The Washington times., 1906-05-28

people of this country know what has
been discovered in the great depots Of
food supply. II will shock them, but
the shock viii be a healthy one. and
will bring about a reform that no en-
actment Of an unconstitutional law by
Congress possibly could do.
THE conditions in the great slaughter
and packing houses of Chicago are
scarcely capable Of eXagge-a ton. Rey-
nolds and Nell were not prepared TO
believe nv assertions at first. but after
a conscientious and honest investiga-
ton think they have been convinced
their report will show
The public Will be horrihed when the
fun truth is told. The report of the
commissioners Will bear out the asser-
ton made by the expert OF the London
Lancet. who investigated cattle-krline
establishments in every country I'm The
world He wrote conservatively. and he
said the conditions I'm Chicago were
MoIthY OF medieval barbarism. dis
grace TO American civilization. and that
the system of packing was as If modern
METEOROLOGICAL science never had been
discovered
Slaughter House Principles.
The slaughter houses of Chicago are
conducted on the principle that meat
once good is always good I lived there
seven weeks. and saw with my own
eyes how the business is conducted. MY
amazement excited amusement among
the employees, who regarded everything
as. such matter of course that they
could not understand my wonderment
In Armour's. where spoiled hams are
treated in cellar by a man who pumps
fluid into them with a foot-pump the
stencil of the decayed meat is unbear-
able, but l was laughed at because
could not stand IL.
There is not a can Of meat in the
Armour establishment that does not
contain bOraX. Swift & Co. have a
chemist under contract TO perfect a
process OF deodorizing pUtrefying hams
Those spoiled in the smoking process are
sold as No. 3. The ham always spofls
near the bone. This is taken out. a
wilte-hot iron inserted and the ham be-
+" Skinned hams exploited as choice
articles, are only old hogs so big and
tough as TO he Unsaleable. The skin is
taken off. ground into paste favored
With spices and sold al head cheese
NO chickens are used in the Armour
plant for potted chicken. The flesh of
unstable calves is far more profita bic
and Is used almost exclusively for that
purpose. Not shred OF chicken meat
enters the can. Thousands OF pounds OF
Chemicals are used to dye meat and TO
'retard decomposition. Old cows SO
nearly dead that they have 10 be carted.
are used for the canned roast beef
Soup and beef extracts are made from
the liquid drained from this boiled meat.
Hogs Dyed Ped.
ct have an affidavit. sworn to before
Alfred H Jennings, notary, in which
the affiant declares that he was en-
ployed for eight months by Swift & Co
and had 20 leave because he could not
stand the business. He has seen hogs
Thrown into vats to be dyed red so the
flesh would be more natural color
The commissioners have a copy of the
affidavit
"A car-line salesman has verified my
own observations to the letter. He de-
clares that the only chickens in the
Armour packing g-hOuse were in cold
storage and never were used for potted
chicken. He bears out further. nv in
Nesusauon that cows udders were dyed
ana used as canned goods. Tubercu-
4osls In hogs is so common as to excite
no remark. Hogs dead from cholera or
smotherec 70 death In transit are ship
pea 10 Globe, Ind, and there turned into
hog grease. Some of this product is
shipped TO France and used in making
fancy sardine oil.
The Chicago newspapers that sup
port the packers became incenscd over.
the story told Of a man falling into a
vat OF boiling lard. The lard was used
as II nothing had happened. after his
BODY had been pulled out IN fragments
The commissioners discovered the tr,Itb
OF this few days after they began
their investigation.
ALE NAlUN WIS Ddll AL.LD 10 keen her
mouth shut and was sent away
The Chicago editors became still an
gTler over the story Of finding human
nnge-s in canned goods. That such finds
have been made can be vouched for bv
Charles Dexter Allen. Of Dyker Heights.
Brooklyn, and Henry Walker. OF 81
Grand View avenue. Port Jervis
+ collected a mass Of advertisements
OF Chemicals for use in packing houses
and sent them to President Roosevelt
Iney were the most convincing evidence
Of the boldness and audacitv of the
packers in doctoring their meats \ de-
odorizer was advertised, which was
guaranteed 10 remove the odo~ from
any meat no matter what the state OF
putrefaction.
Bull meat powder is announced to
be a great preservative. Elaborate di-
rections are given how 10 chop up this
stuff with sausage or hamburg steak
and concerning liquids TO be rubbed on
the surface of meats 70 give natural
hue.
1T would be impossible 10 go into
anything like an adequate history OF
the conditions in the limited space OF
a newspaper article Ny purpose now
Is to bend every effort 70 having the
report Of the commissioners made pub
lie"