The sun., 1918-10-16
CHARGES AGAINST
WILSON & co. FAIL
q. s. Trade Board Finds Pack.
ers Not Guilty of Unfit
Meat Sales.
Special Despatch to TINS SUI.


wAsHIN0ToN, oct. 1.-THE Federal
Trade Commission in an opinion made
public this evening dismissed the case
and all charges brought against Wilson
q Co., Inc. one OF the big five packers
1t was alleged tina; the company sold
UNIT meat products to the armed forces.
The commission announced its findings
on the seven charges as follows:
~. A lot Of beef offered for sale 10
the steamship lrishman at New York
city.
There Is a mass Of expert and prac.
teal testimony as to this beef-as well
as TO the hams that we're taken over by
the Government. touching their untitness
for human consumption. II leaves the
question In doubt. Therefore the COM
mission finds for the respondent,
.. 4 lot OF beef kold to the Pelham
Bay Naval Training Station near New
York city.
The evidence shows that the re-.
Jected meat ts05 pounds rejected out Of
6,yll pounds offered) did not fulhll tho
ravy specifications, but 1t is not con.
clusively shown that IL WAS ACTUALLY
II. NJ
mission fn6e for respondent
IS. Five hundred thousand pounds O,
cured haps cold and offered for sale
to the Navy Department through the
provisioning depot AZ Brooklyn, y Y.
"Of the rejected hams (42S.S7S
pounds out OF 53s.662 offered were re.
jected by Government inspectors) a
large part we're merely mouldy and
while they did not fulfil the rigid tests
of the navy, we're not shown to be unft
for human consumption There VAS
also evidence that some of these hams
were bone sour and meat sour. sour
condition renders the ham unfit for hu.
man consumption. However. the ,le-
ment of wilfuness upon the past of the
vendor was not established and the COM
mission finds for the respondent
-, One lot of dressed chickens Of
fered for sale to Camp Travis near San
Antonio, Tex.
Respondents agent at San Autoro
was asked to supply about 1900 pounds
Of chickens; he had not that amount on
hand, but offered to try 10 obtain enough
to MI the order and did Obtain and offer
chickens which were rejected as not con
forming to army specifications. A part
OF the chickens had been wet picked,
soaked in water. There Is danger Of
not shown that these chickens were In
fact Infected. Considering the oircu:a-
stances, the element OF wilfulness Is not
so established that the commission Is
warranted in finding against the re-
spondent.
'5. One lot of pork sausage offered Tor
sale to Camp Travis.
Beef sausage had been ordered and
respondent having none offered pork
sausage instead. Rejected but not he
cause 1t was unfit for human consumn-
ton.
&c. One box of beef kidneys and one
barrel of beef hearts found in the Mor-
chants Ice and Cold Storage Compary's
plant at San Antonio. Tex
evidence shows this meat belonging
to respondent was spoiled and unr't tcr
human consumption, but 1t is not shown
Il was offered for sale to the armed
forces OF the United states. but having
been discovered In the cold storage house
BY army Inspectors it was destroyed.
~. Certain veal sold to Camp Travis
Veal containing wolf worms vas
found In that division of the camp Sup
piled by respondent, but it was not &c.
tually shown that respondent sold tlis
veal. In absence of conclusive PROOF he
finds for the respondent"