Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-05
wholly unwarranted.

"hOIlY unWarraDteC.
 Government inspectors pass only upon the health of animlas at the time of killing. They know n046ing of the processes through wn.cn the meat has passed since this inspection. They do not know what else may have been placed in the cans in addition to inspected meat As a matter of fact, they know nothing about the contents of the can upon which the packers place these labels; do not even know that 1t contains what it purports to contain. The legend, quality guaranteed immediately fol- lowing the statement as to govern ment inspection, is wholly unjustifia- ble. It is plainly designed to deceive the average purchased, who natur- ally infers from the label that th> government guarantees the contents of the can to be what it purports to he.
 '1 he lack of consideration for the health and comfort of the laborers in the Chicago stock yards seems to be direct consequence of the system of administration that prevails. Un- der this system proper care of prod ucLs and Of the health and comfort of employees is impossible and the ,---. .---4 auAeIs ill consequence. The uIsanitary conditions in which the abOrers work and the feverish pace which they are forced to maintain 1n- eYitably affects their health.
 physicians state that tuberculosis E diSpTopol tionately prevalent in the stock yards, and the victims of this disease eXpectOrate on spongy, wood cn floors of dark work rooms, iron, hiCh falling scraps of meat are later SfOYeled up 10 be converted into food products. Even the ordinary decen- ciss of life are completely ignored. n practically i.ll cases the doors of he toilet rooms open directly into the working rooms. The privies of men and women frequently adjOin and the entrances are sometimes no more than q fOCt or two apart. In some estaD- l.ShmentS women are even placed ill charge of the DriyieS. chiefly for the purpose, it was stated. to see that the girls did not absent themselves too long from their work under the eX- cCse of visiting them.
 Much of the work in connection with the handling of meat has 10 s=
 ..4eI on in rooms of low tempera- ,Urc. but here even callous disregard Was everywhere seen for the comfort Cf those who work in these rooms. Tn few cases even dripDings from refrigerator rooms above tricklcu through the ceiling upon the heads of the workers and upon the food prod ucts being prepared. In many case girls of 16. IT and IS years stand ten hours a day at work, much of which could be carried on while sitting down. The neglect of part of their employers to recognize or provide for requirements of cleanliness and de- Cency of employees must have an in- HCeIce that cannot be exaggerated i ia the lowering of morals and discour- aging cleanliness on the part of work CTS employed in packing houses. The whole situation. as we set forth, iii these huge establishments tends nee essarily and inevitably to moral de- generation of thousands of worKers, who are foyced to spend their work ing hours .under conditions that aTel entirely unnecessary and unpardon- able, and which area constant menace rot onIv to their own health, but toi the health of thousands who use the ASSN PkCNuNAS NpehlSd AOA NA0aI-
 We observed carefully the 1nspec- ticn before slaughter, the inspection after slaughter on the killing beds; the more minute examination of anil nlals tagged on killing floors and the microscopic examination for trichI- nosis. Inspection before slaughter appears to have little value in most cases.
 That undue advantage of this in- sIection is taKen by outside parties $ charged, and opportunities for such are abundant, but no specific evidence ,eas presented to us. That this unim- portant and superficial examInation should be compulsory under govern .Ient law, whereas more specific ex- animation after slaughter is only per miEsive, indicates the serious defect in the law. The present number or
 .spectors is certainly inadequate as lhe secretary of agriculture has often complained. We noted that some large establishments had obviously insuffi- cient forces. A few concerns have TO inspectors at all. and may sell un- inspected meat wherever they please in the United States"