Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-08
UPTON SINCLAIR STRIKES BACK
Jungle" Prince of Packers With Awful
Array Facts Calculated to Destroy the
Infamous Industry.


Evening Post Mr.. J. Ogden Armour
makes the assertion that the govern
ment inspection of the beef trust
slaughter.houses is an impregnable
wall protecting the public from I'M
pure meat. and that not an atom OF
diseased meat finds Its way Into the
pro iucts of the Armours. Mr.. Up
ton Sinclair. author OF THE Jungle
{ a terrific statement of packin. house
con iitions). studied the meat industry
for two years. including much time
spent In the Chicago stockyards as
workman: he is the best equipped
outside authority on stockyard condl'
tions. In Everybody's Magazine for
.iay Mr.. Sinclair makes u startling
and convincing answer 10 Mr.. Ar
mour's assertion. Commencing With
the statement that J. Ogden Armour
Is the absolute and not the nominal
head OF the great packing house IN
dus,Ey which bears his name Mr.. Sin
clair says: II know that In the state
ments quoted. Mr. Armour wilifully
and deliberately states what he abso'
luteiy and positively knows to be
fa!sehoois."
That he might be properly equipped
to describe conditions In Packing
town" Mr.. Sinclair worked for
period as n laborcr In tho plant OF Ar
mour Co. and he tells OF sights OF
ill,h and horror such as he hopes
never to SEQ again. but the strongest
coincidence OF the truth OF the claim
that meat UNIT for human food Is put
on tho market comes from n man for
years superintendent Mt Armour 4
Co.'S Chicago plant. Thomas +. Dolan.
OF Boston. Mr.. Sinclair In his article
says:
AT the time Of the cmhaimci.bccf
scandal Mt tn. conclusion OF the Span
ish war. when the whole country was
conyuiscd with fury over the rcvcla'
;ions made by soldiers and officers
unciuilns Gen. Miles and PrcSidcn,
RooseyciD concerning the quality OF
meat which Armour & Co. had fur
ngshci to tho troops. and concerning
tho dcathrnic which IL had caused.
the cnormity Of the 'condcmncd'mcat
Industry became suddenly clear TO
one man who had formerly super
y!Ecd IL. Mr. Thomas r. Dolan. then
residing In Boston. had. up to a short
time previous. hFcn n superintendent
ut Armour & Co.'S. and one OF Mr.,
Philip d. Armouris most capable and
trusted men. when hc read Of the
dca,h.raic In the army. he made an
affidavit concerning the things which
were done In the establishment Of Ar
mour q Co. and this affidavit he took
TO the New York Journal. which pub
ilRhcd IL on March Z. 1899. Here are
Homc extracts from Il:
There were many ways OF getting
around tho inHpcctors-so many. In
fact. that not more than two or three
cattle out OF 1000 were condemned.
I know exactly what ] am writing
OF in this connection. as my particular
Instructions from Mr.. ". L. Pierce.
superintendent Of the beef houses for
Armour & Co. were very explicit and
definite.
Whenever n beef got past the yard
inspectors with case OF lumpy Jaw
and came into the siauRhterhousc or
the 'kiiiug.bcd.' was authorized by
Mr.. Pierce to take his head OF. thus
removing the evidences OF lumpy jaw.
and after casting the smittcn portion
into the tank where refuse goes. to
send the rest of tho carcass on Its
way TO market.
81 have seen as much as 30 pounds
of flesh afflicted with Eangreno cut
from the carcass OF beef. in order
that tho rest of the animal might be
utilized In trade.
"one Of tho most important rcgula.
tionE Of the bureau OF animal indus.
try Is that no cows in calf are to be
placed on tho market. Out OF n
slaughter OF 1000 cows. or a days
killing. perhaps onc.half are with
calves. My instructions from MIR.
Pierce were TO dispose of the calves
by hiding them until night. or until
the inspectors left of duty. Tho lit.
tie carcasses were then brought from
all over the packIns.house and skinned
by boys. who received two cents for
removing each pelt. The pelts were
sold for so cents each to the hd.glove
manufacturers. This occurs every
night at Mr.. Armour's concern at Chi.
cago. or after each killing of cows.
81 now propose to state here exact.
ly what I myself have witnessed in
Philip d. Armour's packinghouse with
cattle that have been condemned by
the government inspectors.
"a workman. one Nicholas Newson
during my time. informs the inspec.
tor that tho tanks are prepared for the
reception OF the condemned cattle and
that his presence is required to see
the beef cast into the steam.tank. Mr..
Inspector proceeds at once to the place
Indicated. and the condemned cattle.
having been brought up to the tank.
A Stone Barometer.