Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-05

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| in any form If meat prodlirt d.Sir.', gu
| v,t the n:rL...tn or recertarIa,, =; w. on ~,
| i, w;,e Ia be shipped ont ~ ~ NH III
wouId tx. n.I!lcd with a l;.h,4I ~, 49,
| content. had been Government i,Sr.ct
cd" 1t is hot alleged here that sucI
| us.l was To be mace Of this stlf III
case IS pointed out as ore showing RI,
| slarng opportunity for TIE misuse of .
| label bearing the nama and thu. imnIi.,
| guaranty Of the United states Cavern
| m.nt
| Anotber instance of abnee i'm rho ,,ea 80
| The labels came to our NOTE ~ ~ ~
| dItlerent establishments great stocks N
OH canned goods were. b.lno ,,,t .hr,,,ot
a Washing process to remnye The ala e
| hel. iChry were then euLi..,taa +.
| sufficient hnat to "livtu m, thD nSnt.nt
to use the phrase Of tht room smn.rin.
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iner q now ~ N g""ds were
VI kEA ME-N cf ftMPl.cI Ef.S.
The lack OF consideration fur TIL. health
and comfort If the labOr.rs IN the Oh CA
80 stock wards seem IL b, A direct con
Sequence. OF The administration maj mr.
walls. The Various DEPARTMENTS are I'M
der the direct control of sup rintendent5
who claim to use tull authority III deal
ing with tho employees ana Who seem
to ignore al! considerations except those,
of the account book lmd,r this system
pro,,-r rar,. Of the products ana OF the
health and comfort OF The employees is;
impossible and the consumer suffers in
consequence. The jnSanitarV conditions
in which III" labortrs work and the fever
ish pace (Which they ar" forced to main
tain inevitably. effect their health. PLY
sicianS state that tube rcul0s.s is d.spro-
portionately prevalent in the stock yards
and the victims of tbs disease eXpoctor
ate on the spongy wu"dt.n floors OF the
dark WorkruomS, from which falling
scraps OF meat are later %h0Vclcd up to be
conV .rted int food products.
Even the ordinary decencics of life are
completely ignored. In practically all
cases the doors Of the toilet rooms open
are CITY into the working rooms. the
priVieS OF men and women frequently ad-
Join ana the entrances are sometimes no
more than a foot or two apart In other
the rooms in which they work, and t.
reach the nearest it is necessary to go up
or down 4 couple of flights of stairs. In
one noticeable instance the priVy for the
women working in several adjoining
rooms was in a room in which men
chiefly were employed. and every girl go
ing to use this had to pass by the work
ing places of dozens of male operatives
and enter the privy the door OF which
was not feet from the working place Of
one of the men operatives AS previously
noted. in the privies for men and women
alike there are no partitions, but simply
a long row of oren seats. Rest rooms,
wher. tired women workers might go for
short rest were found as rare exceptions,
and in some establishments women are
even placed in charge of privies chiefly
for the purpose, it was stated to see that
the girls did not absent themselves too
long from their work under the excuse of
yisstina hem In some instances what
was called a rest room was simply enc
erd Of the criyv partitioned off by a D.
foot partition from the remaining in
closure A fCW girls were found using
This not only as a rest room but as the
only available place in which to sit to
eat their luncheon
Much Of the work in connection with
the handling of meat has to be carried on
m rooms of a low temperature. but even
here a ca!Iolls disregard was every
where seen for the comfort of those who
worked IN these rooms Girls and women
were found in rooms registering a tenn
neratlr. OF 3No f. without any ventilation
Whatever DEFENDING entirely upon nrti-
fici1l light TIL, floors were wet and sos
CIV and in some cases covered with water,
so that the girls had to stand in boxes of
S9UdEet as n protection for their feet
In a few cases even drirpines from the
refrigerator rooms above trckled through
the ceiling upon the Heads OF the workers
and upon the food products being pre-
nared \ very slight expense would have
furnished drier floors and protected them
against the tricEliiags from the ceiling.
1t was asserted By the superintendent Of
these rooms that this low temperature
was essential to The proper keeping Of the
meat. but precisely similar. work was
found in other establishments carried on
in rooms kent at Il fair temperature. In
many cases girls of Ii, Il and Il years
stand ten hOlIrS a day at work. much OF
which could he carried on Whlt. sitting
down
In several Establishments wcll-managed
ri re-, 'rli'a WIZ & ;'1sta,,n' anni'inc
room WAS provided Tor them: hut no pro-
vision was found anywhere for 4 place t.
on for thn mail. laborera. In pleasant
vr.thn, they eat their luncheon Sitting
outdtors alnnse the edge of the sidewalk
a., npv nlocn NJ here they can find stand
Inc, ,nom IN wintar. however ana in
;mrI.mpnt weather, their lunches have to
ln notpn in r1nms that i'm many case, at,.
sitting and nauSeating Eating rooms
~, lro,,i,l,d in a number Of places for |
rxo,n,n ynrkrrs in the various denart
mems: and i'm most of the large eStab-
,;ehn,cnts coffee ie served them at a pen
III = cnn Beyond this meacer conSiders-
tinr 81 their convenience at meal times
erHr,e,v any ,y;,lenr. is found that any
ono cave :, Thought to their comfort
ma n.oIart IN me mart of their emu,ov-
ops "a r5colriZr or provide for the re-
uuirrments of cleanliness and deccncy of
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