Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-29
BEEF TRUST FARCE
Government Meat Inspectors Chosen from
Beef Trust Employees Under the
New inspection Law.
Everything to Be Sold in Cans to
the Public Without Any
Restraint.

the percentages of different meats con
tanned in any canned article put out
under one name.
Kalamazoo. Mich. Sept. 1o.--1'cn per-
sons In three different families of this
city have been lying at the point of
death for over twelve hours. suffering
from the effects of eating dried beef de-
livered to their houses Saturday. A
partial investigation has revealed the
fact that the meat came originally from
one of the large packing houses.
The physicians are of the opinion
that some sort Of embalming fluid, used
as q prcscrvative. was used In the beef
and was the cause of the poisoning.
Sterling. ILL.,, Sept. 1.-THE physi.
clans of this city report that during
last night there were forty cases Of
ptomaine poisoning, and that several of
the patients are still In a precarious
condition. The poisoning was caused
by eating pressed corn beef purchased
mt local market. The food came orig
inally from Chicago packing. house.
The families Of Henry Burmeister. Rev.
Louis Gressens. Henry Aument, VIII.
lam T.. Myers. Fred Avery ana Harry
Dennison were among the sufferers.
London. Sept. 12.--Lieutenant Colo.
mel Percy Eyra Hobbs. who was select.
ed by War Secretary Haldane to 80 to
the United States and inspect the pack.
Ing Of beef intended for the British
army. has returned to this country. 1t
Is understood that he will In u few
days present voluminOus report, the
glst OF which Is that the sanitary con.
ditions at the stockyards have been I'm.
satisfactory.
The report will condemn methods III
vogue.
Great Indignation In felt In England
over the action OF the Beef Trust In
hiring English butchers who handle its
goods. to 80 to America and bring back
report withdrawing the Beef Trust
and Its methods.
Washington. Aug. 3O.--A secret con.
ference is being held here by represcn.
tativcs OF the packers and officials OF
the Agricultural Department to deter.
mine what labels will be satisfactory
under the law. The conference IL be.
hind closed doors with DIR. Melvin,
chief Of the bureau of animal indus.
try, acting as bOunccr. The secrecy
observed. the determination OF the
packers to exclude the public from
their confidence and the cooperation
OF the officials Of the Agricultural De.
partment In withholding the formulas
used In the preparation Of articles OF
food have created much concern here
Washington. u. c., Aug. 3O.-+Secre.
tary Wilson returned from the West
satisfied for the most part rs to the
progress Of the packers In cleaning and
improving their plants In readiness for
the enforcement Of the meat.inspection
law after Oct. /. lie said some, how.
ever. are making little effort to comply
with the law, and after Oct. l any
packer whose products are not stamped
with the government label will be rig.
Idly excluded from Interstate trade.
One Of the largest packing companies
In the Chicago and Kansas City field
has 80 far done little or nothing to
comply with the law. 70 shut out Its
business from interstate shipment
would have marked effect on the
In. Of trtt
ception will be made In its favor when
Oct. comes II 1t does not yield. OIL
cals refuse to give the name OF this
concern.
indianapolis, Aug. 3O,-Tainted meat
delivered at the camp of regulars at
Fort Benjamin Harrison nearly caused
n riot this morning when rations were
issued TO the soldiers. The regulars
demanded that the meat be taken from
the camp at once. 4 board of inspec-
ton was appointed and recommended
that only part of the meat be
thrown away, as the rest, 1t held, was
good, This report was far from salts.
factory, ana there was considerable
murmurlng over ii, but General Carter
ordered 1t all destroyed and new
issue made.
Burlington, VT, Sept. Following
closely on the affidavit made by i. II.
Hutchinson, OF Worcester, that he saw
his condemned cattle slaughtered In
this city, with every indication that
they were to he sold as meat. comes a
statement made to-day by w. G. and
q, $, White, Of Richmond, which Is
even more startling.
That Of the elder Mr.. White is to the
effect that last October the State Cat.
tie Commission condemned ffty-seven
animals OF his herd as being affected
with tuberculosis that he was paid
10 per cent OF the appraised value !;
that the iifty-seyen head Of cattle, In
company with cattle condemned from
the herd OF NJ s. Richmond, were
shipped away from Richmond, and
that his son followed them TO see what
final disposition was made OF them.
The son states that he followed the
cattle to IIayerhlll and Boston, one
carload being sat of at Havcrhlll and
the remainder shipped to Boston: that
he saw the animals ifnlOaded from the
ears and about 40 of tlian slaughtered
at the slaughter houses Of Boston
company, dressed as beef and run to-
Xard tho cooling room that be saw