The daily sentinel., 1906-07-13
THE OTHER SIDE.
Armour Comes Out with Statements
and Pamphlets Declaring That
Investigations Prove
their Packing House
to Be Clean.

Since the upheaval regarding the
unsanitary condition said to exist in
the great packing houses of the coun-
try a number of the big firms such as
Armour and Co., have sifted down
Investigations made, had additional
inquiries instituted and declare that
when the true state of affairs is look
ed into it will be found that the ma
jority of the packing houses are
clean and sanitary.
Armour & Co.. have issued book
let containing a summary of the re-
suits of government investigations of
Chicago packing house conditions
and the packers side of the question
in certainly clearly presented in
quite a convincing manner. Thou
sands upon thousands of these state
ments have been issued and scatter
ed broadcast throughout the country
in an effort to Offset the strongly eX-
pressed sentiment against the pack
ing houses. The following is the
opening statement of the boolSlet:
The result of two official U. S.
Government inquiries into Chicago
packing house conditions, entitle the
Armour Packing company to a clean
bill of health.
The official reports filed by the in
vestigators were written in imper-
sonal form, without mentioning firm
names, but the references to particu-
lar establishments by their official
Such references to the Armour es-
tablishment, which is Abattoir No.
2, were distinctly favorable.
The Neill-Reynolds report on Chi
cago packing houses, which was the
basis of President Roosevelts de-
mand for additional inspection leg
islation, indorsed the efficiency of the
meat inspection at Chicago, to which
all carcasses and vicera are subject
ed in all the large packing houses
when animals are slaughtered as
carefully and conscientiously made. 1"
Following this evidence showing
that the fresh and cured meats which
constitute SO per cent of Armour
Il Co., food products output, is clean.
is given and 1t is declared that the
official Investigators in their report
made no criticisms of these meats.
Various phases of the packing busi-
ness are discussed and much space is
given to the report of the government
experts or scientists who made the
investigations and 1t is declared that
Armours methods of handling meats
in the canning, sausage and related
departments are above reproach.
The booklet then explained the
meat inspection methods and regula-
tions, etc, telling how the live ami
mails are inspected. gives publication
of endorsements from abroad, and
in closing declares that the pack
ing houses of Armour and company
have been wide open to the world for
forty-seven years, during that time
literally millions of people from all
over the world have seen every part
of the Armour plants. Doctors, san
itarians, chemists and official govern
ment Investigators from all over the
world have seen it all and approx
ed Armour methods"
"The Jungle" the book that stir
red up the packing house scandals, is
bitterly denounced as a fabrication of
false statements.
Similar plans of getting their side
of the question before the people are
being employed by other large pack
ing houses.
1t must be confessed that the Ar
mours put up pretty stiff argument