The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-07

snouio pc discoverea to ex1s,
 lation is needed in order to nr.. ss. the possibility of all abuses h 's4' s, :, l future. If no legislation is na.. us then the excellent results accomn1;ss ! by the work of this special eonnsa.g | will endure only so long as tbA e ory of the committees work ,s e. and the recrudescence of the abpsaS 'Sa absolutely certain.
 Il urge the immediate enaotx into law of provisions which win eu. able the department of aericn,. su' adequately to inspect the meat aa' meat food products entering into ;r.- ~ state commerce and to supervise ,s methods of preparing the same ana prescribe the sanitary condition rrs which the work shall be performas therefore commend to your fayoras, consideration and urge the enactnoa.s of substantially the provisions knosN as senate amendment No. 29 to q, act making appropriations for tha ds partment of agriculture for the s.as, year ending June 30, 1907, as nasssa | by the senate, this amendment ho,s1 commonly known as the Beveriaae amendment"
 l Abstract of the Report.
 The report says that two and ma half weeks were spent in the inves,, gation in Chicago during which aw. went through the principal packing houses in the stockyards district to' gether with few of the smaller onas A day was spent by MT. Reynolds r New York city in the investigation q, it's leading slaughter houses" The report says that in many of ths rooms where water is used freely ths floors are soaked and slimy and ths dark. dingy rooms are naturally pot kept suitably clean An absence If cleanliness was found everywhere in the handling of meat being prepared | for the various meat food produets | The parts that are sent from the cool. | ing room to these departments where various forms of meat products arc prepared are handled with no regard whatever for cleanliness. The workers climb over heaps of meat. select the pieces they wish and frequently throw them down upon the dirty floor beside | their bench
 The report says that the radical de feet in the inspection system is that Ii is confined at present by law to passing on the healthfulness of animals at the time of killing but that the meat thai is used in sausage and the various forms of canned products and other prepared meat foods goes through many processes, in all of which there is possibility of contamination through unsanitary handling and further dan. ger through the use of chemicals. Duf. ing all these processes there is no government inspection although these products when sent out bear label stating they have been passed upon by government inspectors.
 The report arraigns the sanitary pro. visions in the buildings as abominable and says the men and women plunge their unwashed hands into the meat to be converted into food products The report says the burden of protect ing the cleanliness and wholesomeness of the products and the health of the worker and improving the conditions must fall upon the national govern ment
 Department supa.intendents seen to ignore all considerations except the account book" and proper care of the products and of health and comfoH of the employees is impossible and the consumer consequently suffers. TuDef' culosis victims expectorate on the spongy wooden floors of the dark work rooms from which falling scraps ol meat are later shoveled up to be lalei converted into food products. q
 Tn word" the report adds, we saw meat shoveled from filthy wooden floors, piled on tables rarely washed pushed from room to room in rotlea box carts. in all of which processes it was in the way of gathering diA splinters, floor filth. It was always tle reply that this meat would afterWa9 be cooked and that this sterilizauon would pervent any danger from its use A very considerable portion ol sn' meat so handled is sent out as smoSsu products and in the form of sausas~ which are prepared to be eaten wi'no" being cooked.
 particularly glaring instance ol un cleanliness was found in room wne's the best of sausage was being prepaT0a for export"
 Even the ordinary decencies oI np are completely ignored says the repo'' in discussing the arrangements iO' men and women employed. The tV port says:
 "The whole situation as we saw It " these huge establishments tends heV0s sarily and inevitably to the motsi " gradation of thousands of worhe's ] who are forced to spend their Wolh'"o