The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05

\ - I'm rovcf4,tnent inspection service N
cnrsi and F every plnht l'a,-t 70 70 .a iuAt
! sn,,,a,vhero between d hundred ana q
1 hnndred and mtg packing houses nave q
anplled FOR government co 70 ],
The scctetary Is somewhat stirprlsseSl
! that tho number Is not greater, my ~
docs Not hesitate to express l'ln1selh IL. -
believing that many - y,
ssrret their Hardness when 1T was / to g 9
4 ia,aI Il, ti,e meantime he proposes 70
..,n,,n,,n Ills personal investigation a "a g
1 sTa - drot,l into the slaughter.houses !. OF
sfnio next tuesday and to look ipto ithe
.n,,,erins az New York on the ioiloW-
4 s.r iovl md then to run up TO bosto Ii
a,,i Sfrntn there to Omaha, Kansas Glt t,
i AMI mart worth. No one Will be ndvi sly
Saato his itinerary, for the reason ..l -
l,e wants to see Just how thinss Y. -, :
conducted under normal n
i Tar liz has found m exceedlnslv !,
factory state Of affairs ~, .s..s
.aa,,s !, ~. ni,l While there he held con-
smj,atnts with the Federal tors u
oSn,va, ~ practically Ill tho big packing
cn,'ters or tho country, and the genera ti
cnndtions reported by these men me WIS .
s,,,nertlv satisfactory, tile two exc zee
lions being Kansas City and lsu 1110
Conditions Much Improved s
~ il 4 trite saying that where there nl'a
"A q smoke. there must be fire. There was ,a
q ,,rdn,,htedly some basis, IN some OF tn !o;
,,nnLiny houses ut least, for the sc1 lists
tin,,n,i statements that We're mace coll-
4 carninr the conditions in the Ch 15l''
packing houses. IS ID. us. "a ~
nut that the horrors were depicted ~ ~ y
color, more so,nbro than occasion n 4 s ue.
tnandcd Is equally true. " h i!'' AN sau
( sanitary conditions might nave p. ~
1 three months ago 1t Is certain thus -. -,
! dny tho packing houses are US c ;ls,l go
4 sanitary In every particular Us \ - XII,
I sible to mako them. The plurAoil!s sau,t i
! ,nant "a OF the most modern up-to-- ~ :,
1 .an .tr,,ct,nn. Tho walls and ceilings OF III
4 tha rooms arc rs clean us whltewass ~
| o,,d nnInt will mako them. Wherever =.
khas heen possible to do 80 cetn 'sli 'ei. .
! = snha,t hnyc been substituted for poh A.
/! ~ tho floors and zinc-lined carts arc ~
i evidence everywhere But wooden Tcn lii'
( : "a a ~ + course. used IN many parts y y
Ara establishments for carrying out il ~
4 hides md offal. and these carts are 5i ~,
attractive to look upon nor Gun ~;
las to the appearance OF .h me ,o;,ss
themselves the uniform OF the pis - e. :.
lis blood-stained within ten .l,u. ~ ,,,n !,
o,a herins his daily labor, ana the l1lh{a I
8lnpho slaughters the OK does not wear Q
Erruxedo coat But the girls IN AL Tue
an,,saRe rooms and In the canning ue-$s
= mn rtmert OF every estaDllslltlehl3l - - =
decked out In white aprons over gin 81 nam n
ldresses. which nre washed every. gu Guy II ~
]laundries supplied for the purpose.
4 q Tho same care is taken OF the clothing
Iof the men In these departments, ana On
\ the whole 1t would DO difficult to suggee g
4 where changes for tho better IN the way
4 Of cleanliness could DO made. Even the
4 floors in these rooms are sprlnkIleed WIZ ~
\ salt each morning In order 5to proven
y the decomposition Of any particles a O
Il meat which may fall upon them.5l35
KS During the past four weeks representa- . ny
u tives OF many foreign governments nav ma
Il made official inspections OF the Chicago
Y plants. Lieutennnt-C Colonel Hobbs q tn !,
4 British army, was commissioned by M
government to examine for the subsist
ence department Of the British army, the
4. existing conditions In the Chicago pack
I Ing houses Mr. Jacobsen was there OF
n like mission from Norway The Japan
q ESQ consul stationed in Chicago, and, u
fact, the entire consular body there ha:
n been engaged in a similar investgau ton
a and, without exception, these official!
& have reported to their respective govern
,nents that American meat food products
uro wholesome, sound, healthful ant
& rncked under sanitary conditions Whicl
mako them In every respect desirable.
&5 The .".gig SIX which really consist
or seven firms, namely: Norris & Co
3Sthc oldest In the business; Swift s. Co
Armour s. Co.., Swartschtld & SulsberBer,
the Cuduhy Company mot represented IN
S6Chcngo), the National Packing Company.
md Libbcy, Mcneil & Libhey, do forty
NrI.. = eli h4arf "a M
Il packing business IN the United States.
&. v Every one Of these firms. with the ex-
ception OF Swift & Company, who car
no goods, has suffered falling of OF
seventy-fiye to ninety per cent in lis
foreign trade during the past three
months. Few OF them are packing any
canned goods to-day, except TO fill con
+ tracts, and each and every one OF then
< Is anxious that tho meat inspection Law
+ shall be put into prompt operation every
i, where, because they. realize that, undel
+ Federal guarantee only, can they expect
4 q restoration OF their trade. Millions Of
! cans OF meat and meat food prodacts
\ are now on the shelves of the jobbers
1.-THE wholesalers and the retailers through,
I out the world which are unstable. Blu
\ Just SO soon kter tie first Of October
| as the new Jaw Is put into complete Up
Grafton Secretary Wilson will, througt
( the State Department. invite foreign COY
I ernments to send experts to examine The
( packing plants working under govern.
ment Inspection. and the Secretary eI-
poets that the result will be reports
(which will restore confidence in Aneri-
can meat food products
4 Work to Regain Confidence.
4 Nothing was ever written in the form
got novel or newspaper article which
ever did tenth OF the damage TO q
great industry which the sensational
Fstories regarding the conditions ALLEGED
to have existed In "Pack!ngtown'' has
done. One extract from letter received
from London recently shows this. The
writer Is q gentleman IN close touch
/ with the commercial affairs OF the Brit
k1sh metropolis, Commenting upon tbs
effect Of the meat scare in his
t-country, he gays: .'At the present mo-
kment It ,s3a good dea! Hka when The
bfunpy man at the clearinghouse table
tells the story OF the dog and the sausage.
tThe story has been told go well that
everybody oyer here IL In nauseatsd
condition, and they are fighting shy O.
oil forms OF preserved foods. especially
IN tins, and this applies 10 practically
everything. whether II is tlesh. firh. fowl
\ or fruit or vegetables. aud practically
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