The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-06-07

set making appropriations for tho de-
Tartmcnt Of agriculture for the fiscal year
ending June %. iGI. as passed by IN"
senate. this amendment being commonly
known as the Brvcridgc amendment
Theodore Roosevelt.
The white House. June 4. 1906
uneleanness Everywhere.
a synopsis OF the report of Reynolds
and Nell follows:
-he report says that two and one-haii
weeks were spent In the investigation IT,
Chicago. during which We went through
the principal packing houses In tn. stock
yards district. together with a few OF the
Reynolds in New York city In the invesii.
agtion OF Its leading slaughter houscs.''
The report says that In many or the
rooms where water IL used freely IN.
noors are soaked and Shiny and tn. DARK
and dingy rooms are naturally not kept
suitably clean. An absence OF cleanliness
was found everywhere In the handling OF
meat being prepared for the various NEAT
food products. The parts that ara sent
from the cooling room TO thes. depart
ments where various forms OF meat pro-
q.s.ss are p,spsred are handled ~''h no
workers climb over heaps OF meat. select
the pieces they wish aud frequently throw
them down upon the dirty noor beside
their bench
Meat shovslsd from Filthy Floors.
lin a word the report adds. we saw
meat shoveled from nlthy. wooden floors.
piled on tables rarely washed. pushed from
room 10 room In rotten box carts. In all OF
which processes Il was In the way OF
gathering dirt. splin,rrs. floor nth II
was always the reply that this meat would
afterwards b. cooked and that this steri-
lixation would prevent any danger from Us
use. A very considerable portion OF the
meat 50 handled u sent out smoked
products and In the form OF sausag.s.
which ar. prepared to be eaten without
"A particularly giaring instance OF un-
cleanliness was found la a room where the
best grad" OF sausage was being prepared
for export
The report says that the radical defect
In the Inspection system ~ that "a u con-
lined at present by Law TO passing on tn.
heslthfulness OF animals AZ tn. time OF
killing. but that the meat that IL used In
sausag. and tn. various forms OF canned
products and other prepared meat foods
goes through many processes. In all OF
which there II possibility OF contamination
through unsanitary handling aud further
danger through the usc OF chemicals. Dur
Ing all these processes there Ia no govern
ment inspection although these products
when sent out bear label stating that
they have been passed upon by govern
ment inspectors. The report arraign. the
sanitary provisions In buildings as abom-
Unable and says that men and women
plunge their unwashed hands into tina
meat TO BE- converted into food products.
The report says the burden OF protecting
the CLEANLINESS and wholesomepcss OF the
improving the conditions must fall upon
the national government.
tuberculosis contaoion.
Department superintend-nts 's~em to
ignore all considerations except the ac-
count book" and proper care OF tho pro-
ducts and of health and comfort OF the
employees ~ impossible and the consumer
consequently suffers.
Tuberculosis victims expectorate on the
apongy wooden floors OF the dark work
rooms from which falling scraps OF meat
are later shoveled up to be converted into
food products
completely ignored" says the report In
discussing the arrangements for men and
women employees The report says:
The Who'll. situation az we saw II In
these hug, establishments tends n.ccs.
sariiy and Inevitably TO the moral d-grad-
alton OF thousands OF workers. who are
forced 90 spend their working hours under
conditions that are entirely unnecessary
and unpa I'd enable and which are constant
menace not only TO their own health. but
20 the health % those who use the food
products prepared by them"
What 10 Needed.
The report urged compulsory examina-
ton after slaughter.
inclusion Of goats. now exempt from
inspection intended for foreign or inter-
state commerce In the last subject TO the
inspection OF the bureau OF animal In
dustry, and that they should be equally
controlled BY the regulations OF tho secre-
tary OF agriculture.
The report ASKS for Increase OF irspoc-
tors for night inspection and special work
legislation prohibiting declarations OF gov
eminent Inspections OF food products un-
I~ss subject 20 government inspection at
every stag. OF preparation: prohibiting
interstate transportation or any meat or
meat food products not Inspected and
labeled: urges considering the question OF
specific labelling OF all carcasS~s sold as
fresh meat which upon examination after
lalghtrring show signs OF disease but
are still deemed suitable for food: and
recommends study Of inspection standards
OF other countries.