Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-07
Clash THREATENED found BEEF BAD
conuressmen Summoned to Testimony Which Startles
District Supreme Court Committee of Inquiry.
RULE BY JUSTICE WRIGHT SUPPLY AT WHITE HOUSE
Both Houses Refer Matter Unwhoesome Quality of Meat
dietary Committees Served Former President
COURSE TO BE CONSIDERED FOOD INSPECTORS STATEMENT
of
mmitte Made Tender
jecting by Exposure
SUPPLY AT WHITE HOUSE
Unwholesome Quality of Meat
Served Former President.
FOOD INSPECTORS STATEMENT
Some Rich People Prefer Roasts
That Are Made ''Tender''
by Exposure.

Unwhoesome beef, ready to fall to
pieces, was served at the White House
when President Roosevelt lived there. ac-
cording to testimony given today by Food
Inspector Dodge of Health Officer Wood
wards staff before the Moore special
committee which is trying to find out
| why food costs so much in Washington.
But worse than this, some of the rich
people of the National Capital eat beef
that is black, unwholesome and well on
| the road to decomposition. They do it
| by choice too. Mr.. Dodge said. He told
| of visit to a fashionable market where
| he found chunk of beef that he con-
| sidered unfit for human food. He was
about to pour kerosene on 1t and con-
denim 1t, when one of the market men
| rescued the passe meat and proceeded
to cut a roast OIL of it for a customer.
| When the food inspector registered his
views concerning the beef the market
man told him. he testified today, that
! beef In such condition was the only sort
some Of his customers would eat. They
demanded 1t and he had to accommodate
them.
The members Of the committee appeared
to be very much disgusted-
representative johnson Disguised.
Qualification Of canine appetites' is
the way Representative Johnson of Ken
! lucky, member Of the committee, char
acterized the practice Of eating beef in
the condition described. He also de-
manded to know If the market In aues-
| tion kept this ''putFid" meat in the same
box with beef intended for civilized peo-
ple.' Inspector Dodge answered in the
Affirmative.
But to get back to the White House.
Mr. Dodge said that when Mr.. Roosevelt
was President the steward at the White
House used to buy a quarter OF beef and
hang it up. Then every morning he would
there to see IL 1t was getting nice Gnd
ripe and tender. 1t was not used, In
spector Dodge said, until it was ready
to fall to pieces"
Wiley's testimony the other day concern
| ing the man who made such a hit with the
quail he sent from this country to Eu-
| rope. The people who got them over
there thought they were just too deli
cate and delicious. The secret of the
righteousness, as explained by DR.. Wiley.
f! appeared to be that the man who shipped
| the quail never put them In cold storage,
but secured permission to suspend them
from mast of the steamer. where they
swung In the sun and rain and wind
and became tender and "high.''
Demand Putrid Meat
| Mr.. Dodge thought there were some
| htgh-class folks in this town who de-
manded putrid meat and insisted on hav-
| ing 1t. Consequently, he said, all fash
| ionable meat markets had to keep it on
hand. He seemed surprised, 700, that
the members Of the committee appeared
| so much astonished.
! But they were. Mr. johnson made faces
expressive of disgust during the inspec-
| tors testimony along this line and ques-
| toned him at some length Mr. Moore
| also took hand in the game, too, and it
/ was developed, with relation to the piece
Of passa beef which Mr.. Dodge was about
/ to condemn when it was rescued for the
use of a rich customer, that a footman,
| IN full regalia, had ordered 1t.
just about at this interesting point, l.
| o'c ock arrived and the committee ad-
! journed until tomorrow at noon, when
| Mr.. Dodge will be called back TO the
| stand to throw some more light. il he can
| and will. on the dizzy dietary of some of
4 the leading nobs of the National Capital
! Representative Moore of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the special committee, at to-
! Wiley, the governments chief chemist
| celebrating just bit his salt solution
I test for fresh eggs, which he demon
/ strated to the committee the other day.
! Substance of Elaboration.
| Dear Mr.. Moore, says DR. Wiley, Il
| think your committee will be interested in
knowing how long fresh eggs kept al or
dinary temperatures-that is. the tenn
perature OF a working room--about 20 de-
| grees Fahrenheit-coutinue to sink in a
lO per cent salt solution.
| The fresh eggs which / presented to
the committee have been tested every
othr day sine they were first presented
to you. January ~ uhey were laid Jan
| uary 26) all of them sank In the 10 per
cent salt solution; February l. only Two
of them sank, the others Just barely
! foated, being practically entirely under
| water February 3. only one sank and
/ the others showed distinct area of shell
! above the water.
7 Il may say, therefore, that eggs kept
IN dry room at an ordinary tempera-
| ture, will still sink In 10 per cent salt
solution, when about four days old Some
of them will sink at about six days, and
a few even for eight days
! 1T is evident, therefore that this test
will distinguish between II real freshly
laid egg and one over from four to eight
days old. l thought this additional in
formation would be of interest to your
committee"
DR.. Woodward a Witness.
The only witness at today's session in
addition to the iluminative Hr. Dodge
was Health Officer Woodward, who told
the committee in some detail about the
manner in which cold storage warehouses
in the District are inspected, and how
spoiled foodstuffs are kerosened and con-
| demned. u
| DR.. Woodward asserted that he NEEDED
three additional dairy farm inspectors. an
assistant bacteriologist, six medical in
spectors of schools and six school nurses
to bring the work Of his department up
to the highest standard of efficiency.
Expediting the Investigation.
The committee on rules Of the House
| met this morning to consider a rule pro-
viding for consideration in the House or
the ways and means committee resoIu-
tion directing a general investigation OF
the high cost of living and prices OF
commodities.
| No action was taken. however, and the
committee will meet another day, when