THE CHICAGO DISCLOSURES

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13202, 13 June 1906, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DISCLOSURES

PUBLIC AVERSION TO TINNED . MEAT

traders threatened WITH LOSSES. " * v'\" By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. London, June 12. The troops at the Salisbury' Plain .camp have refused- to eat tinned beef, and have emptied the cans on the- ground. Some of the boards of guardians have destroyed large quantities' of tinned food supplied to the workhouses. ; In consequence of the aversion of the public to the use of tinned meats the traders in England ark threatened with enormous losses. ! Armours, Ltd., of Chicago, have invited the British Medical Association, which gets to Toronto in August, to send a committee of inspection to Chicago, Armours paying the expenses of the visit. TIIE INSPECTION BILL, , EFFORTS TO MODIFY IT. (Received Jane 12, 9.52 p.m.) New York, June 12. The chairman of the House of Representatives' Committee on Agriculture, to which the Senate's Bill dealing with meat inspection was referred is reported to be endeavouring to modify the measure in the interests of the packers. r FOREIGN FOODSTUFFS. INSPECTION IN ENGLAND. (Received June 12, 9.52 p.m.) London, June 12. The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. John Burns), says he will, if necessary, ask for legislative powers to be. conferred on the Local Government Board to secure the effective inspection of foreign foodstuffs. |