New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-06-13

PRESIDENT SENDS REPORT TO.
CHAIRMAN OF HOUSE
COMMITTEE.
Confidential Agent Of Executive Tells
of Improvements Being Madein the
| Workrooms Of the Big Plants at
the stockyards.
| Washington, June 9.-In response to
a request from the house committee
on agriculture, President Roosevelt
Friday forwarded to Representative
| WadsWorth, the chairman of that COM
| m1ttee, the report made to him by a
committee of the department. of agri-
culture regarding conditions in the
Chicago meat packing houses. Ac-
comDanylng the report was a letter
from the president, in which he points
| out that there Is no conflict in sub
stance between the Neill-Reynolds re-
port and that of the agricultural de-
| partment experts.
| The president quotes a letter re-
celved from a most competent and
trustworthy witness in Chicago, to the
effect that the packing house pro-
| prietors are manifesting almost ..a hui
morous haste to clean up, repave and
even to plan for future changes
New toilet rooms are being provided,
with additional dressing rooms and
clean towels. The report says that
| the haste towards reform would have
| been amusing if it were not so nearly
| tragic
| Following is the text of the letter
of the president to Chairman Wads-
worth:
Text of Presidents Letter.
In accordance with your request /
| send you herewith the two reports of
inspection by the committee appointed
by the department. of agriculture Of
/ April S and 49, This committee had
| already been appointed when noti-
/ fed the secretary that desired that
such a commission should be appoint
] ed in order to make the investigation.
| Subsequent complaints to me and the
consideration of complaints already
made showed that the charges were
not Only against the packing houses,
| but also to certain extent reflected
upon the action of the government in
spectors, and I came to the conclu-
sion that it was best to have an in
yestigation by outside individuals who
could not be charged with being in
any way interested in the matter
Some of the ground traversed by
Messrs. Neill ond Reynolds is not
/ touched upon in the report of the
committee of the agricultural depart
ment. AS to the ground covered in
common by the reports of the two in
/ vestigating committees, there is no
conflict in substance as to the impor-
tant matters.
i ITO show the immediate and ex-
traordlnary change for the better
which the mere fact of their investi-
cation is already bringing about in
the condition of the packing houses
in Chicago, it is only necessary to in
stance the following portions of a let
/ ter received from a most competent
and trustworthy witness in Chicago:
Awakening of Packingtown.
1 On Monday began a tour of ali
the great packing houses going frs,
to Libby's, then to Swift's.
Tuesday, all the morning discussed
changes that ought to be made and
caught a glimpse Of the awakening al
Armour's. In the afternoon visited
~
Wednesday l rested and contem.
plated the awakening of Packing
town" It is miraculaus. Thursday
did Nelson Morris, with the superin
tendent = Nelson Morris has
done much to make things better. By
the time the next inspecting party ar
rives they will have still more new
laVatories, toilet rooms, dressing
rooms, etc. Cuspidors everywhere
and signs prohibiting splitting. II
most, the awakening seemed to come
by force from without. There was the
q slightest indication that the still
small voice was at work also
Notices improvements.
On every hand there was indica
ton OF an almost humorous haste tt
clean up, repave and even to plan fol
future changes. Brand new toile
rooms, new dressing rooms, new tow
els, etc. etc.
.SWift's and Armour's were both *
cleaned up that I was compelled tt
& cheer them on their way, by express
ing my pleasure at the changes. Thu
sausage girls were moved upstairs
where they could get sun and light
they to have dressing rooms, etc.
asked for showers and lockers for thu
casing workers at Armour's, and go
a promise that they would put then
/ in.
The canning and stufhng room
/ chip Eeef and beef extract at Ar
+ mour's seemed really quite good Il
) all of these rooms the girls work.
: At Libby's the girls are to be pu
! i into blue calico uniform which the,