The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-08-04

hogs: they were so innocent, they
came so very trustingly. and they
were SO very human In their protests
and so perfectly within their
rights! They hau done nothing to de-
serve II, and 1t was adding Insult to
injury, as the thing was done here,
swinging them up In this cold-blooded,
impersonal way, without q pretence at
apology, without the homage OF tear.
Now and then q visitor wept, to be
sure; but this slaughtering machine
ran on, visitors or no visitors. 1t
was like some horrible crime COM
mitted In a dungeon, all unseen and
unheeded, buried out OF sight and of
memory. @
"Glad I'm Not Ho0."-TdkinO on
The DristleS.
One could not stand and watch very
long without becoming philosophical,
without beginning to deal In symbols
and SMILES, and to hear the hog
squeal of the universe Was II permit
ted to believe that there was nowhere
upon the eaerth, or above the earth,
a heaven for hogs, where they were
rcquited for all this suffering? Each
one of these hogs was separate
creature. Some were white hogs, some
were black; some were brown, some
we're spotted; some were old, some
were young; some were long and lean,
some were monstrous. And each Of
them had an individuality OF his own,
will of his own. hope and hearts
desire; each was full of self-confi-
dence, of self-importance, and sense
Of dignity. And trusting and strong In
faith he had gone about his business,
the while black shadow hung over
him and horrid Fate waited In his
pathway. Now suddenly It had
swooped up him, and had seized him
by the leg. Relentless, remorseless, It
was; all his protests, his screams,
were nothing to lit did Its cruel
will with him, as II his wishes, his
feelings, had simply no existence at
all; It cut his throat and watched him
gasp out his life. And now was one to
believe that there was nowhere q god
of hogs, to whom this hog-personality
was precious, to whom these hog
squeals and agonies had q meaning?
Who would take this into his arms
and comfort him, reward him for his
work well done, and show him the
meaning Of his secrifice? Perhaps
some glimpse Of all this was In the
thoughts Of our Undetermined
Jurgis, as he turned to 90 on with
the rest OF tho party and muttered:
"Dieve-but I'm glad I'm not hog"
The carcass hog was scooped out of
the vat by machinery, and then 1t fell
to the second floor, passing on the way
through wonderful machine with
numerous scrapers, which adjusted
themselves to the size and shape of
the animal, and sent It out at the
other end with nearly all Of Its bris-
ties removed. 1t was then strung up
by machinery, and sent upon another
trolly ride; this time passing between
two lines of men, who sat upon a
raised platform, each doing certain
single thing to the carcass az II came
to him. One scrapped the outside OF
a leg; another scraped the inside of
the same leg. One with q swift stroke
cut the throat; another with two swift
strokes severed the head. which fell to
the floor and vanished through hole.
Another made slit down the body; a
second opened the body wider; q
third with q saw cut the breast bone;
a fourth loosened the entrails; q fifth
pulled them out--and they also slid
through hole in the floor. There
were men to scrape each side and men
to scrape the back; there were men to
clean the carcass inside, to trim It and
wash It. Looking down this room, one
saw, creeping slowly, a line Of dang.
ling hogs hundred yards in length,
and for every yard there was q man,
working as II q demon were after him.
At the end of this hogs progress
every inch of the carcass had been
gone over several times, and then II