Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-07
.,.,I,lr's "The Jungle Given
Boom by RooseveIt's
Message.
WHAT THE AUTHOR CLAIMS
u.i.a Socialist Who Wrote the Book
To cure an Evil and Preach
His Doctrines.

...,,5ent Rooseyelts message IN par
,,.n,ar had on the sales OF Upton SIN
..,ys novel The Jungle"
'' a., question, addressed TO Manager
y. ~, ,bs Deseret News Book Store
r,.,,rday brought the reply that SIN
,ov famous book would soon
''1u' 49, as one Of the heaviest sell
% ,s,,eb It had not yet been IN
"'' -. the list OF the six books
'lul 's ,s,s In the popular demand
W., W., are steadily on the Increase
, ....rsr. and there Is no doubt that the
'O's al, ne given a huge impetus as
'''. mi, II the beef scandals. Mr.
s..r,,lrs book Is the latest instance
~ ~oyel with q mission ana the IKE
y " IL that is mission VIII De ac-
nv, .ii.Hc6 with lightning speed. IN
."i ,.ul distance even Dlckehs
- n,rrit" the publication OF
- - 5i5 so much 70 abolish impris-
VIZ" co. debt in England, or the
INC authors Nicholas Nieklepy,
fau 'll,ned ont the infamous board
Inc schools On Yorkshire
Iss,rciair is not only brilliant writer
-" sbrsVd observer, and he was vel
w hat he could better strike tho
sorglar attention through a work oil
s.ion than by any number OF essays
- he packing house evil. lie Is also
,.op6uured Socialist, and he em-
- eriion as a means OF advancing
y. ,asss on the doctrines Of his party.
~ New York Times recently inter-
,t%s5 Mr.. Sinclair and obtained the
Eaton sinclair, who brought about
~. rrssdent's investigation Of condi-
So,s m packlngtown. Issued state
~sr, Yesterday afternoon, explaining
IA sstsu his attitude toward the Meat
Trust inquiry. ,,.,a Del.
s.,t Roosevelt. he said was 70 PIC
,gre what the workingmen In Packing
,,un believe about the place. how
,.reb M what they believe Is true was
..-,sfbirr 10 be determined by Invest.
,,,oy. President Roosevelt agreed
80 that view. and he sent the IN
ysstgatoIs
i worked with them in every way IN
~ power 20 help them TO get the
an turned over 10 them every
s-,i Of evidence. good OF bad, when
,ss.sssed. and left II 10 them 10 maze
z, ,b,r minds about Il. have not ths
s,g doubt that they rejected sTeat
al q r. Il troubled some OF my
1-srs IN Chicago that they rejected s1
rg.h. but It did not trouble me IN me
ssr because Mr.. Nell had eNplainrI
ma IN advance that he played me
~ N the devils advocate-that ne
ia,,e1 nothing that he was not COM
80 40 believe by absolutely over
-,srQlhg evidence. .,., a..
.Thsti e The sort Of report Whloh lhe
.-',lS wants and the sort Of report
rllsh ana my best 10 get for H.
a an his With the idea that ! was
,.tlrg something which would DO o.
'.,~,ansri service TO the public-"hicA
,6nl8 bs forever afterwatd barrier 70
M crimes and denominations WhieH
knew existed ,,l,
aApy6De may imagine what ! lelt
,bsn / learned in the papers that ne
Beyerdge BIN was 20 be aoceptel -
COMPLETE remedy and the report hela
NJ. said TO myself II the con'!usly'.s
AZ Ne.n and Reynolds could not he sls'
s1 10 The public. then there was noth-
,rs fof il iut TO have the public FORM
h. cRn conclusions, accordingly ] ~
,srd 10 give OUT every shred OF eNidenc'
which / gave o. them, together VITA
an that has come to me since a.,
EVERY time 7 offered evidence ! d'd
81 with ihe understanding that
,ouched only ior the Identity ana qut''
lftsti1Hs % the witness, leaving lhe
commission 90 Judge FOR ITSELF.
Nr Sinclair gave out "A letter ne re-
rsIyed Tuesday n.ght in response 10
telegram sent 90 a friend IN chicago
0a Saturday asking him TO write o9t
;ht experiences u typical s'oeAEdIlA
WOlke.
This man was The hrst man IN Pack
.ngtoUu. with whom ] talked at an lnt'
uatsy," sai1 Mr. Sinclair. He fur'
nished me Ulth a greater part OF TIE
IDEAS Which I have used IN the imas'
mary character o. the hero OF The
jungle He was a grizled old bohe'
mhn Iab0rer.'
The letter says.
u came straight 20 Chicago from
Lithusnis first ! pushed truck iu
Afm0urs then ] worked In the sausage
room. and afterWard ] learned TO be
a cattle butcher NOW ] am a heads.
man-l cut on the heads OF cattle. !
have worked Do Nelson Morris ani
SwftL
When had been six weeks IN Amer
l'a. hight Waterman took me with a
j., % Others 20 be- naturallzed, Ne
went so a bg coach, and had beer. Al !
MAJ time ] Yves one Of Careys IN
dams We helped him on election day,
ald once lAO,ed seven times.
some % that gang stole COWS from |
lne poor people To the yards and butch |
t'ea them 90 an old hut and slaugh- |
'rltl tlem Three men were arrested, /
tid Carey got them out IN half an |
L'lr They had a lot OF dummies on /
le Stree. cleaning pay roll. ana | was
t'tn No names and went and got the /
the'opes and ! got 30 cents out Of
e'.h envelope Now that | am a So
.t''sl do not do that sort OF thing
nv mofe
.Mng' ere very bad on the killing
M. 'lI,1 YOU DO not see an Inspector
80. lh'y kAi a great many cattle
49,. ] have seen them brought IN
- l1fy have special elevators TO
aIs' mem 20 the killing beds. have
~, '.'l eea1 cattle many and many a
4H'se hat are killed al night
-. -, sllpo'ed 90 be put away separate
ra1 loi ihc Inspector. but the dead
80 90 ho, wait They have that an
NJ. la'e seen them pass animals that
~ n.l bate 10 have 10 XII. There
IA ~, Whit lumuv iaw--you have
,5,- '.A 70 and not strike into the
n. 'rlris all over YOU. This is
r...'- With the COWS that We call
,,s. ,ler feed them on distilleiy I
a. 'Q they get full Of boils
&c.,. or Them AZ Nelson Morris.
X,,,,- ,I,tI'on Morris Is a feeder too.
80, MOTHS is the filthlest OF an.
,s,t,, o. next. Swifis IL little
nj, d, U.' hen, they are meanest 10
/, ne h. trouble with these steerlv cattle
or.t,s 'oh hands ana arms are al
ysr =. Nt0 blood and you cannot
,,r,. .pt rolr ewes out and then In
;, 49,. .iile ne flies gei on YOU. and
.vst ,.,. lns down. ana Il hurts.
49, s--I knife slips and YOU cut your
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