The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1906-06-23
UPTON SINCLAIR STRIKES BACK
Author Of Jungle" Prince Of
Array Of Facts cacus ted to Destroy
S<sse Infamous Industry.

appear.
But the condemned steer does not
stay In the tank any longer than the
time required for his remains to drop
through the boiler down to the floor
below. where he IL caught on 4 truck
and hauled back again to the cutting
room. The bottom Of the tank was
open. and the steer passed through
the aperture.
Il have witnessed the fard, many
times. have seen the beef dropped
into the vat in which n steam. pipe
was exhausting with . great noise 20
that the thud of the beef striking the
truck below could not be heard. and
IN . short time have witnessed
Nicholas bringing 1t back to be pre-
pared for the market.
II have even marked beef with my
knife 30 a. 10 distinguish 1t. and
watched II return to the point where
II started.
| "Of all the evils Of the stockyards.
the canning department is perhaps the
worst II Is there that the cattle
from all parts Of the United States
4 oAo biCPaiCu tot nv
how scrawny or debilitated Gamers
are. they must go the route of their
brothers and arrive ultimately At tho
great boiling watts. where they are
steamed until they are reasonably ten.
der. Bundles of gristle and bone melt
into pulpy masses and are stirred up
for the canning department.
II have seen CATTLE come into Ar
mour's stockyards SO weak and ex-
hausted that they expired in the cor
rails. where they lay for an hour or
two. dead. until they were afterwsrd
hauled in. skinned. and put on the
market for beef or into the canning
department for cans.
IN other words. the Armour estah-
lishmsnt was selling carbon.
There are hundreds OF other men
In the employ OF Mr.. Armour who
could verify every line | have writ
ten. They have known Of these
thinEs ever since packing has been an
industry. But I do not ask them to
come to the front In this matter. I
stand ON my oath. word for word. zen.
tence for sentence. and statement for
statement
Il write this story Of my own frss
will and volition. and NO one Is re-
spousibls for II but myself. II IL the
product Of ten years OF experience.
II II the truth. the whole truth. and
nothing but the truth. 80 help me
God.
THOMAS r. DOLAS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this drst day Of March. 1893.
"ORvILLE F. PuRDY.
Notary Public. Kings County. y. Y.
Certificate aied in New York coun.
IT,"
The Significance Of this statement.
% Mr.. Sinclair notes. Is heightened
BY the fact that. published a. II was
In . newspaper Of prominence. whose
proprietor Is . man OF immense wealth
and could BE- reached by the courts.
Mr.. Armour made no move to insti.
tuts suit for libel. practically admit.
ting that the statement Vas true.
Mr.. Sinclair makes the assertion.
and gives abundant proof. that the
worry incidental to the "embalmed
besf' scandal during the war with
bpaiu caused the death Of Philip D..
Armour. and that millions Of dollars
were spent by tho packing interests
IL the effort 10 keep concealed the
truth about the matter. The awful
mortality from disease among the sol.
diers during TINT few weeks campaign
vas distinctly attributable to the meat
rationa supplied to the army. There
seema small reason to doubt that meat
- little A. for human food 10 still
bsiug placed on the market. How
much disease and death has been the
outcome may be imagined.
Summing up the entire facts Of the
situation. Mr.. Sinclair concludes;
writing In = magazine Of large
circulation and influences. and having
The ooor all TO himself. Mr.. Armour
spoke sereneiy and boastfuliy Of the
quality Of his meat products. and
CHALLENGED the world 10 impeach his
istserity. but when ne Vas brought
!, isto court charged with crime by the
IcoOmouwraith Of Pcnusylvanis. he
speks IN . different tone. and TO .
diesrsat pnrpor': he said guilty
He pleaded this to . criminal indict.
neat for selling preserved minced
ban In Or~enbnrx. and paid tho hns
Of $50 and costs. lie pleaded guilty
aeaia IN Shenandoah. Pa. on June
.iS. 1905, 10 the criminal charge Of
seliinR sduit~ra,ed 'blockweirst.' and
aeAia be paid the nns Of $50 aud costs.
Why should Mr. Armour be let on
With 0nss which are of less couss.
nn~~na In hin, than the pvlre Of q