Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-07

hundred and sixty inspectors employed
in Chicago alone. Under the new reg
ulations, which have just been pro-
mulgated about a hundred additional
men Vic be required and these men
viii be charged with the duty OF eN-
aiming every piece Of meat which
goes into the sausage machine or into
The can and each package OF sausage
and each can Of meat or any food pro-
duct whether Drawn, extract, soup or
whatever II may be termed must bear
a government label showing that It
has been inspected and passed and
thereby guaranteeing It's wholesome
ness.
CLEAN AND SANITARY.
It is a trite saying that where there
Is smoke there must be fire. There was
undoubtedly some basis, In some Of the
packing plants at least, FOR the sensa,
tional statements that were made con.
corning the conditions IN the Chicago
packlughOuscs but that the horrors
were depicted In Colors q hundred times
more somDer than occasion demanded
Is equally tue, Whatever the sanitary
conditions might have been three
months ago Il is certain that today the
packinghouses are as clean and sani-
tary IA every particular az II Is possible
TO make them. The lavat0ries and clos
cts and IN fact the whole plumbing is
% the most modern and up-tO-date con-
struCtlon. The walls and ceilings OF
all the rooms are as clean as white
wash and paint viii make them. Wher-
ever Il has been possible TO do 30 CO.
mont aud a.f.lfaNt Iaes. l..art tsaFffffaI
for boards on the floors and zlnc-lincd
carts are IN evidence everywhere. But
wooden vehicles are OF course used ~
many parts of the establishments for
carrying out liyers. hides aud ofal, ami
these carts are not attractive to look
upon nor can they be. As TO The APP
peagance OF the employees themselves,
the uniform Of the pig sticker II blood
stained within 10 minutes after he be-
gins his daily labor. and the man who
slaughtCrs the OK does not wear a tux
edo coat But the girls in all the saus-
age rooms and IN the canning DEPART
ment 81 every establishment are decked
out H. white aprons over gingham
dresses. which are washed every day IN
hundrios supplied for tho purpose. The
same care IL taken OF the clothing OF
the men In these departments, and on
the whole Il would be difficult TO sug-
gest whore changes for the better IN
the way of cleanliness could be made.
Even The floors In these rooms are
sprinkled with salt each morning In or
der 10 prevent the decomposition Of
any particles OF meat which may fall
upon them.
During the past four weeks repre-
sentatiyes OF many foreign govern
ments have made official inspections OF
the Chicago plants.
Liout-Col. Hobbs 81 the British army
was commissioned by his government
10 examine. for the subsistence depart.
ment OF the British army. the existing
conditions IN the Chicago packing
houses Mr.. Jocbsen was there on a
Ike mission from Norway. The Jap
anese consul stationed I'm Chicago and
u fact the entire consular body there
has been engaged IN similar lnyesti-
CATION and without exception these Of
fcials have reported 20 their respective
governments that American meat food
products are wholesome. sound, health
ful and packed under sanitary c0ndi-
tons which make them IN every respect
desirable The Big Six which really
consists OF seven firms namely. Morris
q Company. the oldest in The business.
Swift 4 Company, Armour & Company,
Swartschild a Sulsberger. the Cudahy
Company mot represented m Chicago
the National Packing Company and
Lbbey Mcneil a Libbey do q per
cent OF the slaugltering and packing
business ia the United States Every
one OF these firms, with the exception
of Swift d Company. who can no goods.
has suffered falling of u from IS
90 80 per cent In It's foreign trade dur.
Ing the past three months. Few OF
Them arc packing any canned goods to-
day except 10 OIL contracts and each
and every one OF them 10 anxious that
the meat Inspection Law shall be put
INTO prompt operation everywhere be-
cause they realize that under federal
guarantee only can they expect a resto-
ration Of their trade. Millions OF cans
OF meat and meat food products are
now on the shelves Of the jobbers, the
wholesalers and the retailers through
out the world which are unstable. But
Just 50 soon after the first Of October
as the new Law is put into complete
operation Sccy Wilson viii, through
tne state department. invite foreign
governments 10 send experts 70 examine /
TIE packing plants working under gov.
eminent inspection and the secretary
expects that the result viii be reports I
which VIII restore confidence In Amerl.
can meat food products.
SENSATIONAL STORIES
Nothing was ever written In the fo,r, /
Of novel or newspaper srticis vhi,b .
eyed dld a tenth OF The damage :" = /
great Industry which the scnsstio,.t
tloiies regarding the condition alleged /
70 pave existed IN 'Packngtown' has .
zone. One extract from q letter re- /
.eiNed from London recently shows I
uls' me writer ~ gentleman lp I
y'ote touCh with the commercial ar .
Ialrs Of me British metropolis Com.
lHenung upon the enect Of the meat .
soare IN MS country he says: Al the 1
present moment 1t IA a good deal Ike
Nheh we iunny man at the boarding
Ho9te table tells the story Of the dog
ana the sausage. The story has been
,oid 50 wen that everybody over here
h IN a nauseated condition ana thew
are hghung shy Of all forms of me.
served foods, especially On TN ana this
applies 70 practically everythirg
whether u Is flesh, hsh fowl on frnI,
ana practically without DISCRIMINATION
as to whether the contents of ne t,n
are American. English. Canadian, Ans
ralian or Argentine" '1'-
secretary Wilson Is Jus, as deep,v
interested IN the restoration of Amer.
lean meat Inspection law. lie dseiares
emphatioally that no government an
earth has more rigid Regulations IN IN.
sure ne purity q meat food products
man lne United States and ne pronosss
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