The Ordway new era., 1906-06-08

makes the assertion that the govern
ment inspection OF the beef trus'
slaughter.houses Is an impregnablt
wall protecting the public from i'm
pure meat. and that not an atom OF
diseased meat finds its way into the
pro ducts OF the Armours. MT Up
ton Sinclair. author of The jungle
{ n terrific statement of packing house
con ditions). studied the meat industry
for two years, including much time
speat In the Chicago stockyards as n
workman; he Is the best equipped
outside authority on stockyard condi-
tions. In Eyerybody's Magazine for
May Mr.. Sinclair makes startling
and convincing answer TO Mr.. Ar
mour's assertion. Commencing with
the statement that J. Ogden Armour
IS the absolute and not the nominal
head OF the great packing house in.
! dustry which bears his name Mr.. Sin
| clair says: Il know that In the state
ments quoted, Mr.. Armour willfully
and deliberately states what he abso-
lutely and positively knows to be
! falsehoods."
That he might be properly equipped
TO describe conditions in Packing
town" Mr.. Sinclair worked for
period as n laborer in the plant OF Ar
mour & Co. and he tells OF sights Of
filth and horror such as he hopes
never TO see again. but the strongest
coincidence OF the truth OF the claim
that meat UNFIT for human food is put
on the market comes from man for
years superintendent at Armour &
Co.'S Chicago plant. Thomas F. Dolan.
Of Boston. Mr.. Sinclair In his article
says:
AT the time OF the embalmed.beef
scandal at the conclusion OF the Span.
ish war. when the whole country was
convulsed with fury over the revola-
tlons made by soldiers and officers
Nncluding Gen. Miles and President
Roosevcitl concerning the quality OF
meat which Armour & Co. had fur 4
nishei TO the troops. and concerning /.
the death.rate which It had caused /
the enormity Of the 'condemncd.meat 1
Industry became suddenly clear TO .
one man who had formerly super 4
v!sed II. Mr. Thomas +. Dolan. then |
residing In Boston. had. up to n short .
time previous. been n superintendent /
Philip d. Armour's most capable and I
trusted men. When he read OF the .
death.rate in the army. he made an |
affidavit concerning the things which /.
were done in the establishment OF Ar |
mour & Co.. and this affidavit he took /.
TO the New York Journal. which pub. |.
llshed Il on March I. 1899. Here are .
some extracts from It:
There were many ways Of getting /
around the inspectors-so many. in .
fact. that not more than two or three |
cattle out Of 1000 were condemned. |
I know exactly what | am writing /
Of in this connection. as my particular |
Instructions from Mr.. ". L. Pierce, /
superintendent OF the beef houses for 1
Armour & Co. were very explicit and |
definite.
Whenever beef got past the yard |
inspectors with case OF Iumpy law
and came into the slaughterhouse or !
the 'killng.bed.' was authorized By
Mr.. Pierce TO take his head on. thus
removing the evidences OF lumpy Jaw. !
and after casting the smitten portion
into the tank where refuse goes. to
send the rest OF the carcass on Its
way TO market
Il have seen as much as 10 pounds
OF flesh afflicted with gangrene cut
from the carcass OF a beef. in order
that the rest OF the animal might be
utilized in trade.
zone Of the most important reguIa.
tions Of the bureau Of animal indus.
try IS that no cows in calf are to be
placed on the market. Out OF n
slaughter Of 1000 COWS. or a DAVIS
killing. perhaps one-half are with
calves. Ny instructions from Mr..
Pierce were to dispose Of the calves
by hiding them until night, or until
the inspectors left OF duty. The lit.
tie carcasses were then brought from
all over the packinshouse and skinned
by boys. who received two cents for
removing each pelt. The pelts were
sold for so cents each to the kid.glove
manufacturers. This occurs every
night at Mr. Armour's concern at Chi.
cago. or after each killing of COWS.
II now propose to state here exact.
ly what I myself have witnessed in
Philip d. Armour's packing house with
cattle that have been condemned by
the government inspectors.
"A workman. one Nicholas Newson
during my time. informs the inspec.
tor that the tanks are prepared for the
reception Of the condemned cattle and
that his presence is required to see
the beef cast into the steam.tank. Mr..
Inspector proceeds at once to the place
indicated. and the condemned cattle.
having been brought up to the tank.
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