Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-07-07
THE WITCHES CALDRON AT
CHICAGO.

consciously turned into cannibals and
carrion-eaters, says the Literary Di-
gest, has reused intense horror in Eu-
rope. 1t is, of course, understood, as
the Hamburger Nachrichten AYERS,
that only sound meat is shipped from
America to Europe, and the tainted
trash is consumed at home in the
United States" Germanys strict and
scientific inspection of impOrtations
has also acted as a safeguard, and
there is therefore less excitement in
the German than in the English press.
Moreover, the preserved meat used
in the French army is, according to
the Intransigeant (Paris), manufac-
tured in France. There is, of course,
a large amount of Chicago products
imported by France and the editor
of the Intransigeant, on talking to
member of the American Chamber OF
Commerce at Paris, reports the fol-
lowing observation made by that gen.
tleman:
1T is impossible not to deplore the
scandal. We were hoping to obtain
revision of the Franco-American treaty
of commerce, especially as regards
the importation from the United
states of fresh or salt meats. l fear
any such attempt will now be useless.
This whole incident must prove dis
astrous to American foreign trade"
The British papers seem to be es-
pecally Mortified at this evidence of
American corruption. They make lit
tie mention of their own meat scandals
of the Boer war. and bring railing ac-
cusation against America in evident
Inconsistencies of the similar abuses
uncovered in London in the last few
days, where it has been found that
huge quantities OF spoiled meat were
being worked over and sold as fresh
The London Daily Mail, in comment
ing on the horrors" of the expose, de-
clares:
1T can be no cause for surprise If
people henceforth follow the example
set by one of Mr.. Roosevelt's commits
sioners who has witnessed the hor-
rors and avoid American timed meats
and ported foods as something more
dangerous than the plague. Who
l.nows how many cases of disease and
death are to be explained by the greed
of the packers and the utter ineflicien-
cy of the inspection in the United
States? Even now is there any real
oCSuiitN thdt VIC Inspectors Will Dt at
once strict and lncorrputibe? 1t is
to be hoped that the people of the
United States will insist upon the of
tenders being brought to justice and
that the exemplary punishment will be
inflicted upon them which they have
so richly deserved"
The London Times thinks that the
meat frauds are of piece with the
general order of things in the United
States. The American correspondent
of that paper thus expatiates in an ed
itorial tone on the Americans patience
under financial and political trickery,
but evident dislike of being poisoned:
''The people of this country are not
particularly eager for protection
against robbery, legalized or other. A
man who can not protect himself
against thieves has never received
much sympathy here. Nor can one
excite Americans by stories of official
corruption. When prosperity is so
general and the wealth of the country
is so great, the fact that some persons
acquired a little of it by illegitimate
means does not seem of supreme i'm
portance.
But the sickening exposure of the
methods employed in the slaughter
houses and hacking establishments al