Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-06-11

n0naiEiona are revealed. kna the sag.
sessssa sa tie paAlAe miaa n that Ar.
Arua0ar. Mr. swtfI. ME. Hsmmoad
ana eshers have heea goisg 10 thsir
packing hoases daily and 10 shoalish
gies ssa1yinx oas nsx eixboiiezl
schemes fnr s.shing up fiishy ara I'M
pure fooA prHsfaets Cor the pahale 10
bur. The result is 10 make as sigh
fur the good ola days when saaehsTs
ana ali other men we're hoaess. NJ
right and fails deslinx. before thss
became hiwhhlaAers masaaersdinx b.
fore the pahlie ~ corporations
When Ne seTe soys there sss not
mach eannea meat On the market.
Then xs Ind never heard u tahsFcu.
losls In cattle. They have hsen find
ing cut u great deal sbont the dis
eases u cattle In recent pears. in
the old days whea Jimmie was sent
20 the butchers shop. Ilmmis 80
what the butcher handed hIm out
There had been no g0yernment stock
inspector masslag aTUand the but
chsT's slaughter house. NJ govern
nsnt stamp said the meat had beca
inspected. Jimmie took what the
butcher gave. and if the COS ar the
hog or the sheep had had tuberculosis
or appendicitis or ingrowing soe nails
neither the butcher nor Jimmie knes
anything about Il,
And the slaughter house. Jimmie
passed n NJ least once every day. and
he generally held his nose and ran
when h. vas gazing by. The Jim.
mics Of those good Old honest days
have had lingering remembrance
that slaughter houses do not smell
like rose iaFa or old fashioned gar.
dens, nor do they need a SeIllIRey.
maids report 20 assure them that such
n tha case.
And the butcher II today. Like
the one of the good old times. the
natural presumption Ia. In spite Of the
contrary suggestion underlying all
these revelations. that he In Just as
anxious Tor trade M one In the good
old days. Just a. careful not 10 offend
that trade with bad meat, and 20
more eager 90 poison his neighbors.
Maybe he is: maybe since science has
shown him that some animals have
tuberculosis and other things he has
been chortling with giee aud finding
new delights In his business. We
don't know: we used to think, before
the day of revelations Of dishonesty
In all things dawned. that men In
business were engaged Ia n form Of
competition with each other for the
patronage of the public and that he
who won that patronage did 30 by
supplying the consumer with the best
goods TO be had for the least money.
That In the good old times was the
basis on which every merchant built
up a profitable business for himself
hut now Ne must believe that all has
been reversed, that the butcher who
builds up the largest meat business
In the world does so by selling the
rottenest meats and keeping the dirti.
est and most unwholesome shop.
II must be true: The Jungle" says
80. the Neiil.Reynoids report solemn.
iy tells Us the slaughter houses In
packingtown dont smell good. and
we are going To have new laws to
compel the butchers 10 keep them
like pariors do their killing In tile.
lined halls and render their lard In
porcelain bowls. or We are going to
know the reason why. Aud the next
packer caught laughing In ghoulish
glee over the discovery Of new dis.
ease In meat animals We are going
q shoot On the spot. We are going To
get back 10 the good old days. even
n We have to close up every govern.
ment inspected abattoir. In the land
and go back TO the good oid-fashioned
slaughter houses OF our hoyhood!--
Denver Republican.