The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-06-20

L was rather amused at the let
ter OF Mayor Bliss in The Journal this
morning, said a representative Of one
OF the large Chicago packing COM
panies to Journal representative yes
terday afternoon, "and especially so
with reference to that part Of It which
exploited native beef as against the
I Chicago product Why, do you know
! that the government will not allow
cattle from this section to be sem to
the Chicago market and slaughtered
at this season of the year? It's a fact,
and the quarantine Is rigidly enforced
Another thing on which the pub
lie has been misinfOrmed." he cOntfn
ued, "is with reference to the keen
ing qualities of different grades o.
meat-that is. Chicago dressed meat
and the local product. When a beef
is killed in Chicago It is hauled uD by
the hind legs and allowed to bleed
freely while in that position and, as
soon as it has been dressed and
quartered il Is cooled in cold storage.
In this manner all of the animal heat Is
removed within a short time after the
killing. With the native product the
animal Is knocked in the mead and
bled while lying on the floor of the
slaughter house. and il is impossible
for beef 70 be bled Thoroughly in
this manner. As a consequence ma
tive beef will spoil at the joints. due
to the fact that the animal heat in Tot
extracted Immediately after killing,
and It Is a fact that anywhere from
eight to ten hours elapse before sh5
native beef gets into cold storage"
Disposed of Rapidly.
As gathered from talks with the rep
resentatives Of several of the large Chi
cagO packing companies, it is required
that fresh meat be held no longer than
seven days after arrival. Every man
ager is expected to dispose Of stock
within that time after its arrival and,
in order to do this, managers will
make some concession in prices. For
instance, if a car load of beef arrived
in the city on last Wednesday it would
be disposed of by to-day at the latest
If the manager found that he had more
on hand than he could expect to dispose
of by to-day in the ordinary course Of
trade he would notify the trade that
he had the stock and was willing TO
dispose of il at a slight decrease be-
low the regular price The meat
would not have deteriOrated in the
least, but It is the policy Of the pack
ers to move all products rapidly.
With reference to canned meats,
hams, bacon and other products which.
under ordinary conditions. would last
almost indefinitely, the packing COM
panies require their managers to dis
pose Of all stock within 80 days after
it's receipt. Stock is not allowed to
get old, much less to remain long
enough to spoil.
Clean and Sweet.
At the plant of the Cudahy Packing
Co.. was a car of fresh meat that had
been on hand for a day or so and The
journal representative was invited to
enter the car and look at the meat
The temperature of the car was In the
Of 40 degrees, Fahrenheit
and the meat, which was hanging
from the roof, was dry and firm. There
was not the slightest evidence Of uu-
cleanliness and the OdOr in the car
was simply that of fresh meat. There
was not the slightest OdOr indicating
that mould had formed in any Of the
beef. The gentleman In charge stated
that as long as the meat was kept re-
frigerated L would keep indefinitely,
but that if it was exposed to the humid
atmosphere il would soon begin 10
sweat This, however. was no evil
dence that il was not first class, but
simply a condition caused by the hui
mildly
At the local plant Of the National
Packing Co. which handles nothing
but prepared meats. the manager in
vited the reporter to accompany him
all over the place. One room was de-
voted entirely to salt sides and bacon.
The air in the room was sweet and
there was not the least evidence OF
uncIeanIiness. This firm handles all
kinds of canned meats. etc. and the
in answer to queries regard
ing that prOluct had the following TO
say:
Canned Meat TRACE.
in the canned meat business. The
same as in other lines Of trade, there
are different grades Of goods. Now
for instance, here is a grade Of roast
beef that We sell to the jObbers az