Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-18

secting contains a chapter on Gamers"
That chapter charges the beef packers with
s2s o also saSs t6 Sspp tSe
men who make up the Beef trust are will
ing to sacrifice human life even In this
manufacture of unclean and unwholesome
meats He says further. THE tag on
the quarter of beef in the local. market
shows that it passed the inspection of an
All this Is utterly false The packers do
not make business Of slaughtering dis
eased cattle, and II they did, the gov
eminent inspectors would promptly put a
stop to It. Government tags are not found
on unclean meat. Let me tell you that all
the cattle coming under the class OF can
inspection will not cause as much harm
as the writing of such frenzied books and
Industry in the world. The article
aims 10 in1ure the packers, but II is a
stab at the entire cattle raising industry,
tie which are shipped in and sold upon
the open market, and to which no exception
can be taken except that they are not as
fat as they might be.
The writer Of the book says that all thin
cattle, or Gamers as he calls them, are un-
wholesome and UNFIT for food; but | want
10 tell YOU that because cattle are thin in
flesh Il does not make them unwholesome
or UNIT for food. They may yDe thin in
flesh, but If they are free from disease
they are not only wholesome but nutri-
tious, and this proves how slight Is his
knowledge upon what he Is writing. There
are no cattle Of any kind, hogs or sheep
unloaded at any stock yards or packing
house under United States inspection that
are not thoroughly inspected, both ante
and post-mortenl, by competent inspectors,
and all that are found TO be diseased or
any other condition that would unnt them
for food are condemned and destroyed I'M
der the supervision Of an employe of the
bureau. All cattle classed as thin cattle
OF Gamers receive such a thorough inspec-
ton at the time OF slaughter that II Is inn
possible for a diseased carcass TO be used
In the manufacture of food products.
Furthermore, the canning grades OF cat
tie are furnishing products which are sold
In the best provision markets OF the world.
There Is no first class market that does
not contain canned cornbeef put up by the
packers, and Il is on the bill OF fare OF
most OF the great restaurants, and the
demand is Increasing because OF It's merits.
sand for no other reason II is I'm order 70
damage the sale Of wholesome product
that the book entitled The Dark Side OF
the Beef Trust was written, therefore
denounce Il. Anyone can convince them
selves Of the splendid qualities Of canned
corn beef, and not take my word for H.
The great packing houses under inspec-
ton furnish TO the people OF the United
States the best meats ever produced by
any country in the world; beef, pork NUT
ton and veal, absolutely untainted by dis
ease or other conditions that would unit
products exported abroad arc better and
finer than can be produced In the countries
TO which they are exported
II is an absolute fact that the packIng
houses are Strengthening every day for
home consumption finer cattle than are
sent abroad. Foreign countries are sup
piled with sausages and canned meats by
the packing houses in much larger guam
titles than are furnished to the home trade
Every shipment OF cattle or dressed meats