The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-05


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have spe ttsif sty W. merit IA Every
uisftef NJ thp eHHh tieU tnrl Woleelny
whnn Commander in thiet " the army "
ufeHt Hfltain Declared thU thirHEn canned
meats wctr the bsckhonr ~ the Sudan
cHfntaign. fhr Mrf EHr AMI tho cafn-
Taieh N tho allied governments w China
wrte fought on Chicago Canned meata
fefura tls outbreak " tho Hdasn. Iapahere
var our packtna hotaea. utir met hosis and
oar prnIucts wete pef,on1Iy ihsEsefed
by Representatives ~ tho %iatanrse Gov.
%erhinent A. q result ~ ilrif inapeCioh-
tud they may Le presumed to have known
their business. sincc their army orEantya-
ti1n Hade the besi rrrorl ever known In
feeding and preserving tho health ~ troops
In tho held-we sold and delivered 70 the
lnpanase army hundreds ~ Thousands ~
casea " canned meats from orr regular
stock.
'Our army and navy have been
regular customers Of Chicago packing
HOUSES for thirty yearH without a word OF
complaint. except on one occasion, Al the
close ~ the spanish american var the
wholeaomeness Of thpse products vas utiea-
TONED nv certain army officers In an attack
similar to the ono now made upon ia,
After a thorough invest CATION, covering
several months, u court Of inquiry, made
up Of eminent officers Of the army, found
that all the allegations against Our products
were utterly unfounded. Our army and
navy are using the products of these pack
ing houses to-day. IA are the armies and
navies Of England, Germany and other
foreign countries.
we respectfully submit that a record of
this kind gives ts the right to deny the
correctness and fairness OF any conclusion
that subjects our business TO sw coping
COMBINATIONS.
In the last ten years, and more particu-
| larry With the last five years, we have
been rapidly o~vertaking the demand for
new buildings and more scientific methods.
In every new building the Use OF wood and
other pervious material is eliminated IA
far as possible. Rooms and appliances
are so constructed that they can be kept
thoroughly cleansed.
we know our methods are good; but we
stand ready to adopt any practical sugges-
ton in the line Of Improvement. We do.
however. most emphatically dissent from
the opinion that the way to better the pub
lies food supply Is to attack the source OF
production that is already under thorough
Government supervision.
ARMOUR & Co.
SWIFT d Co.
MORRIS & Co.
&c. H. HAMMOND CONF ny.
OMAHA PACKING COMPANY.
LIBBY. MCNEILL 4 LIBBY.
"ANGLo-AMERICAN PROVISION %.
"SCHwARZsCHILD d S~ULzBERGER.
A sanitary inspection OF the stock yards
will be ordered at once by Commissioner OF
Health Whalen as a result of the message of
President Roosevelt to Congress-. Prepara-
tory TO this inspection the health commits
sioners will confer with Chief Sanitary In
spector Perry l.. Hedrick tomorrow and
will give instructions for the inspectors to
make a thorough investigation.
DR.. Wahlen declared that he was sur
prised at the charges made in the message,
OF which he said he had no knowledge
whatever. 1t is the rule of the Health
Department to act only on complaints.
without initiative investigation. Because
of this custom no inspectors have beer
detailed TO the stock yards, except when
complaint was made of odors.
Two inspectors will he insufficient to
make the proper inspection, according
to the belief Of the Health Commissioner,
and a much larger force may be sent il he
finds it necessary after his conference
to-day