Embalmed Beef Scandal - War Profiteering and McKinley Administration Negligence
The Spanish-American War’s largest scandal erupts as U.S. Army soldiers receive widespread distribution of extremely low-quality, heavily adulterated beef products from Chicago meatpacking corporations. General Nelson Miles denounces the meat as “embalmed beef,” describing how …
Russell A. Alger
William McKinley
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
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gilded-age
corruption
war-profiteering
spanish-american-war
corporate-negligence
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