The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
.LUMPY JAW IS NO
BARRIER TO BUTCHERS
2
Special Commissioner Saw 2I
Head Passed for "Hotei
Purposes"
STARTLING ALLEGATIONS
NeiII and Reynolds Reports Are Eek.
peeted to Show That American
Public Has Been Grossly
Wronged by Packers.

Chicago, June 1.--How tw,nty-four
but of thirty-one diseased cattle were
passed under the eyes of James b.
reynolds, one of President Roosevclts
special commissioners appointed to in
vestigate, conditions at the stock yards,
was divulged today by a man who ;tc-
:ompanied Reynolds TO the plant of the
Standard Strengthening company. This
scene dictated In large measure the
report of the commissioners and
brought about the inspection bill now
before congress.
Mr.. Reynolds reached the slaughter
house shortly after Z o'clock. Unknown
20 those In the place he made an cx-
animation of the cattle In the pen. I'm
mistakable signs of a hasty attempt 10
clean up We're apparent. Inside the
slaughter house itself mt, boards and
woodwork had been chopped in an .f-
tort to scrape away the evidences of
slaughter. All the inspectors--city,
state and federal-were dressed in their
best clothes and their shoes were
SIlltleO. COMMISSIONED LhCSllol ioN
ever, had been fore warned and he ap-
peared in old clothes and boots.
dumps" on All the Jaws.
There were thirty-one diseased cattle
standing in the pens when he visited
the place. Without exception the
Jumps" in their jaws. according to the
testimony of one who was with MIN.
were from the size Of cocoanut 10
hot of mo-
Mr.. Reynolds watched these cattle
brought to the killing beds and slaught-
cred.
How many Of them were condemned
OH post-mortem Inspection" he asked
the city inspector, after all had been
killed.
Seven replied the inspector.
The commissioner turned away SICK
ened.
what becomes Of the product of
these vats?" asked the commissioner of
Cornelius Short, manager of .ne
slaughter house.
THE grease goes to the butterine
man and other users of grease. the
solids to the fertilizer"
what is done with the meat that
passes?" was the next question.
.Therc are two firms in Chicago that
make a business Of buying 1t. and it is
sold to certain restaurants and hotels"
There was not a dozen in that bunch
of thirty-one,' said the commissioner to
his companion, rs he walked out of the
place, that could rightly have been
passed..
Some of the Violations.
New York, May 30.-The New York
Times prints what it declares to be
the substance OF the Neill report upon
the conditions in the Chicago packing
houses. The New York Times says its
statement may be taken authoritative
ly. The substance of the report fol-
lows:
1.-The Neill commissioners say that
lard is manufactured from hogs which
die from cholera; that the meat in
spectors are incompetent and over
worked; that sanitary conditions pre-
vaiing in the packing houses are re-
Voting: that the packers use presera-
tives and that meat Is sold to Ameri-
cans which is deemed unfit for exporta-
lion to Europe. The commissions rem
edy for this is publicity.
1.-THE Neill commission investigated
| The plants of Armour s. Co., Nelson
Morris s. Co., Swift & Co.. Schwarzs-
child & Sulzberger, the Hammond, the
| Cudahy companies, the Standard
| Strengthening company and numerous
other concerns OF more or less import
ance.
Gay SicaUtuS TAU o0SU 1onS.
| ",rhe commission was assisted in its
work by DR.. William *. Jacques, for
merly the head of the Chicago inspec-
| ton service, who was forced out OF
Office it is asserted, because he in
sisted that his inspectors should inject
kerosene into all condemned meath sc
as to render it unfit for food.
1.-THE commission visited the larger
plants In company with an inspector
No attempt was made to prevent then
from visiting any part OF any plant
but there is reason to believe that Il
great deal OF cleaning had been done in
expectation of the visit. At the head.
quarters of the Standard Strengthening
| company in particular, they We're de.
mission.
Tried to Clean Up.
After getting in, the commissioners
could see that attempts had been made
to remove filth from several nlaces or
| the floors of the plant. The commits
sion saw u great deal Of objection
able matter in the corners of many
rooms and covering the tubs and watts
The commissioners noticed in thu
Standard Slaughtering company's plan
| peculiar conditions growing out O.
| wooden floors in slaughter houses. TIL;
| old floors were being removed and the,
| observed that the planks We're soaked
| half way through Nth decayed mat
| ter. The commission studied the who'll,
system of the Strengthening of quaran
| tine cattle and made a careful investi
cation to determine the number con
| demned at this place. discovering at
| tempts which had been made to de
ceive them in regard to the number re
jected during the day Of their visit.
Couldn't Destroy II.
1.-The most glazing deficiency in tn
inspection service was that meat which
is condemned by the federal inspector
should not be destroyed by such in
spectors, but should be disposed Of &C
cording to the laws or ordinances o
the state or municipality in which tn
condemnations were made. In Chicag
this duty falls to the municipal inspec
tors.
1.-The commissioners were not author
lied to Investigate the municipal in
spection service. but they could no
avoid being impressed by its gross in
efficiency. The municipal inspector.
they found, are mostly exsaloonkeep
ers or prize fighters-men who kno,
nothing whatever about meat or it
disease. One man was turned out g
office by the new city authorities, an
in order to avenge himself went to tn
packing houses and condemned larg
number Of sound carcasses before sur
rendering his badge.
Making visit to one OF the cit
markets the commission observed mea
hanging in the open. covered with duf
and dirt No attention is paid to tn