Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1907 — THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND AMERICAN FOOD STUFFS. [ARTICLE]

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND AMERICAN FOOD STUFFS.

Contract for Canned Meat* Placed la Chicago—British War Office Has Every Confidence in the Stockyard Products. Another large contract for tinned meats for the British Army has been placed with Libby, McNeill & Libby of Chicago, through the Director of Supplies Department,of the British War Office. This contract was a competitive affair, England, Canada, Australia and Brazil entering with tenders. It was quality and method of packing that got the Chicago firm the business. General Clayton of the War Department in an interview, according to the London Standard, stated that the British Government is highly satisfied with the Foodstuffs supplied by Chicago, and they have every confidence in the manufactures entering Britain from the Stock Yards.

“The foods for the Army will be packed under the supervision of British representatives at the invitation of the packers,” he said. “Although tho Government Is ready to rely upon the new Pure Food Regulations recently Inaugurated In the United States. AR tho talk about the inefficiency of the new Jaw is sheer nonsense. British officers In America have gone fully into the matter and the authorities are perfectly satisfied to place orders in Chicago when conditions call for outside supplies of canned meats.”