The Forrest City times., 1906-06-08


 charge that this was to he ground Up and used in making "potted ham ! All of these canned products bear l labels. of which the following Is sample:
 "AEBATOR NO. -. The contents oe | this package have been inspected ae- cording to the act of Congress oe . March :, 1891. Quality guaranteed ! Deception in Government Label. The phraseology of these labels Is wholly unwafranted. The government inspectors pass only upon the health fitness os the animal at the time of killing They know nothing of the processes through which the meat has passed since this inspection. They do not know what else may have been placed in the cans in addition to lin spected meat" As a matter of fact, i they know nothing about the con- tents" of the can upon which the pack CTS places these labels-do not even know that it contains what it pur- ports 10 contain. The legend Quality Guaranteed immediately following
 
 spection is wholly uniustifable. It de- ceives and is plainly designed to de- ceiye the average purchaser. who nat urally infers from the label that the government guarantees the contents of the can to be what it purports to be-
 In another establishment piles of
 .l.. i It,, admittedly several years old. were found. which the superintendent stat ed to us would be tanked an1 convert cd into grease. The disposition to be made of this was wholly optional with the superintendents or representatives of the packers,as the government does not concern itself with the disposition of meats after they have passed is. snection on the killing floor. It might be all treated with chemicals mixed with other meats, turned out in any form of meat product desired. and yet the packages or receptacles in which it was to be shipped out to the public would be marked with label that their contents had been government inspected It is not alleged here that such use was to be klade of this stuff. The ease is pointed out as one show ing the glaring opportunity for the misuse of label bearing tte name and the implied guaranty of tie Unit ed States government
 Another instance of abuse in the use of the labels came to our notice. In two different establishments great stocks of old canned goods were being put through a washing process to re- move the old labels. They were then subjected 10 sufficient heat to "liyen Up tke contents-to use the phrase of the room superintendent. After this, fresh labels. with the government name on them. were 10 be placed upon the cans and they were to be sent out bearing all the evidence of being a freshly put up product. In one of these instances, by the admission of the sa. pe.intendent, the stock thus being re- labeled was over two years old. In the ether case the superintendent evadei statement of how old the goods were.
 How the EmpIoyes Are Treated
 The lack of consideration for tho health and comfort of the laborers in the Chicago stockyards seems to be a direct consequence of the system of administration that prevails. The va rlous departments are under the direct control of superintendents who claim to use full authority in dealing with the employees and who seem to ignore all considerations except those of the account book Under this system proper care of the products and of the health and comfort of the employees is impossible, and the consumer suffers In consequence The unsanitary con dltions in which the laborers work and the feverish pace which they are forced to maintain inevitably affect thelr health. Physicians state that tu. eerculosis is disproportionately prevail ent In the stoekyards. and the victims eI this disease eXpectorate on the sponey wooden floors of the dark "oFkrooms, from which falling scraps of meat are later shoveled up to be converted into food products.
 Even the ordinary decencies of life are completely igno.-d In practically all cases the doors of the toilet rooms open directly into the working rooms. Rest rooms, where tired women work. CTS might go for short rest were found as rare exceptions. and in some establishments women are even placed Tn charge of toilet rooms chiefly for tEe purpose it was stated. to see that the girls did not absent themselves too long from their work under the ex. euse of visiting them. In some in. stances what was called a rest room was simply one end of the toilet rooms partitioned off by six-foot partition rom the remaining inclosure. few girls were found using this, not only as rest room, but as the only avail. able place in which to eat their lunch. cen.
 A suggestion has been made by tho ltah board of education to ask the