Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-08

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 to the floor
below. where he Is caught on a truck
and 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 fards many
times. have seen the beef dropped
into the vat In which a steam, Pipe
was cShausting with great noise SO
tnat the thud OF the beef striking tho
truck below could not be heard. and
In short time ] have witnessed
Nicholas bringing It back to be pre-
pared for the market.
81 have even marked beef with my
knife so as to distinguish It. and
watched II return TO the point where
IL started.
"Of all the evils OF the stockyards.
the canning department Is perhaps the
worst. II Is there that the cattle
from all parts Of the United States
are prepared for canning. No matter
how scrawny or debilitatcd Gamers
are. they must 30 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 gristie and bone melt
Into puipy masses and are stirred up
for tho canning department.
II have seen cattle come into Ar.
mouT's Stockyaris so weak and cS.
haus,cd that they expired In the cor.
rails. where they lay for an hour or
two. dead. until they were af,crward
hauled In. skinned. and put on tho
market for beef or into tho canning
department for cans.
In other words. the Armour es,ab.
iishmcnt was selling earrion.
There are hundreds of other men
In tho 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.
icncc for acntcncc. and statement for
statement.
II write this story OF my own frcs
will and VoiI,ion. and no one Il re-
sponslbic for Il but myself. IL Is tho
product OF ten years Of experience.
II IL the truth. the whole truth. and
nothing but the truth. 10 help me
God.
THOMAS r. DoLAS.
Sworn to and subscribed before mo
this iirEl day OF March. 1899.
"oRviLLE r. PuRpY.
Notary Public. Kings County. y. Y.
Certificate ficd In New York coun.
y."
The significance Of this statement.
aE Mr.. Sinclair notes. Is heightened
by the fact that. published rs It was
in newspaper OF prominence. whose
proprietor IL n man Of immense wealth
and could be reached by the courts.
Mr. Armour made no move TO insti.
tutr suit for libel. practically admit
ting that the statement was true.
MIR. Sinclair makes the assertion.
and gives abundant proof. that the
worry incidental TO the "cmbalmcd
beef scandal during tho war with
| spain caused the death OF Philip d.
| Armour. 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 during that few weeks campaign
was distinctly attributable TO the meat
raiions supplied to the army. There
seems small reason TO doubt that meat
as little fit for human food is still
being placed on the market. How
I hau N
outcome may be imagined.
Summing up the entire facts OF the
| situation. Mr.. SI.clair concludes:
writing in n magazine OF large
| circulation and influence. and having
the floor all to himself. Mr.. Armour
spoke sercncly and boastfulIy OF the
quality of his meat products. and
challenged the world to impeach his
! integrity. but when he was brought
into court charged with crime by the
commonwealth OF Pennsylvania, he
spoke in a different tone, and to a
different purport: he said guilty
| He pleaded this to a criminal indict-
ment for selling preserved minced
/ ham in Greenburg, and paid the fine
of $50 and costs. He pleaded guilty
again in Shenandoah. Pa, on June
.16. 1905. to the criminal charge Of
selling adulterated 'blockweirst:' and
again he paid the fine of $50 and costs.
Why should Mr.. Armour be let OF
with fines which are of less conse.
oucnce to him than the price of
postage stamp to you or me. instead
of going to Jail like other convicted
criminals who do not happen to be
/ millionaires?'