Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-08
AWFUL BRITISH
CANNED GOODS
Investigation DisCIoses Condi.
tons Very Much Worse Than
Those in America.
HORRORS OF "RoTT0N ROW."
Sonsump,i,c Cattle Sold for Food and
DiAnieCtsn,s Used 10 Disguise.
The Bad Meat.
spstlal cnrrespandence.

Special Correspondence.
7 oNDoN. Aug 29.-Guilty Ameri-
can meat packers may at least
rejoice IN having companions In
crime Examinations just made
n England by various sanitary au-
ihorities concusively demonstrate that
English mat packers and other food
manufacturers are quite on par with
her American cousins whom they
have 30 loudly denounced recently.
from every part of London. and. In
d''d' from all the big cities OF Eng
Aha come reports from sanitary au-
no'itles 10 the effect that conditions
REVEALING In a number Of canning
ne'oTitS 10 meat markets. slaughter
b worse
suoIalng 10 statements made over
w own signatures by many OF the
~ prominent public analysts, meat
s'ps'ed and put w by English pack
oiten IN a condition not only
ts,'ous 10 public health but abso-
- POISONOUS All sorts Of ruses
49,. 49, oeoges sro employed for con-
lug me real nature 81 the food
",rs prepared IN this country
cnn-h NE first announcements Of The
, ,', exposures reached England. a
.l,tsal shout went IN from meat
e.'.. 70 The effect that had "home
r,.,s ~ been patronized there
49, nave been no cause for alarm
49, -..s Immediately tho importation OF
'n'loan canned goods dropped off TO
!. Earning extent, and the American
,aNiy received a Staggering blow
,,t,pp oIiunliy was lost By British
,..a.ss themselves. and the trade"
r'als; 10 roast American products
t..a9 hlnd and while wrecking the
,,,.Nan market these hackers made
,,s,al' attempts 10 get their own
'svs Prominently before the nub-
S,is,,,s' r. ln various parts Of London
f-s,S nls signs mo American
~. ~ good sold here British prod
co., o'.N and Use Honest British
u'ni eat vile American stuff"
A NATIVE CALL DOWN.
n No Triumph was not for long.
r.si,. cooper one Of the hes, Known
A ,- men Boo London. who is also
lssse. o't oi parliament. and Of the
f. ~ ,ouniy council. rose W bravelv
~. ~ public that English meat
NJ. ana sellers were as guilty as
h., american rivals. In state
~ ~ S.aos TO the writer on this sub
- -, ~ Cooper said
"a, pubic has no conception Of ,ha
n. condition prevailing in most of
\ \" 'slsn laughter houses. especial
w.. slhaU private ones Chicago's
N, pia'es could not be any worse
y hor,. Most Of the small slaugh-
sfhs,s, in England are absolutely
tg,rbe,. ny Inspection whatever: the
trs,s may kill when they like and
n, naleler conditions they please
trr faoss literally reek with flth;
ts a. never properly cleaned up.
has ~. ,ondiiions under which ami
isnsr tiain make the meat unfl, for
NJ al, sumption. have proof Of
tfirsis NJ london ~ the carcasses Of
o M s mat have died Of ,ubercuIosls
A, .s parts ~ tho country
N n ~, meat Inspection In this coun.
hr, =, ~. ~, not exist The inspectors
it.s,rss training whatever-they know
t.,s.si epout archaeological or micro.
tsir examination. They only nav
~ ~. OF smell to 70 bv Rp,ehs
"a, ~ MS: and when ,hsv 49,.
mn. n'sh 4 Particularly hsa ana
,oviA = loud that even an ,ns,e aa
rhA n9lloe II. they tres, ,hs ,es.,
taI ,s.mansanste OF potash wh,ch
w smell iempOrarily-s, least.