The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-08

.T,hn asst wns the objection TO placing
q fi,n cost ~ inspection on the packers;
HE second requiring dates on iaocts'
third, the sanitary requirement Whieil
leaves discretion to common carriers 10
reject shipments II II regards the pack
ing house from which they ca,no as UNI
sanitary; fourth. the use of adjectives
tscseribing meat unfit Tor food NTH, the
restriction on preservatives, In such form
tint any Inspector might put his own IN
tSrpretatipn on what was injurious, ana
sixth, tic requirements that the con-
tents of canned product shall be set
forth on the labels
Representative Henry, of Connecticut,
coinplnen,cd Mr.. Wilson for the shows
ing he had made, saying:
II don't think the Chicago packers
made any mistake In the selection Of tile
representative they made 10 rlcnsolF
riesent n somewhat dubious case.
Packers Made Overtures.
.tc. Neil was then put on the stand.
Mr.. Scott (llansas) wanted ito know the
training Mr.. Ncll rad previously had to
prepare him 10 make the inquiry.
}t4"t simply claim to be man OF average
Intelligence" he replied He said he
had worked in n Chicago packing house
for tX' months in q university settlement.
.You arc specialist along economic
1lincs? p
MIR. Neii then related parting inter-
view with Dr. Dyson, consulting veter-
marian, In Chicago, representing the
packers Dr. Dyson, he said, suggested
that Neil and Reynolds go to Washing
ton. mako no report, but inform the
packers OF the conditions found ana
make suggestions for remedies; then TO
wait thirty days. and come back ana
sec II conditions had not been bettered.
q !, tt,di prf cd n H.
jury to the trade.
Mr.. Nell said that he replied that he
was not authorized to make any trade
or deal; that he did not know wlnt the
Presidents plan was, but believed IT
Z was TO secure adequate legislation.
DR.. Dyson, he said, III n letter, stated
lie was authorized to speak for the larger
Chicago hackers. In this letter he em-
pi1asized the damage that would result
to the farmers of the country by dis
creditng the sanitary conditions OF the
Il. packers The letter gave assurance that
the reforms would be made MIR. NELL
raid ne submitted these letters that the
WHOLE chapter might be complete and
for the further reason TINT Mr.. Wilson
had made repeated statements that the
packers would welcome legislation.
Contradicts Wilson.
Mr.. NELL denied the statement of MI.
Wilson that the floors we're scrubbed daily.
81 The dirt of some OF the rooms was cnken
on the floor and had not been washed for
weeks. Again Mr.. Neil was asked:
You take direct issue with Mr.. Wilson
on the fact that these rooms were not
cleaned r.
q Yes. sir do. There We're floors there
Il that were black There was no ventila-
ton. These rooms were not chill rooms. t"
35"IIow about the cooking rooms?" asked
Mr.. Lorimer.
Mr.. Neil said he remembered In par
ticular one cooking room was dirty, and
he remembered walls, particularly In the
4 entrances, that were sticky with dirt l!
and n pillar that YOU could scrape dirt |
\ from with your knife. There were rooms
with rafters from ceilings which had not |
been whitewashed in months
In the boning room Mr.. Nell said he
had seen dirt In this connection he
took issue with Mr. Wilson's statement
4 yesterday. One instance he remembered
Il specially IN the Nc,son-Morris e,ouse.
He saw one Of the men who had Just |
finished his boning walk over the dirty
floors to a pile OF meat on the floor climb |
on TO the pile with his feet, knccN and |
hands, pick up q piece and throw 1t
fifteen feet on the floor to his bench
and as the dinner signal sounded at that
time. he saw men climb lip on their
tables, get their lunches and sit down
b on their tables to eat. This, he said,
was directly under the eye OF the super |
intendcnts.
Mr.. NELL said the papers hcraldcd their |
arrival In Chicago, and their presence
in the packing houses was known daily.
Floors Very Dirty.
Chairman Wadsworth took up tho !
\ statement in the report. "We saw meat
l,i.x ,olrx
boxes and pushed from room TO room"
How do you know they were rotten?
& Did you test them?
We felt them and sneed them
There are floors there" he continued,
all the seas could not wash the
dirt from
Mr.. NELL denied that CONGRATULATED
rooms applied to the cold storage rooms,
as Indicated yesterday By Mr.. Wilson.
When questioned by Representative
Scott as to what he meant by "the odor
OF decayed meats in his report, In view
n OF the statement of Mr.. Wilson that |
from business. proposition decayed
meats could not, be. left around.
1t was certainly an odor OF decuycd
meat?" persisted Mr.. Neil. 1T may
have been from the rotten meat soaked |
wood"
This sentence IN the report was read
and questions were asked: Sin word.
we saw meat shoveled from filthy wooden !
floors. piled on tables rarely washed.
from room TO room in rotten box carts.
in all OF which processes 1t was In the
way of gathering dirt. splintcrs floor
filth and the expectoraton OF tubcrculo-
sig and other diseased workers.
''IIow do VOW know 1t was tuberculosis
eXpectorat!onY" asked Chairman Wads-
worth.
II thought So" answered Mr.. NELL.
Then simplifying. he said he saw men
there whom lie believed were ,ubcreuIar
The slipping Of a hog into q prvy was
made the subject OF a colloqpy between
the witness and Representative Brooks
tColorado). AIR. Nel said he saw tho
hog fall and identified the picture Of the
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