Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-07
NE SENDS REPORT
President Roosevelt Lays Before Con-
gress information Regarding
Packing House Conditions.
ASKS DRASTIC REGULATION
Abstract Of the NeiII-ReynOIds Com-
mission Submitted Declares Com
ditiOns at Chicago Stock
Yards Are Revolving.


Roosevelt MONDAY transmitted 10 con
gress the report OF Messrs, Neiii an
heynoids OF tneir investigation VI III
chicago Stockyards ana packihl
houses. The report ana Inessase Trans
mltting same are III part aS io''o"S
i transmit hereWitn tne repoI. y
Mr.. James Bronson heynolds ana Ooln
missioner Charles T. NELL, the specia
commission whom l appointed 70 IN
vestigate into the conditions OF tne
stockyards OF Chicago, ana repor'
thereon to me- This report is OF
preliminary nature. ] submit IL 10 you
now because 1t shows the urgent neeu OF
immediate action by the congress IN
the direction OF providing drastic ana
thoroughgoing inspection by the red
eral government OF all stocltyards ana
packing houses and OF their products
30 far as the latter enter into interstate
or foreign commerce. The conditioha
shown by even this short Inspection 10
exist in the Chicago stockyards are
revolving. 1t is imperatiyely necessary
IN the interest OF uecehcy tn"' 'n'y
should pc radically changed ohuei
the existing law II Is whoily inpos'
sible to secure satisfactory results
When my attention was hrst ui-
rected to this matter an investigation
was made under the bureau OF amman
industry OF the department OF asri-
culture. When the preliminary state-
ments OF this investigation were
brought to my attention they showed
such defects In the law ana such
wholly unexpected conditions tnat
deemed 1t best to have further I'M
mediate investigation by men not con-
nected with the bureau, and accord
ingly appointed Messrs. Reynolds ana
NELL. 1t was impossible under the
existing law that satisfactory work
should be done by the bureau OF anil
NAL industry ! am now, however,
examining the way In which the work
actually was done.
Before had received the report of
Messrs, Reynolds and Neill l had
directed that labels placed upon any
package of meat food products should
state only that the carcass Of the ami
NAL from which the meat was taken
hod boor ,nerootod az tbo tip,o ~
70 insnoct,on ~ meot food
,,rodnots a. al, stooas 80 nronorot,on
q rot soorrod ~, ne noSsoro - Ioaia
1..ton .ooo-su,o.,oa Iii o., oer0
~i,od 70 ordor thot irsnaot,oU ,aho,s
80 oor,,eootn, ~ oanpoS nroduots
-ho,, 49, =" wsoa ba,oo,tar
M ~ roD ~ '1 ohows tho. .ho ,.ooL
-" 80 oao,,ian 80" ouo ~. I,on.
s.,on raasonoh,v o,oan ond ,hot mo
.'o.tos y, LoDa,,n~ on5 nrOno,,nU
$50 $500 a. ,no,oan,, az a.
- =" S"a,.S ITnS"" cx,s.,n. H.,
y. s.,~a' ~s.s. 80
!. ' - "nsaaao ,nSnaa.,on - ~ o 49,, ~
49, ~ e y. .n...n sp' .no. ~, '.o $780,.
49, " rre - 80. - ~. ro s,''"
Ha''.s" ,".S e ,n.e.a.a.. NV noI.ua.oo
.,o.oos s'a'o .o ,.
y" Ssn...rnon. ~ s~~,.' ~ :" ~,
.rsr Ill A. H,.oa ;nS~o".n.. :. ~,
-, ,.tah,s.hnnn.. Sa.,u,aS .ha.. I'M
1000 ,aw n,oh,h,.s ~. sSinu.nt I
Il uninspected meat 70 foreign coun- I
ries. but there IL no provision for |
Kidding the shipment Of uniuspected 1
meats in interstate commerce. and 8
hus the avenues Of interstate com. r
uerce are left omen to tratflc In dis.
ased or spoiled meats n AZ has '
cen alleged IN seemingly 0ood author A
". further evils exist such as the n
use Of chemicals and dyes, p
he government lacks power to reme- v
y them. A law Is needed which will
nable the inspectors Of the general
to inspect and supervise q
rom the hoof to the can the pranara. n
lon OF the meat food products. The I,
VII seems to be much less in the sale
dressed carcasses than in the sale n
. nannad and othar nrarorad NJ !
nets ' =
aTD NV ,na.m.n. a.. $1,000. \
!. ,n.n... you .Sn..,s '"s eAp ~ VI .
!. ,a nspso y. - SHo "n " palu ~
~. 49,, !. " ~. e"v - aHii az. slSusn'ereu Il
80 s !, ~, uOne' '"e "noie pur- 81
=. |. ~ .ns Jaw can az any time g
ue,esssu 'nrousn an lnsumcient ap- "
| paa.,. anu nneIever tnSre was h