The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-08
FARMER WILSON
SLABS At WILEY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
RrsENTs CHARGE THAT
CONSPIRACY EXISTED.
STATEMENT is ISSUED
OFFICIAL ADMISSION H. MADE
THAT CaRCASSEs TAINTED
WITH DISEASE PASSED
SUBSECTION.
STATEMENT IS ISSUED

WASHINGTON. MAY THE De-
partment If Agriculture officially ad-
mittad today that in the past six years
40 fewer than six million ca rcasses of
meat tainted by disease have been
passed as wholesome by its inspectors
and sold throughout the United states.
| Hurrying IL It's own defense against
/ charges brought by Representative
Nelson that a conspiracy exists be-
tween the packing interests and the
officials ot the department by which
| the entire country In being Hooded
| with diseased meat, IL Issued "A special
circular in which ii said,
1 II the inspectors follow the reEu-
latious and their instructions they
pass only meat which is sound,
healthful. wholesome and TT for hu-
4 man food. as determined by the best
! scientific opinion of the world ThIs
/ does not mean that If a sheep has the
snuffles. or If steer has the MARBLES,
I tire meat OF the animals Is condemned
! II means that ii the animal Is SO dis
eased ~ to render the meat unfit for
! food the meat Is destroyed for food
purposes, while on the contrary If
/ the disease be slight and of such a
character that the fitness Of the meat
/ for food is not affected. then, OF
course the meat is passed.
Slap al, Asitstors
II the theory advanced by certain
asitators. men who have little or no
scientific knowledge Of the subject, had
/ prevailed the department in the past
SIX years had condemned the meat OF
all animals affected to any extent with
disease. there would have been taken
! from the food supply of the country
more than SIX million earcsssee, the
meat Of which was perfectly safe.
/ wholesome food
Not only would the financial loss
! have been appalling loss which
everyone bat a denageEHe admits
tails not aPen tiat. packers bHt upon
| the producers and the consumers of
/ meat, but in~-aIiditiua there would
have been a sinful waste in destroy
! ing each year the meat OF 1000, 000
food animals
/ Would this not have a tremendous
! effect upon the price If meat which
is too high already for the pocket
/ book OF the average man. and would
I HOT me FARMER Who produced these
I food animals have been robbed, all to
/ crafty the caprice Of men whose
/ views are rejected by the best scien-
! lists OF the world"
Officials on Defensive
! II Was pointed out IN Washington
today that ample proof of the serious
ness of the charges against Secretary
Wilson, Solicitor McCabe and A D.
Melvin, chief OF the Bureau OF AMI
mai Industry, contained In the reso-
lutions introduced by Representative
Nelson. liz found in the fact that for
the first time In their official. lives
they have been obliged to offer Il
defense before an official investigation
Is begun or one witness heard. The
remarkable feature of the defense Is
| an az ck made by Secretary Wilson
! upon Mrs. Carolina Bartlett Crane,
! who first called MIR, Nelson's attention
10 the secret orders issued from the
department of Agriculture.
/ In his defense Secretary Wilson
states
( Mrs. Carolina Bartlett Crane is
now under contract to work Tor the
! National Cash Register Company, Of
/ Dayton Ohio. at a compensation OF
! 500 per day. Mrs. Crane has been
investigating the meat inspection ser
: ~'rrf fuT sor1Te ye1rs and II De frtsT-
| esting to learn who is paying for the
! work. She has travelled extensively
| and well. and the expense connected
Herewith has been large Who has
! stood the expense?
| Wilson Resents Charges.
ne charges are for rhe most part
/ either absolutely false or are mix
| lures ~ half truth with falsehoods
| skiifully blended. producing a sem
! biance of truth and creating erroneous
| Impressions The charges are all old
| and have been investigated and found
without truth"
/ The "demagogue" to whom tne de-
/ partment refers in its statement about
/ Uae six million carcasses of disea sed
! beef Is understood To be Dr. Harvey
| wiley, whom Solicitors McCabe re-
CARDS ~: his .t,a1st hitler. eas>tn.. I.r,
! Wiley Il is' ss Id, will be one or rfe
! most important witnesses In the In
! vestiRation before the House Com
! mittee on Expenditures in the Depart
| ioent of Agriculture. which viii be-
gin tomorrow.
| Additional charges even more start
| ling lhan-1hase- eff &ssi ere'ap were
| made against the department by Rep
| resentative Wilson today
The circular Is the most remark
! able ! have even seen. Except for
1 Some stsnishcafYt tSfHissfua1s. SC Ia T1ot
worth the paper il is printed on.
1T undoubtedly MAS inspired by
fear Of what was coming The of
fIcials of the department. know what
has been going on In those big pack
ing houses.
What win Solicitor McCabe and A.
J r. Melvin. say when ! prove conclu-
sively that dead cattle were passed
ma cut up for food--wholesome
/ sound meat?
What with they say, If | should
! snow their inspectors passed Sleeps
tongue as food after it had been
eut fran A,npy JAM
What viii they say II some OF
/ their former inspectors. men who
have resigned from the service be-
cause they wouldn't stand tor the
| game--should describe how sausage is
made from soGle meat, fairly whole
some and other meat that oughf 60 be
! used for fertilizer. .--. 10000
I 4 Will not give the names OF my
I witnesses nor what their testimony
4 will be- Powerful forces are at work
10 kin this investigation. That is suf-
/ dcient reason without going into de-
tails
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