Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-08

In q recent issue of the Saturda,
Evening Post Mr.. J.. Ogden Armour
makes the assertion that the govern
ment inspection Of the beef trus,
slaughter.houses is an impregnablt
wall protecting the public from i'm
pure meat, and that not an atom Of
diseased meat finds its way into the
products Of the Armours. Mr.. Up
ton Sinclair, author of The Jungle
{ a terrific statement Of packing house
co~nditions), studied tho 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'
tons. In Everybody's Magazine for
May Mr.. Sinclair makes a startling
and convincing answer to Mr.. Ar.
mour's assertion. Commencing with
tho statement that J. Ogden Armour
Is the absolute and not the nominal
head OF the great packing house In.
dustry which Rars his name Mr.. SIN
clair says: II know that in the state.
ments quoted, Mr.. Armour willfully
and deliberately states what he abso-
lutely and positively knows to be
falsehoods."
That he might be properly equipped
to 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
AIth nrI Inrrnr r,I H 10 o,.,
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 ome from a man for
years superintendent at Armour &
Co.'S Chicago plant. Thomas F.. Dolan,
of Boston. Mr.. Sinclair in his article
says:
AT the time OF the embalmed-b beef
scandal at the conclusion Of the Span
ish war, when the whole country was
convulsed with fury over the revela.
lions made by soldiers and officers
tncluding Gen. Miles and President
Roosevelt) concerning the quality cf
meat which Armour 4 Co. had fur
to the troops. and concerning
the death-rate which 1t had caused,
the enormity Of the 'cOndemned-meat
industry became suddenly clear to
one man who had formerly super
vised 1t. hr. Thomas +. Dolan, then
residing In Boston, had. up to a short
time previous. been n superintendent
at Armour & Co.'S and one of Mr..
Philip ID. Armour's most capable and
men. When he read Of the
in the army, he made an
affidavit concerning the things which
were done in the establishment of Ar.
mour & Co., and this affidavit he took
TO the New York Journal, which pub
lished 1t on March 4, 1899. Here are
extracts from Il:
There were many ways Of getting
around the inspectors-so many, in
TACT, that not more than two or three
,attle out OF 1000 were condemned.
know exactly what I am writing
in this connection. as my particular
from Mr.. W. T.. Pierce,
superintendent OF the beef houses for
& Co., were very explicit and
Whenever a beef got past the yard
Inspectors with a case of lumpy Jaw
came into the slaughterhouso or !
he 'killng-bed.' I was authorized by
Pierce to take his head of, thus
'emoving the evidences OF lumpy jaw,
after casting the smitten portion
nto the tank where refuse goes, to
'end the rest OF the carcass OIL It's
way to market.
81 have seen as much as 40 pounds
Il flesh afflicted with gangrene cut
rom the carcass Of a beef. in order
hat the rest of the animal might be
Utilized In trade.
zone Of the most important regula.
ions Of the bureau of animal indus.
ry is that no cows In calf are to be
laced on the market. Out of a
laughter Of 1000 cows, or a days
.illing. perhaps one-half are with
My instructions from Mr..
fierce were to dispose of the calves
y hiding them until night, or until
he inspectors left of duty. The IT.
10 carcasses were then brought from
II over the packing-house and skinned
y boys, who received two cents for
emoving each pelt. The pelts were
old for so cents each to the kid-glove
manufacturers. This occurs every
light at Mr.. Armour's concern at Chi.
age or after each killing Of cows.
81 now propose to state here exact.
what mYself have Witnessed In