Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

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President Roosevelt will send TO con
gress the report submitted to him by
Labor Commissioner Neill and James
b. Reynolds. The forthcoming report
has been SHOWN to favored Legislators
Ike Speaker Cannon and Represent.
alive Lorimer of Chicago, and Repre-
sentative Wadsworth of New York,
The powerful trio that is opposing the
Beveridge bill for the inspection OF
all meats for home consumption.
The report has been cut to 5000 or
G,O00 words. and is limited to the ac-
tual observation of che presidents
personal investigation All the evil
ience obtained through employees of
he slaughter houses and packing es.
tablishments has been eliminated.
| This is gratifying to the agents OF
armour and Swift and their business
associates.
WASHINGTON. June 4.-Horrify-
clal report on conditions in Chicago
packing houses, prepared by Commits
sioner of Labor Neil and James Rey-
nolds OF New York. and submitted TO
congress by the pesident with
message in which he describes the
state of affairs as revolving.
He calls for immediate and drastic
legislation along the lines of the Bev-
esidge bill. The statements in the re,
port are generally sickening, and
some are unfit for publication. The
investigators spent only two weeks
in the investigation. but they found
enough to corroborate the charges
made by independent investigators.
The report affects all Chicago pack
ing houses. and details only what the
investigators actually saw.
The report begins by saying the
brick pavements in the yards are COW
cred with manure and cannot be
properly cleaned and are Shiny and
malodorous when wet. yielding clouds
OF smelling dust when dry
The interior of the buildings is
mostly wood. The floors are soaked
and Shiny. Rooms are poorly lighted
and poorly ventilated. many of the in
side rooms whore food is prepared
loine without windows. The air in
taese rooms is rarely changed Sys-
temaric ventilation was not fond in
any establishment visited.
Taking up the sanitary conven
fences the report says nothing shows
more strillingly the packers iniiffer
ence in the matters of cleanliness
than this.
The reiring rooms frequently ad
Din the workroom and are cut OFF
only by low partitions. These ar
rangements are described as abom
Unable. seriously and directly affect
ing the cleanliness of food products.
The wash sinks are small and dirty,
neither towels, soap nor other neces
sities being provided.
The investigators tell of employees
with shoes filthy from the refuse OF
the floors climbing over piles OF meat
to select pieces they want, and walk.
ing on the tables where the meats are
handled.
we saw meat" the report says,
'shoyeled from filthy floors and piled
on tables rarely washed and pushed
from room to room in rotten box
carts, everywhere gathering dirt,
splinters. floor filth and expectora-
tlons.
A particularly glaring instance oil
uncleanliness was found in the rooms
where the best grade of sausage is
prepared for export. An employe
carted the chopped-up meat across
the room upon barrow, the handles
OF which were filthy with grease The
meat was thrown upon table and
the employe climbed up and spread ii
out with his unwashed hands, kneelins
with his dirty apron and still dirtier
trousers in contact with the meat |
After he finished he wiped his hands |
on his trousers and apron, took hold
OF the dirty handles of the barrow
and went after another load There
was no water in the room to wash
with nor no towels"
The report points out that federal
inspection would by no means be com
plete; that the labels on canned goods
would not indicate the contents aad
been inspected. The misleading con
ditions of employees, especially wom-
en-, is gone into in detail. The in
spectors conclude the whole situation
tends TO moral degradation and dis
courages cleanliness.
The president says If the required
Legislation is not passed he will order
the use OF the inspection labels on
canned goods stopped. The worst
evils are in their preparation, ne says.
An inspection cost should be levied
on each animal inspected and would
not exceed eight cents. he adds.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Friendly
congressman and other prominent
men received hundreds of messages
from the beef trust instructing them
what course TO pursue after the Nell
report is read in congress today.
MADRID, June 4.--The body of
Marles. the chief suspect OF the
bomb throwers against King Alfonso
and his VOung uueeu. was dramatical.