Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-08
THE GREAT PACKING HOUSE SCANDAL
People Of the Country Demanding Publication
Of the Neill-Reynolds Report.
The Public Has Right to Know How the Meat Sold
Prepared Declares United States SenatorStories
the Unutterabe Conditions Prevailing In Various
Packing Centcrs OF the Country.

persons from all parts OF the country
are writing their senators and repre-
sentatiyes In congress demanding that
the Neiii packing house report be given
to the public. A well known senator
is quoted as saying that the people
have q right to know how the food
sold to them Is prepared and II the
public generally make the demand
strong enough the report exposing the
horrors Of the packing houses will be
published.
Representative Suizer OF New York
has introduced a resolution calling up
on the President. '.if not Incompatible
with the public interest,"" to send TO
the house ut his earliest convenience
the reports OF Charles r. Seill and
James u. Reynolds ''in connection with
their Investigation OF tho Meat trust
the stock yards and the meat pack
Ing houses Of Chicago and other places
and all data. exhibits and correspon-
dence In any way relating to the
same"
Almost without exception the Eastern
newspapers demand the publication Of
tho report on tho ground that greater
damage and dIstrust vii! be occasioncd
by the presidents failure to do 10 Than
could possibly result from the publica.
ton.
Ono New York paper printed inter-
views with Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Blow
OF Washington Crossing. Pa. who. II
In alleged. went To Chicago one week In
advance Of tho commissioner OF labor
and obtained for him tho essential
facts presented In his report Blow
In a detective and his wife In mn inSts-
tiIator Of child labor conditions. Tho
conditions pictured by Mrs. Blow arc
no revolving M To ba almost imprint.
able.
How nassiy cs~~k Was skiasmssi.
Chicago. Ill. How Bubbiy
creek, m arm Of the Chicago river.
was nkimmcn by the employees OF tho
packing companies was related by DR..
William X. Iaqucs. who has been
named aa one OF the authorities for
the charges made against tho stock
yards management In tho Reynolds
Nciii report. DIR. Iaancs was city
chemist Of Chicago from 1896 TO iso'.
and during that period had charge of
the meat inspection work for the city.
Upon Invitation Of Mr.. Reynolds"
hc said, II showed him some sights In
tho stock yards that he declared were
worse than anything he could have
IMAGINED. and simply sickcned him.
Together wc watched employees Of tho
packing houses at work sEimminE the
grease on 'pnbbiy creek tho slip Into
which the refuse Of the slaughter nrns
In permitted TO fnd its way. Mr.
REYNOLDS asked tho workmrn wha; u
waa that he Hkimmcd from the wafer.
and tho workman answered In Ian
guaTc that was truthful. but imprint
able.
"'what IL done with itT said Mr..
REYNOLDS. 1t II made into grease.
the workman answered. Ny God.
doctor. IL q, possible that such nlth
can find It's way into grease or lard
that IA used for any sof; OF cooking.
or otherwise In the preparation OF
foodT' said the commissioner. address
ing me. had TO confess that In view
of tho keen competition In the matter
of showing profits by tho various COM
panics. Il was very possible the stuff
i1nds Il way into cooking condiments
and especially as cooking lard brings
n much higher price that axle grease
or other lubricants. which can be pro-
dueed much more chcaply from pc
troicum."
ksp.a. C,ty'. Inspector Talks.
Kansas City. Mo-. Eastern
newspapers are bombardins their
Kansas City correspondents for infor-
nation regarding the local meat In
spcct;on regulations. They suppose"
said Meat Inspector Cutler. that the
packing houses are in Kansas City and
that VIC govern the method OF inspec-
ton. As a matter Of fact. We make no
inspection here. and across the line
they do no. seem to make much more
that Is effective IL the Neill report Is
to be credited"
Referring to the handling OF meat
on the killing beds and on the counter.
Inspector Cutler said:
"The packers in Washington are
protesting that II the government
forces the packers TO pay for the in-
spec,ion OF meats, IL will drive the
small packer. the independent packer.
pu, OF business. There Is n chief In
spec,or detailed to Kansas City, whose
.alary, paid by the government. Is
81. 500 a year. He has ten deputies
sho se, &i,40o a year. and GO inspec-
tors. who get s120 year. This brings
The governments pay roll up TO $780,
boo year. There are 100000 cattle