Is about '"o o"'-
,ars a hundred more than last year.
ntr pfeifer thought that II there was
- combination of the packing interess
,hara would not be uniformity Oh prize
80 the advance Is so much out OF pro-
,o-,ion to the advance Of 1--we stoeA 1no
feed. . com-
hsnatiou he had observed peTsohaiiy
p,e,Yer said that he had often gone " .e
d,6erent coolers OF the big pacAins eo
nanies in St Louis trying to ooy nea.s'
and they had all asked him the same priSe-
II found that advances were away @
,.r,a at all the coolers. and always came
s''ius aax The talk of managers.
an.n ask them for lower price seems
- 10 indicate that they all get the
.--ssrs and at the same time"
S'AN'e EoIIGHT BUTCHERS UNION
.ssed what action the Butchers onon
,.d taken against the packers. MI fieiiie'
"a that the order had never done any
,n,ns except to try to get the pis nous
- c,,,t selling to the consumers IN eomoe-
tition with the butchers
-rhey put the price 10 the butchers -
,,sb and sold so much to the consumer ina
. great many Of the butchers had 70 30 ~.
=, business" he said The Butchers Inlon
aIso had stock in the Union STOCK iaius.
vb,ch institution was sent to the wal -
the combined efforts Of big packers.
I'VE had 500 of the Union Stock faius
| nsner and I would be glad to sell IL no.
Tor 10 cents. The packers simply comoneo
10 wipe Il out and they did II about '"o
years ago
Attorney General Crow. for the STATE y
assisted by Sam B. Jeffries. The defense Is
represented by Frank Hagerman and Alex
ander New of Kansas City The nearing
is conducted before Special Commissioner
n. Keinley in the ONCE Of the Circuit Clerk
Yesterdays session adjourned at So Tns
hearing this moruing VIA begin ~ u
ofc1ock.