Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-06

partly because the stranger feels he ought
to get a glimpse into one of the most
striking American industries, is made as
nearly enjoyable as courtesy and ingenuity
can make It.
First upon entering the street bordering
the great brick buildings of the plant, the
visitor inquiries of a passerby as to the
path into the superintendent Office. OF
course, he thinks. a pass will be needed.
Possibly diplomacy must be used to secure
the permit to look into the place. without
trouble he locates the office. To his sur
prise he is greeted therein with cordiality
approaching enthusiasm.
No Passes. No Red Tape.
Would you like TO go through" says a
clerk.
"If I could
"oh, certainly, certainly Just walk
down that way'-pointlng along a boarded
alleyway outside-"and enter the last door
on your left You will find the guides
there"
Following the directions, the sightseer
finds himself in another office, a sort of bu-
reau OF information. Pass? No. Nobody
seems to have heard of such a thing. A
man in a blue uniform, with brass buttons,
sits behind a desk: that is, he has been
sitting, but he is on his feet the instant
the stranger enters.
Pray, have a seat" he urges, indicating
a row of chairs. I'm get guide at once"
He withdraws a moment. On returning
he says:
''Will you be good enough to wait just
few minutes? The guides are all busy this
minute, but one will be along soon. Mean
while"
He presses a button and a flood Of cleo
trio light is thrown into an adjoining room.
Meanwhile" he continues, you might
end it interesting to view our refined
products. In that room are samples of
the things we make"
The visitor goes into the sample cham
Der, which looks like a small grocery store,
with it's glass cases full of labeled bottles
and jars and cans, and its tables piled with
refined odds and ends out of and or of
the beef or sheep or pig. In the bottles
are extracts Of beef drugs made from in
ternal organs of the slaughtered animals.
compressed food pellets that are described
as containing nourishment enough to keep
a man alive for days liquid soaps salable
at fancy prices, perfumeries as delicate as
those pressed from fresh flowers-the list
of bottled products is interminable. The
Jars have their jelylike mixtures for food
or medicine. The cases are filled with
Clipped beef and the like. The odds and
ends include knife handles made of bone,
toothbrush handles of the same material,
buttons of all sizes and designs, horns
J turned into nose-produeing toys or real
musical instruments, and many other
! small articles. of which one never has
thought as products of a slaughter house.
The old Joke of the Pigs squeaI.
Yes" says the man in the uniform, re-
peating what he has said every day of his
official life, yes, we don't waste any
thing"
Then he perpetrates his standard Joke
You know" he gurgles, they say that
when pig goes through a packing house
every bit Of him is used except his squeal.
And there's some talk of havin' that bot
tied and used instead o. hand organ music
in the eastern cities"
! 1t takes only a few minutes to complete
the inspection Of the sample room, and by
the time It is over the guide has appeared
| The guide, under the new system, is a
small boy. Il or Is years old. or even
! younger. The management has found that
II can teach them to be good teachers. and
they are blessed with an ability to keep uI
their spirits and endure the monotony OF
/
This way" calls the boy and the Wis
itor starts out, having first confronted a
sign reading. mo guide or employe il
permitted to receive tips or fees"
The trip begins with long walk between
high walls. along eobble paved roadways
The boy is skirting the different buildings
leading the way to the one that Is farthest
away from the plants entrance. II de.
velops that the system provides for the
visitors starting on his tour at the remote
end, so that he will be at the street dool
when the sights are all passed.
At last, the boy darts into q door, sig
nails to big freight elevator, and leads
the guest thereby TO an upper floor. From
that point It Is dificult TO keep track Of
| directions or distances, so various are tn,
turns and curves; but one soon discover
that he is following a fixed path. whereir
nobody ever meets him. since all who US,
II go the same way.
us this road specially for visitorsH'' h,
inquiries.
Yes" replies the guide. "A year o.
two ago we had 70 take strangers RICH
through the pens, but the boss has hat
this walk-way laid out 90 that they car
see everything without getting close TO tn
pens"
| the WalkWay, IN passing through IN
rooms where the animals are killed, is lik
a sort OF elevated road, a vladuct allow
the blood-soaked floors. The visitor cal
see and smell, but he does not, as IN mos
Of the plants OF Omaha ana Chicago. I'M
himself forced 10 ruin his clothing or q
wade through blood. Besides, II he find
any sight too revolting he can always sc
past that point In fact, the path is .
laid out that every part OF II Is eonven