The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-19

| and worry, the boss sized him up at a
| glance and there was no work for him
| in Packingtown, and Ona, whom he had
married meantime was about to be-
come a mother.
Then is recited in THE JUNGLE. tale
of gradual and heart-rending downfall
in the wearing out by inches, of a
strong man. Jurgis gets job in the
terrible fertilizer vaults where his head
| nearly splits with the poisonous dust
and the sitting fumes of ammonia.
His father dies from the effects of the
awful speeding up and the Shiny
wet in which he has to work. ankle
deep. Ona. the beautiful, the once
blithe young bride succum.s to the
hateful System" and Jurgis. powerful
man that he is. his strong spirit broken
by the brutality and irresistible power
of the bosses, becomes a great gaunt.
hollow eyed ghost of his former self.
| The story is tale of the gradual
extermination of splendid, virile
European family, ground to death by
System" by pitiless monopoly.
which cares no more or not as much
for its workers than it does for the
carcasses of the animals it converts in
to food. Incidentally the description
of This process is sufficiently revolving
to turn the stomach of the stoutest
beefeater.
Oh! could Jurgis, and Ona, and the
| rest of them, with their fruSality and
their brawn and their love of life ana
work, and joy of a home, have gone
into some rural district to work out
their salvation. what different story
would have been THE JUNGLE. some
other name for the book would have
been necessary. What If they could
have gotten dozen acres, or hve acres
of GOOD land somewhere and bought II
for what they sauandered uselessly for
their house in Packiugtown-they were
turned out and the house resold the
frst month they failed of payment
| what different history woud have
been told by the author
What If the great packing trust. IN
stead of killing men and women. should
,, provide that its employees could i've on
an acre of ground each. or halt acre,
out on the great fertile prairies OF
Illinois, quickly reached from the stock
wards by modern trolley, so that when
they were of necessity. perhaps. iaio
off" for a period of week or SIN
weeks, or on "half time theN "ouiu
have a piece of rich land Whlch .hes
could till and raise enough potatoes ana
corn and hen-s owl ""''h"~" - Keep
them from starving tn death. s"' t'e
hacking trust-Mr Ogden Armour ana
other millionaires and multi-m,ilion-
aires-would make less money
would decrease it's dividends perhans
several per cent, and that Is not 10 os
thou ght of. BY getting the best on, OF
| n man. all there is in him in te"
short wears. this uunamahle Thing can
turn him out and get new blood
is evidently most profitable to 'sneed
man up" to the wreckinE point ahu
then get new men. This process -.
trafTicking in human life. coupled WIN
the abominahle and poisonous adniter,'
tions and nse of diseased antn,'iS
which Mr.. Sinclair describes AZ mrs
hand, enables Mr.. Armour ana WV,
others to make verv satisfactory '"r
centares OF prolific pile up NITROUS
of dividends year.
II Is all very great story. ~
JuNcLr II not a beautiful one. and We
worth the reading. simnlv that
reader NAV learn something about w.
stuf- we eat. and at what cost OF s''
! Sartre ~ ic produced