The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
| GREAT INJUSTICE DONE ID PACKERS Manufacturers Take a Look for
 Themselves LITTLE FAULT TO FIND Some Improvements Could Be Made In Minor Departments, But They
 Not of Especial I'm
 portance.
LITTLE FAULT TO FIND

Chicago, June 1.-The committee of the National Association of Manufacturers, appointed to make an examination of the packing establishments at the Union stockyards, has completed it's work, and will submit it's report to the National as sociation tomorrow. The committee con- sisted of President Van Cleve of St. Louis, president of the National association; David L. Pardy, ex-president of the Na- tional association of Indianapolis, and El- liott Durand of Chicago, vice president for Illinois.
 All are practical business men, and familiar with the general conditions of factory work. They say in their report that with no announcement of intention they presented themselves before the packers and requested to be allowed to make an investigation on their own &C., count. They were given the freedom of the plant singly or collectively with guides, or without, as they might elect.
 Work Was Systematic.
 ''The work of inspection the commit tee says, was not conducted in hap hazard way, but was systematized laid out and followed point by point to final conclusion. pr. Jos. Hughes, president of the Chicago Veterinary college, ac- companied the committee, and the as- sistance of the chief government inspec- tor was invoked. and they rendered val | uable service in the way of expert testi- mony and a detailed description of their part of the work The committee followed the government inspector in their regular routine from start to finish and it is said not carcass escaped their eyes, and if by any carelessness the part of a single individual an animal did escape, 1t would be detected by some one of the three inspectors It was amply demonstrated that if there was a question of doubt re- gardng the ,healthful condition of a car cass. the suspect from that moment passed out of the Jurisdiction of the fac l tory employers, was placed under lock i and key until 1t entered the rendering 1 tank"
 1 The committee learned from the gov l ernment inspectors that 93 per cent of l the stockyard traffic was in fresh meat against which very little complaint has l been entered. the principal charges be- ing against the curing and canning de- partments. The committee did find much to crticise in the way of sanitary con ditions and asked for a conference oi l the principal owners of the large pack l ing houses, which was cheerfully granted l To these reports the committee presented every point of opinion of individual mem. bers.
 Great Injustice Done.
 "In summing up," the committee said l I've decided that a great injustice has been done as well irrepsrable dam age to the greatest industry of the coun try. While many details of a trivial ma ture might be improved upon the gen eral conditions involving sanitary, gen. eral cleanliness and production of whole | some food were far better than tht | average hotel kitchen, or even the kitchen l of a large percentage of private resi- I dences and largely superior to conditions 1 found in large per cent of the smaller markets in city and country.
 'The sanitary conditions of the work. l men in the summer time while not per l feet. were all that could be expected where so many are congregated in clos, proximity.
 None of the factories is conducted as a show plant, but as a plain, every -da } business, where everything possible |, turned to account like all other well conducted business enterprises