The Rich Hill tribune., 1906-06-07


Slaughter-houses is an impregnable
wall protecting the public from i'm
pure meat. and that not an atom OF
diseased meat finds its way into the
I products Of the Armours. Mr.. Up
I ton Sinclair. author Of The Jungle"
] { a terrific statement Of packing house
Iconditions). studied the meat industry
for two years. including much time
spent IN the Chicago stockyards as
workman; he Is the best equipped
outside authority on stockyard condi-
tiOns. In Everybody's Magazine for
May Mr. Sinclair makes a startling
and convincing answer TO Mr.. Ar
mours 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 Ar. Sin
clair says: Il know that IN the state
ments quoted. Mr. Armour willfully
and deliberately states what be abso-
|lutely and positively knows 70 be
talsehoods
That he might be properly equipped
10 describe conditions in Packing
town" Mr. Sinclair worked for a
period as a laborer in the plant Of Ar
mour & Co. and he tells Of sights OF
filth and horror such as he hopes
never 20 see again. but the strongest
coincidence OF the truth Of the claim
that meat unit for human food is put
on the market comes from a man for
. N~-aa u
Co.'S Chicago plant. Thomas F. Dolan.
of Boston. Mr Sinclair in his article
says:
AT the time Of the embalmed-beef
scandal az the conclusion OF the Span
ish war. when the whole country was
ecnvulsed with fury over the reVela.
tons made by soldiers and officers
Oneluding Gen. Miles and President
ROOSEVELT concerning the quality Of
meat which Armour & Co. had fur.
nished 10 the troops, and concerning
the death-rBte which Il had caused
the enormity Of the condemned meat
industry became suddenly clear 70
one man who had formerly super
yised IT, Mr. Thomas r. Dolan. then
residing In Boston, had. up 70 short
time previous. been a superintendent
az Armour & Co.'S. and one Of Mr.
Philip d. Armour's most capable and
trusted men. When he read Of ths
desth.rate In the army. he made ar
amdayit concerning the things which
were done IN the establishment Of AT
mour Co. and this ahidavit be tool
20 the New York Journal. which pub
lished IL on March 4. 1899. Here are
some extracts from Il:
There we're many ways OF gettinl
around the inspectors-so many. n
fact. that not more than two or thre,
cattle out Of 1000 we're condemned
n know exactly what am writinl
of in this connection. as my particular
instructions from Mr.. W. r, Pierce
superintendent Of the beef houses fol
Armour 4 Co. were very explicit ant
definite.
Whenever a beef got past the yarS
inspectors with case Of lumpy iav
and came into the slaughterhoaso o
the 'killnE bed was authorized b.
Mr. Pierce to take his head on. thu
removing the evidences OF iumpy Jaw
and afJer casting the smitten portion
. into the tank where refuse goes. q
sond the rest of the carcass on IL
way 10 market
Il have seen aa much a. 20 pound
OF fesh afaicted with EanErene Gu
from the carcass OF a beef. In orde
that the rest Of the animal might b
utilized "a trade.
zone OF the most important regula
tiona OF the bureau of animal indus
. Try "a that no cows In calf are 60 b
placed on the market Out OF
slaughter of 1000 COWS. or day
hlling. perhaps onehuf are viii
calves. My Instructions from Mt
Pierce were 90 dispose of the calvc
By hiding them until night or unit
the inspectors left on duty The lii
tio carcasscs were then brought froH
an over the packing house aud skinneO
hy boys. who received two cents 10
removing each pelt The polts Wcr
sold Tor go cents each 30 the kidglov
manufacturers This occurs ever,
night at Mt Armour's concern az Chi
cago. or after each killing OF cows.
II now propose 20 state here exact
~ what I myself have witnessed q
Philip d. Armour's packing house viii
cattle that have been condemned b,
the government inspectors
a workman. one Nicholas Newsol
during my time, informs the inspeC
tor that the tanks are prepared for tn
reception of the condemned cattle an
that his prec~nce Is required TO Sc
the beef cast into the steam tank. MT
Inspector proceeds az once TO the plac
indicated. and the condemned cattle
having been brought up 20 the tant