The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-09

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lyi wa basel upOt facts when oeple ll.
der bic tetegnal OhrrvatlOn m wv npus
which he visitel lls hld' rs s1lu I5ln"
unclear clo-et and declHre lNtt, no ehott
/ apparently, was made 20 etcufiraSe olean :
heNs among the men " We- lelletlH
clear W his report that he fitloiNnFhppi,eN
altnost entirely tn The process ~ ciIn'lh
Snd preserving ~ meats, eNceps w w
Rs Ne would CfHictse the Rrfefh +l"i,lo'T
~ sanitation and the. stfI|ulpV lne ul'ti-
inRs lie said h. h!d. NJ tTittP!sm '" m'Ne
~ The condition ~ fresh fneatH ~ 'r ~
hla g~beervntl0n went - 49,,
no ypu feau the Juuste urlur.
went 10 Chicago "a make this in-r"ch"nf
asked VIZ. Wadswor,h.
lid, replied ~. Reyhods.
DO YOU not tlink this report, Ot youte
mas had a certifying ene0t upoh WE hynv1pl
OF the oountry-urOn the meat coheulnpIs >
thihh " has pesn ahen very ssuy III.
Don't you think the Language OF ine
jungle had the same effect upon you 'nh,
the language Of your report had upon the
average :. aytnanr, .
i viii say this said Rsyn0idS NAV uhe
Information which came To ". IrOul MI.
Sinclair and HE agents was information
which we were not b TO, suo@tlntlats.
and we did not Use any OF tbs stlts'nehts
coming from that source
In conclusion MIR. REYNOLDS sala tnai nle
criticisms applied entirely to the p9ekine
departments except as 70 inc genera Sah'-
itary conditions Of the buildings.
Mr.. Scott Of Kansas at the conclusion
OF Mr.. Reynolds's statement sought 70
shut of further argument az 70 genera,
conditions in the packing houses. Several
members protested and Chairman Wads-
worth said that Representative Wharton,
the member Of Congress who repre- sents the
packing house district, ought 10 be hearu.
Mr.. Wharton said he wanted TO resent
Mr.: Neilfs commsnt upon the mora COT I1s
ditions in the packing houses. Ihe girls
were not the best educated, not OF the mist
families, but they would compare faVoraoiy
with any class Of working girls anywhere
In the country.
Mr.. Wharton said he had been employed
in the packinahouses and knew the condi-
lions here. He had been a worker IN what
was known as hog house No. 2. He had
worked as q trucker and came INTO oontso
wit h all parts Of the est Adjustment. FROM
his personal observat ions he knew mar tIS
conditions of fit h and uncleanliness and
moral degenerat ion as described did not
exist. There might he isolated instances
where things were not exactly as they
should be, but rs a general thing ~condtiohs
were as clean and wholesome az IN the
average rest aurant hotel or home Kitchen;
That there were offensive odors was natural
one ought not TO expect to find a rosepeo
In a slaught ering house. He denied that
The employees were fit ny or uncleanly IN
their habits; II they were they were ois-
charged.
The report he said, had conveyed ne I'M
Preston that everyt hing Wmch went OUT
from the packing houses was unclean and
UNIV holesome. He denied it and challenged
an examination Of the condltions ny tne
committee. He emphasized his OPINION
that Mr.. Neill and Mr.. Reynolds had not
treated the matter fairly. he woulo NOT
say they had done 50 intentionally, put
nevert heless they had been UNFAIR aho 'hey
had created a wrong IMPRESSION. ~
Mr.. C~rumpacker OF INDIANA loHo"eo
Mr.. Wharton and created a sensation IN
the committee by declaring u as ms oplnion
that the whole plan OF Federal lnspecton
contemplated by the committee was uh,
constitutional, ana thal tne couI.s nao
Kansas City packer had bnoed an Inspector;
An indictment tollowed, anal was quasheo
by the court on the ground that the power
OF Congress In the premises olq nov DELL
until the product entefed mo Y .a
commerce, and that as the reoeral Low
49, -,
no offence had peer committeu Then AN
inspector was brloeo. ne quoeeu nDelany
from our decisions to snow the pInce
power of the States and the ack OF reaerai
authority to regulate any man9iactureo
product until 1t Is actually onereo ,os ''aI Hs
rortation into interstate conliheloe, ~ he
argued that all OF the provisions oil the
Bsveridge amendment are lnyahd.
DO you think that the feaera, mea.
inspection which has e on the statute
books for fourteen years is invalid?' asked
Mr.. Adams. -
Mr., Cnimpacker-t ~ SO lar as ihspeG-
ton is concerned until the product Is
offered for interstate In SO
far as the inspection OF meats IN tne
Strengthening is concerned hold lhae on
gress has absolutely no authority me
question OF the intention to pace tnese
products IN lh.ers'ate - Iii 70 az Iii
enter into the subject at al. IL tne oin
becomes a law there rs not a packe VINO rs
not ADVISED OF US hini's tnr - 30
can obey its PROVISIONS II they want q, os
ignore them, but II they oo ishoIe mem
fhAra ia NO ygQy theV MAY Dc DIOCGCulE0