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AE|LL--BEYAOlbs REPORT CORRECT
Congressional Committee Gets Add
tionaI Facts About "Psckingtownp
Which Cannot Be Refu.ed by Hon
est men-Meat For Army is We'll
Cared For. Inspectors Say.
(By Assoclated Press !

~ Sii'!>Si ioN' ~. u, June o.
In response to il request from the
House committee on agriculture.
president Roosevelt today forwarded
10 Representative Wadwnrth, The
chairman of the committee. the 20.
pert made to him by a copmittcc OF
the department Of agriculture r..
garding conditions in the Chicago
meat packing houses.
Accompanying the report was a
letter from the President, in which
he points out that there is no con.
illicit In substance, between the NELL.
reynolds report and that of the az.
rlcultural department experts.
ti Packers Cleaning House.
The President quotes a letter re-.
ceived from a most competent and
trust worthy witness i'll Chicago" TO
the effect that packing house pro
prietorS are manifestng almost "a
humorous haste to clean up. rcpuve
and even to plan future changes. =
New rooms are being provided,
with additional dressing rooms AMI
clean towels. The report says thai.
the haste toward reform would have
been amusing il it were not so
nearly tragic"
Drastic Laws Needed.
The Presidents correspondent
says his investigations have not been
completed, but that enough has been
developed in my judgment to call
Immediately for thorough going AMI
radical enlargement of the powers ne
the government in inspecting meats
which enter into interstate and for
Gig commerce"
Apart of the department of agricul.
tnre report OH packing house condi.
tons is letter slated April s. 1906.
from A. D. Melvin. chief Of the bu
reau of animal industry. in which
he says, commenting on the sanitary
conditions:
From personal observation know
that sanitary conditions at abattoirs
where this bureau maintains insucc.
ton, while not always satisfactory,
are much superior to those at the
average establishment without such
inspection.
The report of the committee of
three. dated April 8, and signed nv
John l.. Mohler, chief of the path
olagical division; Rice p. Steddoma.
chief of the inspection division. bu-
reau of animal industry, and George
P. McCabe, solicitor of the depart.
ment of agriculture, consists of 14S
typewriter pages. The committee
began its work at Chicago March -,
last, and continued to work until
March %.
Starts in With the Yards.
The report begins with the Union
stock yards, at Chicago, containing
500 acres. all but so acres of which
is paved.
The drainage is good,' the report
says and the pens are kept as clean
as the character of their use would
permit. The committee visited ev.
cry room In the institutions mention
ed in making their inquiry regarding
sanitation. The report says:
Conditions Vary.
The sanitary conditions in some of
the abattoirs is good, in some it is
fair and in others bad.
Commenting on the conditions al
abattoir No. /, the report says: The
walls and woodwork of the killing
room are painted to height of ten
feet and presented clean appear
ance. Above the paint the woodwork
i isHiwhitewashed. but net recently.
The timber were wet, probably the
result of the condensation of steam.
There were considerable accumula-
.tfcns OF dirt on overhead rafters and
beams. The windows OF this room
$3.50 .eif5j f'..eI lia