Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-10
SHOULD BE BURNED
OPINION Or THE PUBLIC AS TO
SPOILED MEAT. FOUND
- ARM0UR'S.
E#Uaft far#U5e ie Plne Bluff Is uaft
for Use in Kansas Gity IS
$50 ic}a2
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MtLLeR's DENIAL or A RgMoR
After reading the ariiGfe in tue
Graphic yesterday relatye 10 The spoj,
I'd baef tIat was sold bg the Armour
Packing COMPANY and the re4HlteftHe
INVESTIGATIONS of Jhe board Of health.
very little steak was eaten fr supper
By the people of this city, and tho
butchers We're very much worried as
to what would become of their trade.
Negetarians We're plentiful in Pine
Bluff Yesterday.
The action OF the board of health IN
resembling their first order that the
meat be burned at once, and allowing
the company to ship the meat back to
ment. People are asking the question
if the meat will get fresher in transit.
They say that if it was unfit for use
in Pine Bluff it would be unfit for use
in Kansas City, and as a sanitary meas
ure shouI have been burned There
seems to be no reason given by the
m. = of 1, Iii h.
the meat should not have been de.
stroyed at once
1t has been reported that Mr. A.
Talheimer of the firm of Talheimer
brothers, butchers, is authority for
the statement that Nielsen Norris COM
pany refused to sell him certain
amount Of ribs unless he would buy
some spoiled beef which the company
was trying to dispose of Mr. THAI
heimer desires to deny the statement
that the Nelson Morris company at
tempted to sell him spoiled beef What
he does say is this
con yesterday morning | went into
the Nelspn-M 1tris store room and
asked to buy some ribs | was told
| could have two boxes but no more,
as ribs are very hard to get at this
time of year. | told them | would buy
the Two boxes, but was told that
could not have them unless | also
bought a beef. ! Looked at the bceyes
and found that they were too thin for
my use and refused to buy | was then
told | could not have the ribs which I
think is not fair The beef was perfect
ly fresh, having just arrived in the
city and | do not mean to say that
even saw any spoiled beef in the
house,
Mr.. William Miller, manager of the
local branch of the Nelson Morris cem-
pany gives his side of the story as fol-
lows:
"Yes, We did refuse to sell Mr. Thai.
heimer the ribs unless he bought a.
beef, for we did not have ribs enough
for all our customers and had estab-
lished general rule that ribs and sau-
sage would only be sold in any quan,
tity when beef was bought. | have
customers every day who buy their
beef from me and also call for ribs and
the two are generally sold together.
1t would be unfair for me to sell all
my stock of ribs to one man and re-
fuse to let large customers have any
at all. We did not mean to discrimi-
nate against Mr.. Thalheimer and would
have done any one else the same way,
fcr ribs are in demand. The state
ment that 5000 pounds of spoiled beef
was found in our plant by the board
of health is also untrue and can be
proven. I have no wish to deny that
the board did find four pieces of beef
which was unfit for use, but these were
promptly destroyed and 1 was not even
fined for having them. We had never
offered them fer sale and the local
butchers did not even see them.'
The case against the Nelson Morris
company was dismissed in the police
court yesterday afternoon by the
committee from the board of health.
Mr.. Miller has affidavits from all the
butchers in the city saying that they
have no complaint to make against the
stock he has offered for sale.