The Rich Hill tribune., 1906-06-07

room on trucks. are forthwith cast
into the Kissing steam-boilers and dis
appear.
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 20 the aoor
below. where he IS caught on a truck
and hauled back again 20 the cutting
room. The bottom Of the tank was
open, and the steer passed through
the aperture.
Il have witnessed the farCis many
times. I have seen the beef dropped
into the vat in which a steam-pipe
was eXhsusting with a great noise SO
tnat the thud Of the beef striking the
truck below could not be heard. and
in a short time / have witnessed
Nicholas bringing Il back TO be pre-
pared for the market
Il have even marked beef with my
knife so as TO distinguish IT, and
watched It return 70 the point where
Il started.
"Of all the evils Of the stockyards,
the canning department is perhaps the
worst. Il Is there that the cattle
from all parts Of the United States
are prepared for canning No matter
how scrawny or debilitated Gamers
are, they must 90 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
mours stockyards so weak and eX-
hausted that they expired in the cor
rails. 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 the canning
department for cans.
"In other words, the Armour estRb
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 &c
come 20 the front in this matter. ]
stand on my oath, word for word, sen
tence for sentence. and statement for
statement
Il write this story OF my own free
will and volition. and no one IS re
sponsible for it but myself II Is the
product OF ten years of experience
Il is the truth the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth, 80 help me
God.
THOMAS r. DOLAN.
Sworn % and subscribed before me
this frst day Of March, 1888
~ORYILLE F. PURDY.
Notary Public. Kings County. n. Y.
Certificate fled in New York eoun.
ty."
The significance Of this statement
as Mr. Sinclair notes. Is heightened
by the fact that. published as Il was
in a newspaper OF prominence, whose
proprietor Is a man o. immense wealth
and could be reached by the courts
Mr.. Armour made no move % insu.
tute suit for libel practically admit
ting that the statement was true
I Mr.. Sinclair makes the assertion
and gives abundant proof. that the
worry incidental 20 the "embalmed
beer scandal during the war with
/ spain caused the death OF Philip d
I Armour. and that mlllions Of dollari
we're spent by the packing interests
/ Ia the EFFORT 20 keep concealed the
/ truth about the matter The awful
mortality from disease among the sol
( dlers during that few weeks eampsigr
was distinctly attributable to the meat
rations supplied 10 the army. There
seems small reason TO doubt that meat
as little NJ fer human food is still
I being placed on the market. HoN
much disease and death has been the
outcome may be imagined.
Summing up the entire facts Of The
situation. Mt Sinclair concludes;
Writing Ga magazine Of large
I circulation aud influence. and hayinE
I the noor an 70 himself MT Armoui
spoke serencly and boastfully OF th,
quality of his meat products. aud
{ challenged the world 90 impeaeh his
. integrity. but when he was brought
/ into court charged with crime by the
I commonwealth Of Pennsylvania. hs
spoke ia different tone. and "a 9
/ different purport; be said guilty
he pleaded this 90 a criminal indict
ment for selling preserved minced
ham IA GreeRhurg. and paid the dns
OF $50 and costs. He pleaded guilJy
again Ia Shenandoah Pa on June
.l6. 1905. 10 the criminal charge Of
selling adulterated 'blockweirst;' and
again he paid the me Of $50 and costs
Why should Mr. Armour be let on
with zines which are of less cOnse
Quence 20 him than the price % a
postage stamp 20 you or me. instead
az going 10 Jail like other convicted
I criminals who DO not happen 20 b
minionairesq"