The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-06-16
UPTON SINCLAIR STRIKES BACK
Author Of Jungle" Prince Awful
Array of Facts Calculated Destroy
Infamous Industry

room on trucks, are forthwith cast
into the Kissing steam. boilers and dis
appear.
But the condemned steer does not
stay in the tank any longer than the
time required for his remains 10 drop
through the boiler down TO the floor
below. where he is caught on truck
and hauled back again TO the cutting
room. The bottom OF the tank was
open, and the steer passed through
the aperture.
II have witnessed the farde many
times. | have seen the beef dropped
into the vat In which steam-pipe
was exhausting with a great noise so
tnat the thud or the beef striking the
truck below could not be heard. and
In a short time have witnessed
Nicholas bringing II back 70 be pre-
pared for the market
Il have even marked beef with my
knife so as 10 distinguish H. and
watched II return TO the point where
IL started.
"0f all the evils OF the stockyards.
the canning department is perhaps the
worst IL Is there that the cattle
from all parts OF the United States
are prepared for canning No matter
how scrawny or debilitated Gamers
are. they must 20 the route OF their
brothers and arrive ultimately at the
great boiling watts. where they are
steamed until they are reasonably ten
der. Bundles Of gristle and bone melt
into pulpy masses and are stirred UP
for the canning department.
II have seen CATTLE come into Ar
mour's stockyards so weak and ex-
hausted that they expired In the cor
rails, where they lay for an hour or
two, dead until they were afterward
hauled in. skinned. and put on the
market for beef or into the canning
department for cans.
"ln other words. the Armour estab-
lishment was selling carrion.
There are hundreds OF other men
In the employ OF Mr.. Armour who
could verify every line | have writ
ten. They have known OF these
things ever since packing has been an
industry. But do not ask them TO
come TO the front In this matter |
stand on my oath, word for word. SEN
tence for sentence, and statement for
statement
81 write this story OF my own free
viii and volition. and no one is re-
sponsible for It but myself. II is tho
product Of ten years Of experience.
II Is the truth. the whole truth. and
nothing but the truth, so help me
God.
THOMAS r. DOLAN.
Sworn 10 and subscribed before me
! this first day OF March, 1899
"oRvILLE II. PURDY.
Notary Public. Kings County. n. Y.
Certificate filed In New York coun-
ty."
The Significance OF this statement.
as Mr.. Sinclair notes. Is heightened
by the fact that, published as IL was
| I'm newspaper OF prominence. whose
proprietor is a man Of immense wealth
and could be reached by the courts.
MIR. Armour made no move 20 insti-
tute suit for libel. practically admit
| ting that the statement was true
Mr.. Sinclair makes the assertion.
and gives abundant proof. that the
worry Incidental to the "embalmed
beef" scandal during the war with
/ Spain caused the death OF Philip ID.
Armour, and that millions OF dollars
we're spent by the packing interests
4 In the effort to keep concealed the
+ truth about the matter. The awful
mortality from disease among the sol
dlers during that few weeks campaign
was distinctly attributable 10 tho meat
rations supplied 10 the army. There
seems small reason TO doubt that meat
as little nc for human food is stiil
being placed on the market. How
much disease and death has been tho
outcome may be imagined.
Summing up the entire facts OF the
situation. Mr. Sinclair concludes:
writing in a magazine OF large
circulation and influence, and having
tho floor all 20 himself. MIR. Armour
spoke serenely and boastfully OF the
quality OF his meat products, and
challenged the world 20 impeach his
I integrity. but when he was brought
into court charged with crime by the
commonwealth OF Pennsylvania, he
spoke in a different tone, and TO q
different purport; he said guilty
lie pleaded this 10 criminal indict-
ment for selling preserved minced
ham IN Greenburg. and paid the fine
OF $50 and costs He pleaded guilty
again In Shenandoah. Pa, on Juno
10 1905. 10 the criminal charge OF
selling adulterated 'blockweirst.' and
again no paid the fine OF $50 and costs.
why should Mr.. Armour be let on
with fines wirich are OF less conse-
oucnce 10 him than the price OF
hostage stamp TO you or NE. instead
OF going to jail like other convicted
criminals who do not happen to be
n,tllIonaires?"