New-York tribune., 1906-06-21
Is they viii be to buy those that are five


When we passed the Oleomargarine bill it was
Argued that oleoElargarine was as rule better
than most Of the butter sold In the market.
am inclined to think II was. but that did no
Affect the argument one particle Ihe ouyef u
entitled to know what he is buying, espeelaue
when tie article bears the government stamp
fer this government must never be made party
To a fraud man buying canned food that Is
FIVE years old is entitled to know IL. If II Is
tnst &c GOOD as the freshly canned food and he
wants it that is all right: but when the gov
Irnnent puts its stamp upon any an + 'i.e =.
keen IL of il the old canned meat is just as good
as the new? Because suppose they would say
there is a prejudice against age in meat sup
pose there is l suppose people prefer 10 ea'
sornething that was canned a rev weeks sihoe 10
something that was canned nNe year ..,car,,, ago
There IS an irnpression-a mistaken impression,
rood and disinterested packers say-that five
gear-old cans are not as good as those whicn
have heen canned within the year suppose IL
k a ,1reiudice But that is no reason why people
thould be sold canned articles on the pretence
tbat fbev were canned this year. when they
Sc as matter OF fact canned FIVE years be-
fore II seems me the proposition IS as simple
and as unanswerable as possible ana II does nor u
.es.o 10 me that the refusal TO allow the date OF
The government inspection to go on indicates any
overwhelming honesty Of purpose on the part OF
the packers and their frlends-
Concerning the cost of inspection Senator
lodge said in part:
Vow as TO the payment Of the tax. We com
Del the maker of oleomarSaTine TO pay the YAK
for the inspection of his product We collect
from the steamship companies nomlnally from
Immigrants
tion service When we put the goVeIiliIen. Itsll
label on these goods going out from the packl1g
houses give them value Whlcn theS y, c1edt ett
obtain in no other way. especially after an thaI
has occurred, and they ought TO pay the eh-
pense The inspection tax Is trine. ana II
ought TO be borne by those who are pecuhiaruy
benefited by it,
PACKERS TO BLAME FOR PUBLICITY.
Commenting on the unfortunate publicity
given 10 the conditions in Chicago. he said:
.t,ro oh,
without debate If il had been accepted IN the
same spirit by the House, taken into conference
by the House, and then and there settled ana
put into proper shape and FORM with sucn I'M
provernents and notifications as il needed, Tor
Undoubtedly all legislation can be improved oy
consultation this agitation and this debate
s,~o,,l5 never have arisen The report would
never have gone in. There would, no DOUBT
but the debate. The agitation and all that was IN
the report would not have been spread before
the public. But the Chicago packers believed
that they could defeat this legislation they
saw 1T 10 make an open contest aoout H. 1ney
have got the report published. They have had
their debate. They have had it all pulled over In
the newspapers, and wonder whether tney
think II has profted them much in the end
Speaking OF conditions reported to exist
abroad, Mr. Lodge said:
II l may digress for one moment, care very
little for the attacks which nave come rom
across the water on this subject our heish.
bors and our rivals in trade are not slow TO take
advantage of anything OF tins sort. ana the
British brother, particularly when anything OF
this sort happens, rolls up his eyes and holds up
his hands and says how wicked are and by
inference how good he is. These evils are not
confined TO the United States l read in re-
cent dispatch from London that English pur-
veyors addicted TO as foul practices as those
in America. The inspector for the Borough or
Cambe-wen finds practices bad as those in
Chicago Packers there had worked large quan-
titles OF Oid timed meat over into potted deli
cacies" Thousands Of tins Of putrefying and
poisonous meat we're seized. Large quantities
Cf Enn6On
etc. Recently says this inspector 4 found
IN jam factory q collection OF dried raisins
filed with ants and other insects, rotten apple
pulp orange peel some filthy macaroni a lot
OF blown tins Of apricots and other refuse
bought from grocers' shops unfit FOR food. II
amounted 10 nine hundrewelght in all, and
was being treated and made into jam" In a
confectioneT's shop the inspector found 500 alb
soulely rotten eggs designed for use in pastry
and creams. The inspector says many London
confectionevs invariably rotten eggs An
other under date Of June IS SAYS the medical
officer of the Borough Of Stepney has destroyed
over ton OF rotten timed foods daily at the
Stepney wharyes These goods came from the
British colonies. He found New Zealand rasp-
berries treated with sulphur 10 preserve them
aha treated on arrival with alkaline bath to
restore their color, etc.
] call attention 10 these things nof for +ba
VI sahe OF palllatlng or eXcusing what has hap
Pehed here, but because 1 am a little weary Of
thls continuous talk which ! see in X1rtuous for
elgH newspapers ef how bad we are When the
insurance TTaGGs appeared-and had enough
lhey were, Heaven knoRs-you would have sup
had never heard Of the noble guinea pigs on
The boards % directors had never heard of the
whitaker Wright case. had never heard of
ule morse plylng scandal which occurred in this
country during the South African war 7 do
1ot brihg ~ these things here to saw TO an
olt4ef country You are anothert' or IN noi1+
oHt how bad some one there is and how ooo5
We are bring them up here 10 show that con-
oitions are bad in other countries and tba+
~hat concerns US Is not to use this as an ex
cuse. but 10 make ourselves better and above
Isa1,1 /. ne aelAoos OF the people over IN
E-sIdHo are different from ours If anything
olsagreeable occurs there they smother n The,
SCI 10 Work 10 cure it, but they saw as Iittla
ABOUT II as possible They try to forget II and
1Ie. say All Is right, and see how bad the
French and the Germans and the Americans
are Our way is different. We pull everything
OF INTO me open. We make II appear not only
as bad as ii is, but usually ten times worse We
ora6 al our dirty linen out and shout for fear
people yin not pay attention TO f. On the
Mhole, think ours, unjust as 1t often is is
TIC better way, for II shows that there still
remains among Us a capacity for honest public
Indignation. FNN--0
INJURING AMERICAS GOOD NAME.
! believe the American people are an honest
people and that the mass Of the American bnsi1
ness men are honest men, and that is the reason
WY teel as strongly as l do about this group
H oI packers IN Chicago. who discredit us all and
HJure our good name everywhere They are
exceptional We have not heard from the other
packers In other parts of the country We have
not heard any protests from the cattle raiscrs
~ mas all come from that one group OF nnAn
they began by saying that everything was ali
right What did Mr.. Nell and Mr. REYNOLDS
know, forsooth? You wanted experts 10 see tI,a+
a room was dark You wanted experts to 1ell
You whether the air was bad You wantedSan
expert 70 ten you whether the floor was dirty
They made light OF il and belittied IT.
on June z, when this thing began I read a
uspstch from Chicago saying that Mr Bartzen
pulding and health inspector says IL will cost
from SS0o00O 10 100000 to make the sanitary
conditions legal Swift & Co. were quoted as
saying they would go TO any expense to mako
their packing houses legal Plumbers are ex-
pefslVe' but 100000 VIII go q, good way even In