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l. .itluus. 60 say the loast That The contrary
nlinr, nay vGnre stongef IN better hralih,
that We live lon cf than A. any previous
r"find our history a. = NATION MAY he
accepted % fact, unless boards II health all
aud or'cIai records of Vital sta litlcs in gen
eral also are engaged In = far tearhlns con.
sp,racy, AGAINST the American people
must believe Tie packing houses F%piiiless
q st least some Of the monalrous, charges
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ls 81 much smoke tbefe Il likely 10 be some
hrc. Of course but be II remembered that a
cause . tremendous snudRc. am not en-
aeoEer.ns 70 put r a defence Ior ne meSt
! To- my knowledge II il we're proved TO me
that my family have han diseased, adultcra-
ated, d%octored meat ioistcd upon them with
uFllLFltNF li'FUI l1N. \ Olll lFfl W "
Gllned to take the next train 20 Chicago and
haTe 2 personal interview With those respon-
sinle, for such outrage, without asking per
mission OF police or district attorney. And In
my present frame Of mind wouldn't care
particularly what the possible consequences
might be.
! But the chances are that. unless the packers
are %llnatics, the charges are very much exag-
gerated The wise thinG, 10 do, the sensible
thing. II seems to me. l. for the public to In
elst on a thorough, prompt, searching inquiry
INTO the whole, matter. not Through. any more
or less reliable and unprecedented commits
eioners ana magazine writer's, but through
the regular procedure Of properly constituted
authorities. Let the whole story COM out
force II to cOme out II need be, but under such
conditions or testimony and absolute proof
that the whole country, will be satisfied If
tering and packing meats, let them be insisted
upon; The public Of this country and of the
world at large must be protected first OF all
and no talk Of financial interests or OF
running this Industry or that should avail
for a moment where, the general health and
well being Of civilized mankind Is az stake.
men are not the only ones, concerned. Many
years ago the late Henry NJ. Stanley told me
that. Chicago canned meat had made IL posi-
BILE for him TO bring his expedition from the
interior of Africa to the coast; Other trav-
ellers, l believe, could tell OF the dependence
placed on American meat products by tribes
istepce is not known to most OF us. And We
the feeding Of the civilized world.
did not 20 send gv a fuli. frank fran I'M message ese's to
Senators of such facts as he had gathered
mending the matter to their oonsIderation.
taken, the chances are that needed reforms
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NEW YORK. May "a