The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-19
SICK MULES SLAUGHTERED
and SOLD FOR FOOD.
Sensational Charges are Made
Against Four Chicago Packing
Houses.

Chicago, Feb. 15.-An Aurora tele-
gram to the Record Herald says:
Old and diseased borses and males
are slaughtered and sold under the
name of beef by four large packing
houses in Chicago. Fish that tave
died a natural death are a. regular
article of merchandise in some sections
of that city. And in no part Of Illinois
is any protection TO-. the the consumer
against -four that, is adulterated with.
the mineral barytes, and .against the:
deleterious, impure vinegar Which ST.
Louis sends into the ,StaSeifh large
quantities.
These disclosures were: made by
Assistant. State Food .Conanissioner g..
NJ. Patterson IN an address delivered
before the Retail Mefcfsntss't Kssocis-
tion of Illinois, i;
"The inspectors. the fsea: commits
sion,'' said Mr.: PATTERSON. have
located in Chicago foaiss Slaughter
houses for horses, mules and d5nkeys..
Real beef is never bahd5eE 10 these
places, but their delivery: wagons run
to markets, resta1raAts and free
lunch saloons wifi greatfsSsseagHllarity.
"Hardly horse; mnis or donkey
is ever too aged Of. diseased to be-
handled, and none other than such
animals are slanghtsEed for healthy
equine animals are too Valuable to
compete with beef and 1rnItttssbI:for sbI:for food
purposes. Ringbonea; spssfned and
sore footed nags; anAeEeT tksse that
have glanders are Killed infgreat num-
bers for the trade.
9sThe meat is sold fSr,corned beef,
Hamburger steak and sausage In the
fall Of the year much sgf Iis;isY picked
or preserved. and: ,sold. as gekled or
canned beef. The traffic goesson under
cover Of darkness The i've snimals
are led or carfiedin aS}nig; ;slaugbtl
cred between 2, ands e o,aSeR in the
morning, and the deliveries Of meat
are made before dayIsg Often the
residents in the neig hborheeds have no
idea of the nature OF I BE- fRSs iiEdnstry near
then-''
Mr. Patterson said that2 islaught
er-house men were bold enough to ad-
vertise IN the papers sf6r a1imAls. He
gave noFnames; but read hef;fo1oWing
advertisements:
| HORSES WANTED EDReKILLING
Ambulance for crippled horses Send
postal card
WANTED-All kinds Sofs borses, 81
to $40: will call for them.
HIGHEST PRICES: PAID FOR
killers: want all kinds OF sick, sore
footed horses; win call.
In order to secure a conviction un-
der the present laws Of Illinois," said
MI. Patterson, 1T would Be necessary
for an inspector to follow a live ami
NAL into slaughter-bouse; watch the
killing and the preparation. of the
meat for market and then trace the
product to retail establishment and
witness its sale as a substitute for 9th
er meat. Because Of the precautions
of the trafickers in the meat it was
found impossible to get. such evidence.
The price charged for horse meat
ranges from 2 to 4 cents ponnd for
foreouarters and from 20 5 cents for
hindquarters. Choice cuts for steaks
and roasts bring from 4 to I cents a
pound. The same cuts OF beef aver
age from 20 to 26 cents a pound. -
The dead and partially putrid fish
sold in Chicago, Mr.. Patterson said,
went mainly to residents of the Ghetto
district, being sold at tie market IN
Jefferson street, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets.