Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-19
kEARNY HORSES
SOLD FOR FOOD,
WILEY CHARGES
Meet Shipped to Holland and
Some Brought Back in
Various Forms
INSPECTORS WORKED LONG
IN PLANT TO GET EVIDENCE
Schwarz Bros. Co. to Be Made
Example for Others in
Same Business.

Through an investigation by the Fed
eral government, headed by DR.. Harvey
| w. Wiley. chief of the bureau of chem
istry, plant for the making of dead
horses into food products has been un-
earthed in Kearny, according to allega-
tions made by the United States au-
thorities, and prosecutions are to be
started against the Schwarz Brothers
Company, who have been under sur
veillance for several months.
The schwarz firm has a rendering
plant on the meadows. 1t is charged
that the carcasses of dead horses, some
of which were not slaughtered, but died
from disease, have been prepared there
for human consumption, the method
being to have them shipped abroad and
then, in some cases, returned to this
country In various forms of dressed
meat for American stomachs. Much of
1.-the stuff was sent to Holland.
| Schwarz Bros. are declared to he
only one firm of a considerable number
engaged in the same industry in the
United States. The department of
agriculture was after them all, but it's
plans miscarried, through leak among
the officials who were working up the
case, and all other prosecutions have
been abandoned for the present 1t is
hoped, however, that the example to be
made of Schwarz Bros. will drive all
the others out of the business.
| Health inspector Ia Accused.
Albert r. Geisler health inspector, of
Kearny is charged with putting the
Schwarzes wise" to the fact that
among their employees were men who
were really Federal detectives, who
were gathering evidence for the pur-
pose of prosecuting the firm. Conse-
quently several arrests at the instance
of the firm followed this revelation to
| them.
Proceedings against the Schwarz
company were ordered this morning by
DR. Il. B. Fitz Randolph, head of the
State Board of Health, TO whom the
| Federal department of agriculture
has turned over all the evidence In its
possession, gathered after months of
| detective work. The State health board
gave out this statement today:
"The United States department of
agriculture has turned over to- the
State Board of Health of New Jersey
certain information which leads the
hoard to believe that Schwarz Broth
ers' Company, of Kearny, have been
! guilty of violations of the food and
drugs act and slaughter house license
act of this State. The board has turned
this information over to the attorney
| general of New Jersey and has re-
quested him to take such action in the
matter as the law provides"
The letter of the bureau of chemistry
of the department of agriculture to the
head of the New Jersey Board of
Health, DR. Randolph, tells in detail
of the operations of the firm, and the
detective work tshat led to the order
for prosecutions. The letter reads:
Letter Basis of Prosecution.
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Bureau of Chemistry,
Washington, d. c.,
September 10, 1911
DR. r. B. FitzRandolph, State Board
of Health, Trenton. N J.
Dear Sir-Confirming the bureaus
telegram of yesterday, announcing that
Inspector Wagner would confer with
you in regard to an apparent violation
of the State food laws, l beg to ac-
quaint wou herewith more In detail OF
the circumstances. which indicate that
Schwarz Brothers Company. of Kearny,
| N. j., hold In theor possession con-
slgnment of horse meat intended for
food purposes and adulterated within
| the meaning of section 3, paragraph 8
Of the State law. The above firm is en-
gagged in rendering fat and in export
ing tallow The tankage is sold to fer
tilizer establishments. The meat from
| which the fat is rendered is obtained
| by the purchase of dead animals and
| those live animals which, because of
disease, age or general debility, are un-
fit for further domestic service and can
! be purchased for a pittance. On OF
about June TO- 1911, the bureau was ed-
vised that the firm exported picked
horse meat to Holland; that this meat
was entered at Rotterdam and was dis
! tributed throughout Holland for food
purposes.
This information was confirmed by
| INQUIRY of the inspectors, who imme
diately began an investigation to pro-
cure evidence necessary to institute q
prosecution under the food and drugs
act. in the event that the firm made
! further expectations.
On or about June % Herman Lind,
Of New York, obtained an appointment
as assistant health officer from the
Board of Health of Kearny n. j. This
enabled him to make frequent visits to
the packing establishment of Schwarz
Brothers without arousing suspicion of
that firm or indicating In any manner
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