The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-06-16

In a recent issue OF the Saturday
Evening Post Mr.. ]. Ogden Armour
makes the assertion that the govern
ment inspection OF the beef trust
slaughter.houses IL an impregnable
wall protecting the public from Inn
pure meat. and that not an atom OF
diseased meat finds It's way into the
products OF the Armours. MIR. Up
ton Sinclair, author OF The Jungle"
a terrific statement OF packing house
conditions). studied the meat industry
for two years. including much time
spent In the Chicago stockyards as a
workman. he Is tho best equipped
outside authority on stockyard condi.
tions In Everybody's Magazine for
and convincing answer 10 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.
dnstry which bears his name Mr.. SIN
clair says: 81 know that In the state
ments quoted. Mr.. Armour willfully
and deliberately states what he abso-
lutely and positively knows to be
falsehoods."
That be might be properly equipped
20 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
hlth and horror such as he hopes
never TO see again. but the strongest
coincidence OF the truth OF the claim
that meat unfit for human food is put
on the market comes from a man for
years superintendent AZ Armour q
CO. Chicago plant. Thomas +. Dolan
az Boston. Mr.. Sinclair In his article
says:
AT the time Of the embalmed-beei
scandal at the conclusion OF the Span
lsh war, when the whole country was
convulsed with fury over the reyela'
lions made by soldiers and officers
Gncluding Gen. Miles and President
RooseveltD concerning the quality OF
meat which Armour & Co. had fur.
nished 20 the troops, and concerning
tho deathrate which II had caused
the enormity OF the condemned meat
industry became suddenly clear "a
one man who had formerly super
vised II. Mr. Thomas +. Dolan. then
residing in Boston. had, up to short
time previous, been a superintendent
at Armour & Co.'S, and one OF Mr.
Philip -. Armour's most capable and
trusted men. When he read OF the
death-rate I'm the army, he made m
affidavit concerning the things which
were done in the establishment or Ar
mour & Co. and this affidavit he took
20 the New York Journal. which pub
lished ii on March 4, 1899. Here are
some extracts from Il:
There were many ways OF gettinl
around the inspectors-so many. IN
fact. that not more than two or three
cattle out OF 1000 were condemned
| know exactly what am writing
OF In this connection. as my particular
instructions from Mr. w. u. Pierce
superintendent Of the beef houses for
Armour & Co. we're very explicit and
definite.
Whenever a beef got past the yard
inspectors with case OF lumpy jaw
and came into the siaughterhouse OF
the ltillng-bcd, | was authorized by
MIR. Irce 20 take his head or. thus
removing the evidences OF lumpy jaw
and after casting the smitten portion
into the tank where refuse goes. &c
send the rest OF the carcass on rs
way 10 market.
II have seen as much as 40 pounds
OF flesh afflicted with gangrene cut
| from the carcass OF a beef. in order
that the rest OF the animal might be
utilized in trade.
zone OF the most important regula
/ ions OF the bureau OF animal indus
| try Is that no cows in calf are 10 be
/ placed on the market. Out OF q
slaughter OF 1000 COWS. or days
| killing, perhaps one-half are with
calves. Ny instructions from Mr.
Pierce were 10 dispose OF tho calves
! by hiding them until night. or until
tho inspectors left Off duty. The lit
| tie carcasses were then brought from
all over the packing house and skinned
/ by boys. who received two cents for
removing each pelt. The pelts were
sold for so cents each TO the kid-glovs
manufacturers. This occurs every
night at Mr. Armour's concern NJ Chi
cago. or after each killing OF cows.
II now propose 70 state here exact
ly what | myself have witnessed In
Philip y. Armour's packing house with
cattle that have been condemned by
the government inspectors.
~ workman. one Nicholas Newson
during my time. informs the inspec
tor that the tanks are prepared for the
reception OF the condemned cattle and
that his presence Is required TO see
tho beef cast into the steam.tank. Mr.
Inspector proceeds at once 10 the place
indicated. and the condemned cattle
having been brought up to the tank
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