The Pensacola journal., 1906-06-05
Bv Associated Fress

Washington. D. c. June 4-The
-r7ort of James Bronson Rey-
-ords and Commissioner Charles Z.
Neil. the committee appointed by the
r-esfdent TO investigate into the con
5-sons in the stock yards Of Chicago,
WAS submitted to Congress by Pres
dent Roosevelt to-day. The report Is
complete. going into the meat pack
,ng industry in all its details.
After reciting the conditions Of the
-s-ds. buildings, etc, at the stock
Yards the report takes up the treat
ment of meats and prepared food
PRODUCTS and in this connection says;
An absence Of cleanliness was also
sound everywhere in the handling OF
neat being prepared for the various
nest-food products. After killing
csrcasses are well washed, and up to
he time they reach the cooling room
are handled in a fairly sanitary and
Jeanly manner. The parts that
leave the cooling room for treatment
in bulk are also handled with regard
IN cleanliness. but the parts that are
sent from the cooling room 10 those
dena~mpnts of the packing houses IN
which various forms OF meat products
a-a pranared are han lied with no re-
gard whatever for cleanliness. In
some of the largest establishments
SIDES that are sent to what is known
rs The boning room are thrown in
bran upon the floor. The workers
climb over these heaps Of meat, Sc
leCr the pieces they wish, and ne
Cuently throw them down upon ire
dsrry floor beside their working
lerch. Even in cutting the meat up
Oh the bench. the work is usually
held pressed against their aprons,
and these aprons were. as a rule, In
daScribably filthy. They were made.
IN most cases Of leather or Of rOugn
SaCking and bore long accumulated
grease and dirt In only a few cases
were suitable OilclOth aprons worn.
Moreover. men were seen to climb from
The floor and stand. with shoes dirty
with the refuse Of the floors, on he
tables upon which the meat was han
died They were seen at the luncn
hour sitting on the tables on the spot
on which the meat product was nan
died. and all this under the very eye
OF the superintendent Of the room,
showing that this was the common
Practice.
Acme Of Nastine3s.
Meat scraps were also found being
shoveled into receptacles from dirty
floors where they were left to lie I'M
q. again shOveled into barrels or IN
10 machines for chopping. These
aoors, il must be noted, were in most
CEes damp and sOggy, in dark. Ill
ventilated rooms. and the employees
q utter ignorance Of cleanliness or
Danger TO health expectOTated at will
upon them. IL a word. we saw meat
E10velad from filthy wooden floors,
Piled on tables rarely washed. push
ed from room 10 room in rotten box
cars in all Of which processes II was
r. he way of gathering dirt, splinteIs,
floor filth. and the eXpeCtOration o.
iubarCulOus and other diseases from
T0-Sers. Where comment was made
N floor superintendents about these
matters. il was always the reply that
tlS meat would afterwards be cook
e. and that this sterilization would
1-event any danger from its use-Even
t'is. it may be pointed out in pass
Ig is not wholly true. A very con-
Siderable portion Of the meat so han
d.ed is sent out as smoked products
an5 in the form Of sausages. which
are prepared 70 be eaten without be
ne cooked
A particularly glaring instance Of
C1cleanliness was found in a room
naere the best grade Of sausage was
te.ng prepared for export. II was
made from carefully selected meats,
1hd was being prepared to be eaten
tncOoke5. In this case the employee
crtsd the chopped-up meat across a
nom in a barrow. the handles of
which were filthy with grease. The
neat was then thrown out upon
1ales. and the employee climbed up
an ths table handled the meat with
rs unwashed hands. knelt with mis-
s-ty apron and trousers in contact
VIII the meat he was spreading out
a'i, after he had finished his opera
Ton, sSs'n took hold Of the dirty han
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