The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-22

Like the poor, the Food Hogs
ever are with us. Even as murder
will out so will information con-
corning the peculiar stunts of Du-
luth's Food Hogs. Adventures with
precious food stuffs afford an inf
mite variety for the avaricious ma
ture of Food Hogs. Under the
gentle and persistent prying of the
Rip-sa'. men, facts slowly but stead
lily come to light. - -
Not long since chap strslled into
the Rip-saw, office who proved a
veritable mine of information of how
the Food Hogs on Michigan street
play horse with the poor consumers.
This chap worked for Food Hog firms
once upon time, therefore really
and truly had been behind the
scenes. In time, he took a tumble
that he was in bad company, there
fore quit and took employment that
did not cause his conscience to
bother him so much and which en-
abled him to sleep nights.
( "One time I was given the, task
OF hauling $50 bu. Of perfectly good
onions to. the city Dump" said the
Rip-saw's communicative caller. ut
took me the best part of a. day to
truck them down there. When the
hillside folks, especially those in the
Glen, learned of that movement in
onions, they fastened to the dump
to pick 1t over. I will take my oath
that, when the rejected vegetables
were given the once over, not to
exceed five bushels remained. The
onions were so sound and good that
even the truck driver took home a
big sackful himself. It is true that
some of the onions had started to
grow just tri1e but they were in
perfect condition for cooking pur-
poses. If offered to the consumers
at bargain prices, they would have
sold quickly and for a substantial
sum, instead of being thrown onto
Inc ClIy uump.
Zone Hebraw dealer in Superior,
who specialized in job lots in those
days, did offer the commission house
Is or 20 cents a bushel but, rather
than to have the high current prices
broken down, my employers pre-
ferred to waste the vegetables en-
tirely. sE -.
5. "On another occasion, remem-
ber, 80 sacks of sweet-corn, each
sack containing three dozen ears of
corn, were taken to the dump in
preference to selling the lot for 25
cents a sack. The firm asked IS to
40 cents a sack and preferred to
destroy and waste 1880 very good
roasting ears rather than to accept a
cut price.
MANY times I have taken very
good sweet potatoes to the dump.
They were usable and not at all
devoid Of value, either to sell or to
eat.
Zone time Simon Clark refused a
load OF squashes because they were
specked somewhat. They were per-
fectly usable but not strictly prime
goods. Instead of going into the
bargain class or being passed along
to a peddler or a job lot dealer in
produce that. was bit below grade,
those appetizing vegetables were
sent to the. dump.
II have taken many a case Of
eggs to the dump. I know many
times the boys candled them and
found goodly percentage most ex-
cellent for use.
"But the dealers in eggs, vege-
tables and fruits are not the only
Food Hogs to be censured. The
packing houses are not above re-
proach. I remember a carload Of
meat that stood back-of Cudahy's.
The inspector said, L cannot throw
on kerosene. Send the car to Supe-
rior. You can get rid of 1t over
there The meat was too rotten to
pass inspection but, instead of
throwing kerosene on it, thereby
making 1t utterly unfit for use, the
inspector gave the tip to get the
consignment over to Superior where
there was some special outlet for
rotten stuff.
"On another occasion, instruc-
tions were given to leave consign-
rient of tainted mutton in the car
until In the afternoon when ways
and means for dispesing of the un-
lawful stun to the, Italian quarter
were available. Certain italian con-
sumers could and would use meat
50 badly tainted that Americans
would not use it and the inspector
could not pass it. Had he done his