Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-06-08

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But the condemned steer does no
stay In the tank any longer than thu
time required for his remains to droI
through the boiler down to the foo
below, where he Is caught on a trucl
and hauled back again to the cutting
room. The bottom Of the tank wa.
open, and the steer passed through
the aperture
Il have witnessed the farde many
times. | have seen the beef dropped
into the vat in which a steam-pipc
was exhansting with a great noise so
that the thud of the beef striking the
truck below could not be heard. and
in short time have witnessed
Nicholas bringing it back to be pre-.
pared for the market.
II have even marked beef with my
knife so as to distinguish it, and
watched It 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
how scrawny or debilitated 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.
81 have seen CATTLE come into Ar
mour's 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 estab-
lishment was selling carrion.
There are hundreds of other men
in the employ of Mr.. Armour who
could verify every line | have writ
ten. They have known of these
things ever since packing has been an
industry. But | 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.
Il write this story of my own free
will and volition, and no one Is re-
sponslble for it but myself. 1t is the
product of ten years of experience
1t is the truth, the whole truth. and
nothing but the truth, so help me
God.
THOMAS F. DOLAN.
"Sworn to and subscribed before me
this first day of March, 1899
"ORVILLE f. PURDY,
Notary Public. Kings County, N. Y.
Certificate filed in New York coun-
ty."
The significance of this statement, |
as Mr.. Sinclair notes. is heightened |
by the fact that, published as it was
in a newspaper of prominence, whose
proprietor Is a man of immense wealth
and could be reached by the courts,
Mr.. Armour made no move to 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 'embalmed
beef" scandal during the war with
spain caused the death of Philip ID.
Armour. and that millions of dollars
we're spent by the packing interests
n the effort to keep concealed the
ruth about the matter. The awful
mortality from disease among the sol
Tiers during that few weeks campaign
vas distinctly attributable to the meat
ations supplied to the army. There
Gems small reason to doubt that meat
IS little fit for human food is still
icing placed on the market. How
much disease and death has beet the
utcome may be imagined.
Summing up the entire facts os the
ituation. Mr.. Sinclair concludes:
writing in magazine of large
REGULATION and influence. and having
he floor all to himself, Mr.. Armour
poke serenely and boastfully OF the
uality OF his meat products, and
hallenged the world to impeach his
integrity. but when he was brought
lto court charged with crime by the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania, he
poke in a different tone. and to
ifferent purport; he said guilty.
lie pleaded this to a criminal indict-
rent for selling preserved minced
am in Greenburg, and paid the fine
{ $50 and costs. He pleaded guilty
gain in Shenandoah. Pa. on June ,
6. 1905. to the criminal charge OF .
filing adulterated 'blockweirst; and
gain he paid the fine of $50 and costs.
ny should Mr.. Armour be let OF :
18th fines which are of less conse- :
nence to him than the price or
ostage stamp TO you or me, instead