Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07

so that they may be disposed az 81 onc.
az the top OF the market" The old Sav
OF sending In cattle and taking the host
price obtainable has passed rosa,. a.
farmer watches the price of beef ana vfen
II goes up PUSHES his cattle NJ linIted ,rata
speeu 10 the yards and sells out before the
For the handling OF these cattle ,b, -
MAJ 500 acres has Increased 10 mn -
acres OF which Is paved, most of :, v,,,b
Drsoi, IN these clean. brick-paved pens
(which number 13.OoN there arr twsn, 49,
HNe mHes OF water trough There aro %
nit,es OF raliroad track In the yards forr
mites OF unloading platform WIN ch,,,.s
$500 -hNe miles OF street, ninety miles OF
water and fifty Of sewer pIpe. 1oOoo ~
grants and water works hqvinV CIV -.
san "eiis running down > go feet into tho
eaiIh ana supplying G.oo0oo sallons ~
water day. e"o"s OA
Four Steers Killed Every Minute.
Inc Jay mas gone when the leading mack
ers are willing to give out figures ,yh,cb
VIII snow the extent OF the enormous h,s,-
ness which they are carrying on. The sta
'isucs which follow. however. are fro,, =
recent authority. and represent the saco,a
largest OF the establishments making 80
ene so-cadted big SIX" The bu JdIne,s o.p
cupieu by the firm, and which az a. -.
heart OF "Packinsrtowo cover sI,., w cue cue
acres OF ground. They range from 90
eheus TO elght-story sraokeho,tsas ara
AZ aI.h houses and aggregate 100 acres 81
men - rms company employees IL sl3
more than $500 oon is wage or
IN one year this firm handled In Cbic,s,
co ~ cattle 2G5s.a3l sheep and SqeS
was consumed in Chicago hsins, -, 49,, 10.
IIoill IacklnStown in the endless strir,, -
wagons which runs from the vr,rsl,S,,ss
ere cry by day and night one brndrs.g
aiIu seven thousand six hundred ana gi-t,,,
LuuT carloads of
meat products were shipped from ~, ~,
-. y. II Tor eastern consumpt ion ana ~
port Nearly 300 carloads a d,,, -,
- - ~ TINS one firm Of the Chicago
packing houses. The largest single a.
SUING by this firm was "a l4o ori,,ai
100" cAtNe, 1871 sheep and p 25G b1,,s
~ me enormous cold storage house Whit
auJoinS the abattoirS is room for ~ -,
Al, AGO hogs. S'i'ep ana
me complete slaughter and dressing NJ a
steer IN this house-from the time !, g
haa,, Agu N me head in the pen tn It has
Deeh Deheaded, hung up bv the HIS
SKINNED, Quilted, split washed and nassed
vi 70 the cooler takes thirty-nine ro5n,,tes
oa'tle are slaughtered I'm the ordinary
so.,, vi business at the rate OF 30 an
oT -FOUR every minute Hogs re-
Killed and dressed more quickly than go
from the time that the porker IS shac,sIad
Dy the mind legs and hoisted on to the tr,l
icy uh ne mas run by the sticker. been
NtRptu III Stdluit& water, Sniif
trimmed till he is in a tennnarat,r, y, ~
oeSrees and slowly hardening is only thirty
Two and a half minutes From Gn, 10 Too
ct ss are slaughtered every hour at Swift's
sheep take two minutes longer than boss
Tor killing and dressing and Go1 are 80
died In sixty minutes ~
AS the business Of pork and beaf ,,a,i,;,,-
IDS, nas increased the tendency has been 10
narrow the work of each man dou-, =,
some single act. Time was wbaD ~
butcher stuck the knife in the pigs fbroat
hung him up, Quilted him and nv a..
i hnohes OF many kinds reduced him to mar
heldpIe shape Today every hog passes
one hundred and fifty men. each Of whom,
mas one thing to do in the process of dies
Ing. one cuts away the bench bone. an
other odd bits of hair. and another m
leaf" Another splits the bacL bana o ~
other divides it into halves and another
washes II with hot water This single arm
seIs annually more than 9.5oo.OoO hams
most of which are from the Chicago house
1t kills small proportion al omaha L,0-
sas City and ST. Joseph.
By-Products' Vast Profit.
But the profits Of meat packing today
are not in the meat itself No matter how
the price of steaks may rise and fall the
business could not be conducted as :, ts
profitably were 1t not for the by-prodtIcts
In the use Of these Chicago houses are su-
preme
From observation-disclosures native steer
are obtained the following: Two ribs 1e,
pounds; two loins, 115; two rounds, I,5:
two chucks, 129: two plates. 1l3: four
shanks, -; two TANKS, ~; suet. -: two
Kidneys, ,; tongue. >; hides. G5: oleo oil. u:
oleo sterine, 1920; tallow, 5.eI; cattle hair.
II: glue, LIB: cheek meat >; brains
D; OK lips /; heart. 80: liver, 10; tail u.
sweetereads, .; medicinal glands. g: tripe.
5, casing. 5o7; fertilizer, 2475; hoofs'
ll5; shins, 1.5; neatsfoot oil l: butter
stock. 10; raw bone. IL: horns. ~: aIbu-
men (blood). 1-20: total. ss1. 80 pounds These
hgures are said by independent packers to
De extremely conservative. The following
uses of the several parts enumerated are
given by the packers:
From the hides. leather Of MANY kinds.
from the tailow, soap. glycerin. butterlne'
iGbricator and candies: from the hiooa al
oumen, fertilizer and stock foods: from tn
includes all manner az
retuse fertilizer and stock foods: from
the hoofs' buttons. hair pins. fertilizers. Gin
late or potash for extracting metal from
low grade ores. glue and other fancy hone
GOODS. from the oleo, oil, butterine and com
pound lard; from the intestines sausage
easnnss, sutsklh Tor gold beating purposes:
from the weasands, sausage castings brew
ers hose ana snuff packages; from the hlad
der, casing and packages for putty. lard
ana snuf; from the tail. hair mattresses
anu uphoistering; from the bones. buttons,
que handles and fancy goods from the
leatsfoot, oil polish, leather dressing Iubri-
,ant and illuminant; from the bone meal
'tock food, fertilizer. material for tennerino
steel. anhydrous ammonia and glue tn
ongue. cheek, brain, lips. heart liver. tail
'weetbreads and tripe are all sold for meal
mere Is nothing wasted but the water that
Dolls out In the various cooking processes
ma even that serves its purposes i'm the
operation. "
From the hog equally large proportion
u uSerul substances is obtained and the
'heep. too. gives more than 7e of his loo
POUNDS weight back in serviceabIe conn
nodities.
L have listed here the dealing of only ono
II the packing town firms. and that nor
ne largest The aggregate packing houses
dJacent to the stockyards shipped aw,y
rom Chicago last year more than a bilIfon
pounds OF dressed beef and a half mflIio-
pounds of lard, 10000 arreIs of mess porif
10000 pounds of other pork meats They
lacked 1,I24.f1 cattle and nearly : el0o1
logs. Their stock of sugar-cured hams on
and from day to day ran from 2o0mogl
5o.oO.oo0. even going at times above the
after figure
In tact, the Chicago packing houses feed
lot only America, but the world. Shut them
or single day. close and bolt the doors
4 the great refrigerators. stop the process
ions of booded horses and handsome
wagons that march toward the retail shops
nd hold back for tweutV-fDur bnnrc rba