The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-06-07
THE GREAT PACKING HOUSE SCANDAL
People Of the Country Demanding Publication
ofthe Neill-Reynolds Report.
The Public Has a Right to Know How the Meat Sold TO Them IS
Prepared, Declares a United States Senator--stOries Of
the U~nutterabIe Conditions Prevailing in Various
Packing Centers Of the Country.

killed mere every year. which makes
the inspection cost 20 cents a head
The average weight Of a dressed beef
viii be well over 500 pounds. Il is
bosh 70 say that an inspection would
bankrupt a packer, who could not raise
the price on his product sufficiently
to the cost Of the inspection
without trying for an additional profit
The inspection to-day is not an in
spection, continued Inspector Cutler.
who was one Of the first government
inspectors to withhold the Stang in
spected' from tainted meat The re-
jected carcass is left on the foor. IN
stamped u ought 10 escorted 10 The
soap tank II the inspection was
meant 20 be inspection.
When I vas inspecting. the law al
lowed us 10 shoot a lumpy Jaw animal
II fell and was not bled. The result
was # CONCEALED and rendered the
flesh unfit for meat That was gen
uine inspection. Compare IL with the
present system 81 allowing the animal
TO be slaughtered, bled and removed
from inspection without any further
ado.
"Lumpy Jaw cattle are inspected in
an outrageous way. The government
says that an animal with a small
lump on its Jaw shall be used only
for this purpose An animal with a
larger lump may be used only for that
purpose, and so il goes
Prom the stock yards 20 the box
D 80 uHam@rH---Hn- a- 81 r-uHa ~ Hka
store door there Is hlthiness in public
food. The most outrageous part Of il
Is that the government pays inspectors
10 inspect good meat. but allows the
packers 10 do what they like with the
bad meat Nobody ever heard Of q
packer making soap of a $50 steer
that turned ont 10 have tuberculosis"
Being a Kansas City Official. lnspeo-
tor Cutler has no right TO cross the
state line and inspect meats in the
packing houses.
philadelphia Paper's Evidence.
Philadelphia Pa-The Philadel.
phia Press prints an article alleging
that DIR. b. II. Warren. dairy and food
commissioner OF Pennsylvania, had for
warded President Roosevelt a report
|of 50 typewriter pages made by his
department showing that adulterated
foods were being turned out by the
packing houses Of Kansas City. Omaha
and 81 Louis. as well as those of Chi
caEo. Il Is alleged that Or. Warren
had little success Ia his efforts 20 Eet
az actual conditions TIA the packing
houses 60 the years 1904 and 1895. The
article says:
In February Of last year he sent an
Inspector farmer and stock breed
er. 10y the way-to Chicaro with in
struc,ions 20 take an the time neces
sary and 90 adopt every measure ne
quisite % find out an about the meth
DDS Of The packers; 10 study their
manner OF slaughteriue. the utilization
|of ~hy-products. 20 learn an about, the
ingredients Of every article shipped On
package. can, box, pail or barrel; The
preseryatycs used. the s-dulterauus
substances employed. and the colorug
matter. mineral. aualiue OF vegetable
used. the sanitary conditions under
which these products were made
everything. ia fact. which would throw
light on the subject Ia this instance
ID was n man piucd against a com
bination.
The Inspector followed Instructions
Weeks were spent by him In Chicaro
Then he visited Kansas City and spent
weeks in the packing houses sud
slaurhtcrinE pens Next he went Ca ST.
Louis. and from there 90 Omaha
All told. the reports from the four
cities make a mass OF cloeiy typcWu,-
ten manuscript Of so OF more pages
70 gives the ingredients % packing
house products. not Ga a general way.
but Ia detail. the number OF pounds
and ounces ~ meat spices pressyya.
lives aud adultcrauts A soore %
formulate. Ia minute detail make gp
the most iuteresJing portion ~ the re-
port These alone are of the most start
ling character, but when placed side
by side with his descriptions ~ he
methods used, sanitary conditions ~
the factories and an the other hundred
and one revolving features uf che syS
tenn. Il makes a record that is ahso.
lutely appallinr
This report toEether with scores o.
samples of udulterauts colorins mat
ter and fraudulent preparations obtain.
ca by the Inspector and his assistants
was. as long ago as March lsQS placed
In the hands Of Or, Warrcn. BE in
turn handed them with the o~riginal
documents over 20 the chief chemls;
OF the department ~ Agriculture %
Pennsylvania. and there they have 70
manned until roceRtly when they were
forwarded 10 Washington b. exprosA
Enmiaua May Lose hatueshtn
London. May slit Is fearcd the
British navy viii lose me az he best
vessels. the hrsi-class hattleship Men
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