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

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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 Is caught on O truck
ana 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 fardt many
times. l have seen the beef dropped
into the vat In which a steam-pipe
was exhausting with a great noise 30
Una the thud of the beef striking the
truck below could not be heard. and
IN a short time have witnessed
Nicholas bringing 1t back to be pre-
pared for the market.
Il have even marked beef with my
Knife 30 as to distinguish It, and
watched 1t return to the point where
It started.
"Of all the evils Of the stockyards,
the canning department Is perhaps the
worst. 1t Is there that the cattle
from all parts Of the United States
are prepared for canning. No matter
now scrawny or debilitatei Gamers
are, they must go the route OF their
brothers and arrive ultimately at the
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.
Il have seen cattle come into Ar.
mour's stockyards so weak and ex.
hausted that they expired in the cor.
rals, where they lay for an hour or
two, dead. until they were afterward
hauled In. skinned, and put on the
market fOr beef or into tho canning
department for cans.
In other words. the Armour estab.
lishment was selling carrion.
There are hundreds Of other men
In the employ OF Mr.. Armour who
could verify every line I have writ.
ten. They have known Of these
things ever since packing has been an
industry. But I do not ask them to
come to the front In this matter.
stand on my oath. word for word. sen.
tence for sentence, and statement for
statement.
II write this story Of my own free
Will and volition. and no one Is re-
sponsible for It but myself. II q the
product Of ten years Of experience.
1t Is the truth. the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth, so help me
God.
THOMAS r. DOLAN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this first day Of March, 1899.
"ORVILLE +. PURDY,
Notary Public. Kings County, N. Y.
Certificate fled In New York coun
ty."
h significance Of this statement,
as Mr.. Sinclair notes, Is heightened
by the fact that, published as 1t was
In a newspaper Of prominence, whose
proprietor Is a man Of immense wealth
and could be reached by the courts.
Mr.. Armour made nj move t. insti-
tute suit for libel. practically admit.
ting that the statement was true.
Mr.. Sinclair makes the assertion,
and gives abundant proof. that the
worry incidental to the "embolmed
scandal during the war with
Spain caused the death of Philip ID.
and that millions OF dollars
were spent by the packing interests
In the effort to keep concealed the
truth about the matter. Tho awful
mortality from disease among the sol.
diers duriIg that few weeks campaign
was distinctly attributable to the meat
supplied to the army. There
seems small reason to doubt that meat
little Mt for human food Is still
placed on the market. How
disease and death has been tho
outcome may be imagined.
Summing up the entire facts Of the
situation. Mr.. Sinclair concludes:
writing In a magazine OF large
and influence. and having
he floor al; to himself, Mr.. Armour
poke %serenely and boastfully Of the
Of his meat products. and
challenged the world to impeach his
integrity. but when he was brought
nto court charged with crime by the
Of Pennsylvania, be
poke In q different tone, and to .
lifferent %purport; he said guilty
fe pleaded this to . criminal indict.
nent for selling preserved minced
lam In G~reenburg. and paid the ine
$50 and costs. He pleaded guilty
gain In Shenandoah. Pa. on June
l6. 1905. to the criminal charge Of
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