Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-14
STUDIES PACKERS
IN ARGENTINA
AMERICAN EXPERT is GOING
OVER SITUATION THERE
Chicago Expose the Uppermost Topic
and One Hears II Everywhere.
General View Of Situation
Is Hopeful
pY ALnBRr HEDaEs
able to The Herald.


LONDON. oct. 13,-Howard z. okie,
an American expert, is studying the
Argentine packers and the effects Of
the Chicago disclosures at Buenos
Ayres as special commissioner for the
London Daily Mail He says:
One hears nothing but shop" In
the streets, hotels or clubs of Buenos
Ayres The Chicago beef expose"
and its probable influence upon Bu-
ropean markets for Argentine food
products are the uppermost topics
now. The general view Is hopeful.
Here, supervision by government Of
ficials is exercised over every detail of
the business Of the "Saladero'f packer
or exporter. There is reason to believe
that in case of the large factories this
supervision has been effective, for the
reason, of course. that the proprietors
who pay the inspectors, have had the
wisdom to insist upon its efficiency.
A manager of large establishment
here said to me: President Roosevelt's
insistence upon government supervis-
ion is amusing. Surely, the American
people must have had enough of Off
cial supervision by this time. The
remedy is so easy, so obvious. The
Chicago packers say that they don't
object to supervision, but that they
tuitous supervision, then, by the pub
lie; compel them to keep open prom
enade handing view of every
room in the establishment and one or
more spots accessible to any one, vet
erinary surgeon or reporter, where ev-
cry cases may be reviewed. That is
the only supervision worthy of the
name. 1t is cheap and effective
But" / objected, 1.-The business Sc
crets one may have acquired?"
"There should be no secrets as to the
character of any food" he replied;
"the public has right to know what it
eats"
The mystery attending the disap-
pearance of n small rowing boat and
two men from Dover beach a week
ago has been cleared up.
According to the earliest reports two
men were seen rowing a boat out to
sea at midnight, and the Following
morning a pleasure boat belonging to
Mr.. Wood, a Dover tradesman. was
missing. Nothing was heard of the
boat or the men, and it was feared
that they had been lost.
Mr.. Wood, however was informed
by the customs department. that the
Middlesborough steamer Planudes had
landed the missing boat at Gocle.
According to the report of the steam
mid-channel with two men in a very
exhausted condition.
The men are Americans, belonging
to San Francisco and New Mexico, and
informed the captain that they took the
boat from Dover, as they wished to
get to the Continent, and were endeav-
oring to cross the Channel in her.
AS the boat had only improVised row.
locks she must have been practically
a n cf plx
driven before the gale.
The daring Americans had a marvel
lous escape.
Just before sailing for America Sir
Thomas Upton said that any boat
built for the America cup competi-
tion, under the present conditions,
could be nothing better than a danger
Gus freak, in which the passage across
the Atlantic is exceedingly risky for
the crew He added that he should
discuss the matter with the New York
yacht club.
Detective Inspector Hickey, of the
Sydney police, has arrived in London
with a prisoner named Shaw, for whom
he has been searching nine months,
during which he has travelled thousands
of miles.
Hickey ran his man to earth at San
tiago. in Chill, and has brought him 90
Liverpool to embark for Sydney. Shaw
is wanted in connection with alleged
extensive frauds on the New South
Wales government
The inspectors hunt began in CAL
cutta, where he obtained a clew which
led him to to France, thence he went
to the Canary Islands only to find the
fugitive had doubled back to Holland
and sailed for America. From New
York Hickey traced his man to Ja-
maiea, and thence to Santiago.