Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-07

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houses.
THE testimony of results is all in
our favor. Chicago packing house
products have won their way by merit
in every quarter of the earth. Cen
in-chief of the army of Great Britain,
declared that Chicago canned meats
were the backbone of the Soudan cam
paign The Boer war and the cam
paign of the allied governments in
China were fought on Chicago canned
meats Before the outbreak of the
Russian-Japanese war our packing
houses, our methods, and our prod
ucts were personally inspected by rep
resentatives of the Japanese govern
ment. AS result of their inspection
and they may Re presumed to have
known their business. since their army
organization made the best record
ever known in feeding and preserving
the health of troops in the field-we
sold and delivere. to the Japanese
army hundreds of thousands of cases
of canned meats from our regular
stocks.
"Our own army and navy have been
re Sular customers of Chicago packing
houses for thirty years without word
of complaint, except on one occasion.
At the close of the Spanish-American
war the wholesomeness Of these prod.
ucts was questioned b. certain army
officers in an attack similar to the
one now made upon us.
Cites Government Inquiry.
after thorough investigation, GOV.
ering several months, court of in
curry made up of eminent officers of
the army found that the allegations
against our products were utterly un-
founded. Our army and navy are u.s.
ing the products of these packing
houses today as are the armies and
navies of England, Germany and other
foreign countries.
1--WE respectfully submit that rec
: ord of this kind gives us the right to
deny the correctness and fairness of
: any conclusion that subjects our bust.
r ness to sweeping condemnation.
: Sin the last ten years, and more
: particularly within the last five years,
. we have been rapidly overtaking the
: demand for new buildings and more
, scientific methods. In every new build
r ing the use of wood and other pervious
: material is eliminated as far as pos
g sible. Rooms and appliances are so
! constructed that they can be kept
e thoroughly cleansed.
/ eve know our methods are good;
I but we stand ready to adopt any prac.
S tical suggestion in the line of improve
! ment. We do, however, most emphatt-
cally dissent from the opinion that the
way to better the publics food supply
Is to attack the source of production
:. that is already under thorough govern
ment supervision.
:. Armour & Co.,
:. "Swift & Co.,
morris & Co.,
: = &c. H. Hammond Company,
q Omaha Packing Company,
y Libby, Mcneil & Libby,
"Anglo-American Provision Co.,
"Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Co."
Quote University Doctors.
. The following is a copy OF part OF
the report Drs. Burrill and Grindley
. of the University of Illinois referred te
!. in the packers statement:
. Every much has been said of late In
: the public prints concerning the meal
~ =, packing Industries of the country. The
g, - interests involved are enormously
e great, touching individually millions o.
= people. both producers and consumers
g 9. and constituting one of the great ma
: tional problems of the day. With this
in mind an opportunity to visit some
~ Chicago plants could not be neglected
y "The undersigned spent two days
II y May "a and Is, 1906, making such in
y, spection as time permitted of the es
= adjustments of Armour & Co., Swift
~ y & Co.. Libby, McNeill & Co., and tn
# Hammond Packing company, who's
~, W. combined output exceeds $600,000,0O
70 ve annually and whose active operation
h, could at the time be fully observed
q. One of us is accustomed to deal wit
bacteria and sanitary problems; tn
20 other is chemist especially Interest
III ed in meats and the treatment affec'
e. ing their nutritive qualities.
s. Zone had never before witnesse
We the operations of a modern slaughter
,r- ing-house; the other had several time
Sc visited these institutions. The impre'
be sions made upon us may therefore fai
Lu- ly represent those that would be n
re ceived by most men who are accu
is toned to work as Investigators, an
IN, who start out to ascertain what the
Ia can find in their own way and in thei
IN own fields of inquiry. 1t is not the in
he preston that would surely be the GU
ms come of visit either Of profession;
mt economist or of a mere curiosity hun
We err.
I'D 1--WE commenced with the idea thu
1t is right for those who wish to do S
to eat meat, and that therefore it
.et right to slaughter animals. If 1t is d
re ing wrong to kill for food one anim
of at time, it is not wrong to multip
he this operation to any extent CONNIE
he surate with the requirements.
nv. Report on Observations.
oh Except as all thoughtful person
ed must be interested, we have nothir
Of whatever at stake for ourselves or fl
lIy friends or enemies. What follows
Of as nearly free from preconceived n
so. lions or from conscious bias of al
nal kind as anything is ever likely to b
or and is based as exclusively as possib
raj upon the actual observations made
L y