The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-08

In n recent issue OF the Saturday
Evening Post Mr.. J. Ogden Armour
makes the assertion that the govern
ment inspection of tho beef trus;
slaughter.houses is an impregnable
wall protecting the public from I'M
pure meat and that not an atom OF
diseased mca, finds its wa" into the
nroducts Of the Armours. Mr.. Up
ton Sinclair. author OF THE Jungle
{ a terrific statement Of packing house
conditions. studied the meat industry
for two years. including much time
spent in the Chicago stockyards as
workman: he ia the best equipped
outside authority on stockyard condt.
tions. In Eyorybody's Magazine Tor
May Mr.. Sinclair makes a startling
and convincing answer to Mr.. AT
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
mcnts quoted. Mr. Armour wiilfully
and deliberately states what he abso'
lutcly and positively knows to be
falsehoods."
That he might be properly equipped
10 describe conditions in Packing
town" Mr.. Sinclair worked for a
period as a lahorer IN the plant or AT,
mour G. 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 n man for
years superintendent at Armour &
Co.'S Chicago plant, Thomas + Dolnn
Of Boston. Mr. Sinclair in his article
says:
at the dime Of the embalmod.bcet
scandal at the conclusion OF the span
ish war, when the whole country was
convulsed with fury over the reveIa
lions made by soldiers and officer.
/ Gncludiug Cen Miles and President
Roosevelt concerning the quality OF
meat which Armour & Co. had FUR
/ nished 10 the troops. and concerning
the deathrate which It had caused
| the enormity Of tAe 'condemned,meat
/ industry became suddenly clear e
/ one man who had formerly super
/ vised It. Mr. Thomas f. Dolan, ther
residing iu Boston, had M TO shor'
time previous, been q superintendent
at Armour & Co.'S. and one of Mr.
Phllip u Armour's most capable ant
trusted mon. When he read OF thu
death.rate In the army. he made ar
affidavit concerning the things which
were done in The establishment OF Ar
mour & Co.. and this affidavit he tool
to the New York journal. which pun
lisheH II on March A. 1899. Here ar
some extracts from Il:
"Thcre were many ways Of Eettini
around the lnspectors-so many II
fact. that not more than two or thrc
cattle ont Of 900 were condemned
know exactly what am writing
of in this connection as my particula
instructions from Mr. W. +. Pierce
superintendent Of the beef houses 70
Armour & Co.. were very explicit an
definite
whenever beef got past the var
inspectors with n case Of lumpy jay
ana came into the slaughterhouso o
the killing bed. was authorized b
Mr.. Pierce to take his head of. thu
removing the evidences Of lumpy Jaw
and after casting the smitten porto
int5 the tank where refuse goes,
send the rest of the carcass on II
way to market
81 have seen as much aa 80 pound
Of flesh afflicted with gangreno CT
from the carcass of a beef, In orde
that the rest of the animal might
utilized in trade.
zone OF the most important regul
lions Of the bureau OF animal indu
try Is that no cows in calf are to
placed on the market Out OF
slaughter of 1000 COWS. or day
killing, perhaps one.half are wit
. calves. My instructions from NJ
Pierce we're to dispose of the calv'
BY hiding them until night, or unit
the inspectors left of duty. Tho II
tie carcasses were then brought fro
y all over the packing.house and sklnnt
By boys, who received two cents II
removing each pelt. The pelts wei
4 sold for so cents each to the kld.glo'
; manufacturers. This occurs ever
5 night at Mr. Armcurs concern at CT
caro, or after each killing Of cows.
IL now propose to state here eXac
: ~ what | myself have witnessed
Philip u. Armour's packing house vii
i cattle that have been condemned
! tho government inspectors.
"A workman, one Nicholas Newst
=, during my time, informs the inspC
: tor that the tanks are prepared for q
: reception OF the condemned cattle al
that his presence Is required to s
the beef cast into the steam-tank. N
: Inspector proceeds at once to the pla
Indicated, and the condemned catt
- having been brought up to the tan
q A Stone Barometer.
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