Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-26

the ROUNDS, lncluQlnS lnOrOuBn
cleansing with an abundance Of clean
water. ready to pass on to the cool
ing rooms. Our guide then conducted
us to where the beeves were being
killed. The place was in the same
room in which the work already de-
scribed was being done. The butch
ers were finishing up the killing Of a
batch when we arrived and at once
commenced to get ready for another.
There were two narrow passage ways
about three feet wide. four high and
forty long, with a platform between.
The cattle were rushed into these by
means Of goads In the hands Of men(O
who used them without mercy. Par
titions We're then let down enclosing
from two to four beeves In a compart-
ment. AS soon as all were In two men
commenced to knock them down, US
ing hammers a fraction smaller than
an ordinary sledge. Usually one blow
sufficed. When all had been felled the
fastenings holding the sides Of the
compartments were loosed and the dy-
Ing struggling creatures rolled out on
the floor beneath, and each one had a
clip clasped around its hind leg and
was jerked up to the pulley already de-
scribed and started on its route to the
cooling room. The first stop was made
IN less than fifty feet, where the crea-
ture's throat was cut by another crea-
ture and its blood. or q part OF 1t.
caught In O bucket by still another.
The balance of the process has al
ready been described.
The party was next conducted to the
department where oleomargarine
(humbug butter) was being moulded
into cakes Of one pound each, ready
for market. 1t looked and smelled as
much like pure Jersey butter as any
Of the genuine article I have ever
seen.
Next we visited the hog killing de-
rartment The process Is very similar
to the cattle slaughtering department.
except that the first process Is to
swing the squealing, struggling pork
er up by a chain fixed to pulley and
when 1t reaches given point Its
throat Is cut and almost Immediately
dumped into a vat Of boiling water.
whirled around a few times and then
thrown out by a contrivance very sim
liar, so far as principle of operation Is
concerned, to the bundle ejector on
wheat binder. Next the carcass passes
through a cylinder shaped machine
perhaps six feet In diameter and ten
feet In height, and when he emerges
at the top practically all the hair and
bristles have been left behind. From
this stage on his experience Is very
similar to that Of the beef. By the
time he reaches the cooling room ev-
cry part of him except the squeal, has
been converted into marketable pro-
ducts.
While the packing house does not
emit an odor calculated to remind one
of violets or new mown hay, still 1t Is
evident that every care possible Is ex-
erciSed in order to insure absolute
cleanliness. 1t Is said that the Ar
mour plant gives employment to more
than 1000 persons, mostly men. After
completing the round and returning to
the starting point l felt that while
had seen and learned a great deal, l
had acquired no knowledge that was
likely to prove helpful either In my
business or In my duties as a citizen,
but still I had done my duty and seen
one Of the leading Kansas City sights.
Conditions and customs are very
different In Kansas City from those
existing in southern cities and towns.
Everything Is on the move and COM
mercialism seems to influence and
control practically everything. Every
man or woman one meets seems TO De
intent on the main chance. The wo-
men seem to be entirely able to take
care Of themselves and there Is no
doubt that they are because II they
were not they would be lost In the
shuttle. OF course they are not very
different from their southern sisters
when any gossipping Is to be done or
bargains looked after and all that kind
Of thing. but when 1t comes to going
where they please and when they
nlease and taking care Of themselves
they are different, being decidedly
more independent. While 1t was my
pleasure to form the acquaintance Of
a number of splendid men and charm
ing women during my brief stay In
Kansas City and while their manners
were all that could be desired, still
there Is a difference between them
and our southern folks that inspires
me to greater admiration for the lat
ter than ever before.
During my trip had hoped to make
a trip into bleeding Kansas" that
freak state which claims John Brown,
Sockless Jerry Simpson. ex-senator
PETER and Carry Nation as its very
own. and makes a speciality OF loving
the negro. but was deprived Of the
pleasure owing to lack Of time, Of go
ing more than five or six miles be-
yond the state line.
After spending seven days In Kan
sas City / became thoroughly con-
vinced that all the claims made as to
its greatness. it's spirit, etc. by my
brother were literally true, and that II
there was another city on this conti-
nent that had accomplished as much
In the same length Of time It's build
ers and promoters had kept very quiet
about It, but notwithstanding the
truth Of the foregoing statement my
heart yearned for Yorkville and home.
and I started on my return trip on
Thursday evening, May 18 at $50
o'clock On the return trip l passed
a portion Of Arkansas, Ten