Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-07

future. II no legislation IL passed
then the excellent results accomplishg'
by the work Of this special committe'
will endure only 80 long as the mem
DRY Of the committees work Is frcsI
and the recrudescence Of the abuses Il
absolutely certain.
Il urge the immediate enactmen
into law Of provisions which will en-
able the department Of agriculture
adequately to inspect the meat an,
meat food products entering into inter
state commerce and to supervise thu
methods Of preparing the same and t.
prescribe the sanitary condition under
which the work shall be performed
| therefore commend to your favorable
consideration and urge the enactment
CT substantially The provisions KNOWN
as senate amendment No. 20 to the
act making appropriations for the de
partment of agriculture for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1907, as passed
by the senate, this amendment being
commonly known as the Beverage
amendment"
Abstract Of the Report.
The report says that two and one
half weeks were spent in the investi-
cation in Chicago during which we
went through the principal packing
houses In the stockyards district to-
gether with few of the smaller ones
A day was spent by Mr.. Reynolds in
New York city in the investigation Of
its leading slaughter houses"
The report says that in many of the
rooms where water is used freely the
floors are soaked and Shiny and the
dark, dingy rooms are naturally not
kept suitably clean An absence of
'leanliness was found everywhere In
ne handling of meat being prepared
for the various meat food products, |
The parts that are sent from the cool.
Ing room to these departments where
various forms of meat products are
are handled with no regard
whatever for cleanliness. The workers
climb over heaps of meat, select the
pieces they wish and frequently throw
hem down upon the dirty floor beside
heir bench
The report says that the radical de
ect in the inspection system Is that it
s confined at present by law to passing
m the healthfulness of animals at the
ime of killing but that the meat that |
s used In sausage and the various
orms Of canned products and other
prepared meat foods goes through
many processes, in all Of which there
5 possibility of contamination through
nsanitary handling and further dam
er through the use of chemicals Due
ng all these processes there Is nc
overnment inspection although these
roducts when sent out bear label
tating they have been passed upon
y government inspectors.
The report arraigns the sanitary pro-
isions in the buildings as abominable
nd says the men and women plunge
leir unwashed hands into the meat
} be converted into food products
he report says the burden of protect,
lg the cleanliness and wholesomeness
the products and the health of the
'orker and improving the conditions
lust fall upon the national govern
ent.
Department supeFintendents seem
ignore all considerations except the
count book" and proper care of the
'oducts and Of health and comfort
the employees is impossible and the
nsumer consequently suffers. Tuber.
llosis victims expectorate on the
ongy wooden floors of the dark work
oms from which falling scraps Of
eat are later shoveled up to be later
inverted into food products.
in word" the report adds, I'VE
W meat shoveled from filthy wooden
ors, piled on tables rarely washed,
shed from room to room in rotten
K carts. In all Of which processes
was In the way Of gathering dirt
linters, floor filth. It was always tho
ply that this meat would afterward
cooked and that this sterilization
uld pervent any danger from It's use.
very considerable portion Of the
'at 80 handled is sent out as smoked
)ducts and In the form Of sausages
ich are prepared to be eaten without
ing cooked.
\ particularly glazing instance Of un.
anliness was found In q room where
best Of sausage YVES being prepared
export"
Even the ordinary decencies Of life
completely ignored, says the report
discussing the arrangements fol
n and women employed. The re
t naxR:
The whole situation as we saw It in
80 huge establishments tends nSces-
lily and inevitably to the moral de-
dalton Of thousands Of workers
o are forced to spend their working
lrs under conditions that are entire.
unnecessary and objectionable and
ich are a constant menace not only
their own health, but to the health
80 huge establishments tends neces.
cd by them"
he report urges compulsory examiu
IN after slaughter, inclusive Of