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The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13

| The president announced that he
complaints have been made in the
packing houses changed as promptly
as possible, that the buildings should
be remOdeled in order to obtain better
ventilation and more light, that ample
| toilet facilities should be provided for
employees far enough removed from
the rooms in which meat was prepared
| for food to prevent contamination and
that there should be lavatOries to in
sure personal cleanliness.
The president stated he had not re-
| ceived as yet the official report of
Messrs. Neil and Reynolds, but a de-
| scriptiOn of the conditions which have
| been given him by those men confirmed
| the offensive charges contained in the
article printed by the London Lancet.
No Slaughter Houses.-The Lancet
| declares there were no slaughter hOus-
es in Chicago; that the industry was
handled in factories, which were badly
lighted, unsanitary, unclean, and dis
lease breeding conditions were far
worse than those which existed at
points i'm Europe where there is not
by any means as much wealth as i'm
Chicago.
The Lancet referred to the fact that
condemned carcasses were disposed of
on the same floor and in close prOX-
wholesome.
1t described the filthy condition of
the floors, upon which the men ex-
perforated, and along which the meat
was dragged. AS considerable tuber-
culOsis has prevailed among the en-
plOyees. there was grave danger that
the meat, and in this way consumption
would be spread, not only over the
United States, but to England and
other countries.
The Lancet also stated that many
employees work i'm Overheated and
damp atmosphere and others in chilly
and cold storage rooms, with the result
that tuberculosis, diseases of the
respiratory organs, rheumatism and
heart diseases had developed.
''If it were not for the interests Of
the stockmen,' said the president, "and
it's danger that their interests might
be detrimentaHy affected by any ac-
ton | might take, | would take drastic |
measures Immediately and compel the
packers to make the necessary Sani- |
tary changes i'm their establishments |
Worse Than EXpected.-HCondit !
are bad, worse than 1 had thought |
They have not made an effort to |
amelOrate conditions. l know this |
agitation is hurting the export buSi- |
ness, but l do not want to do anything |
hastily that will injure the innocent |
This is the only reason why 1 hesi- |
tate to give the matter the widest pub
licity.'
The president urged that if the |
packers were sincere they would join |
forces with the administration in Sc
curing the passage of the Beveridge
bill providing for the federal regula-
ton of the meat business
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13

saw one of the trusts employees
dOctOring spoiled hams in a cellar in
one of the packing houses. He had a
great number of hams on a big table.
The stencil that arose from them was
OverpOwering.
To Take Away Odor-The man was
working pump with one foot At
tached to the pump was a tube, on
the end of which was a big hollow
needle. He would jab the needle into
a ham and then pump it full of a
chemictl to take away the dreadful
OdOr
a few days ago L sent to the presi-
dent several advertisements and cir
culars in which dealers in packers
supplies laud the virtues of their
wares.
One firm guaranteed that it's patent
preventative will take away the OdOr
from spoiled meat, no matter how
advanced its stage of mOldiness or
putirificatiOn.
Dyes and cOlOring matter which give
to sausages the smoke color of COM
merce and bring back tainted meat to
its natural color and hue, are openly
advertised.
There is stuff called "bull meat
powder" and zero preservative," to-
gether with many other patented
preparations, accompanied by elabOr-
ate directions for their use. Most of
these are to be ground up with sausage
meat and timed hamburger steak.
Undertakers' Outfits.-''Every sup
ply house advertises fluids to be rub
bed over the surface of meat to take
away bad OdOrs. BOraX, formalde
hyde, salycilic acid and all the other
things found in the undertaker's outfit
are exploited in the advertisement
Dealers in smoke cOlOrs explain i'm
their circulars that the use of these
-varniSheS, and that is what they are
called in the circulars, give to Sausages
and save the loss in weight that is
sustained when they are put up in the
SmOkehOuse.
II have friend who has perfected
a process for deOdOriZing ham that has
spoiled around the bone during the
smoke process. He is employed by
the trust, and his method is to remove
the bone from these spoiled hams.
which are known to the trade as No.
) grade, and thrust in white hot iron.
This sweetens the meat. and the hams
go out Of the place labeled No. 1 grade
ham.
Hams of Old Hogs Skinned hams.
which are supposed to be a special
product, are only the hams of old hogs
with skin so thick and tough that no
body will buy them. The skin is re-
moved and ground up with spices and
potatoes, and called head cheese. One
of the trade circulars which l sent to
Mr.. Roosevelt contained this receipt
for head cheese:
twenty pounds of potato flour, so
pounds hog rind, one pound boraX;
spices to flavor
Here is an affidavit taken before AL |
fred III. Jennings, notary who can
fin fe.1, 4l,a
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13

My attention was at once called to
| establishment and canned there.
Many of these cattle were so ENACT
ated as to just be able to drag them
| selves along.
1 have seen sausages hung in watts
to be died red. AS a result of what
l saw in packing town, L have never
since eaten canned meat Or sausages,
except that which / knew was not
made in large packing establishments.
Chicago newspapers were surprised
when L told of men falling into lard
tanks and being rendered into lard.
l personally have seen tanks with
openings six feet across the top, al
most on a level with the floor, and
the room full of steam. When the
presidents commissioners first came to
Chicago, they were told stories of men
falling into these tanks, but they re
fused to believe until they had fuller
evidence.
There is no such thing as stopping
a sausage machine when one of the
operators loses a finger, or even a
hand. The member goes in human
flesh and comes out sausage. Incl
dents of this kind are so common that
they cause not the slightest comment
The operators are uncleanly and many
of them afflicted with tuberculosis.
In addition to this, read the follow
ing dispatch, is not the evidence con-
elusive and overwhelming?
Washington, May 25.-A1l that has
been said i'm the London Lancet and
the novel ''The Jungles." regarding
the deplOrable conditions i'm the Chica-
go packing houses and stOckyards
seems to be true, according to informal
that has been made at the instigation
of President Roosevelt
The president today practically ad-
mitted as much during an interview
he had with William E. Skinner and
w. l.. Carlisle, representing the live
stock interests of the country, and
Representative Madden, of Chicago,
Cox, of New York. and Brooks, of
Colorado.
These men, realizing the result of
the investigation, are here to forestall
the report of the Roosevelt commission
and to prevent its being published.
1t is claimed that its publication
would be disastrous to the live stock
interests and would ruin the American
industry abroad.
The investigation into the Chicago
stOckyards and packing houses was
made by Labor Commissioner Neill
and Special Commissioner Reynolds.
Conditions are Appalling con-
ditiOns they found there are appalling
and would turn the stomach of a meat
eater if the report should ever be pub
liShed.
Through the delegation that is en-
deavOring to fOrestall the report of the
investigation the packers have promis-
ed to make radical changes that will
provide for better sanitation and
cleanliness
After the exploitation of the ''em-
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13

\ frightened or uncomfortable cow
will give poor milk.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-06

bred stock to the point where it is
really worthy of extensive public no
tice is a life work We rarely see it
accomplished i'm less time. The prob
lens of mating and breedinfi are eX-
tremely intricate and are continuously
revealing some disappointment, or
some evidence of the lack of reliability
of rules which were heretofore sup
posed to be reliable guiding marks.
In consequence of this, it is the good
part of one mans lifetime to achieve
what is looked upon by the world
as success. and there should be one
who has been so trained and inter
eSted as to have leanred the lessons
of the many years spent, and thus per-
founder and builder of a notable herd.
In instances aside from this we do
not think it important whether the
boy remains upon the farm, or
whether he turns to other warls of
life. Everyone must work out his
own success, and he should therefore
be permitted to work out that sue
cess along the line that is most agree
able to him. There will be men, plenty
of them. to take up the plow handles
and till the soil as it should be TILED
The trend of the present day move
ment of people who are changing vO-
cations is toward the farm Men who
have spent long hours in close office
rooms and have become broken in
health because of lack of fresh, pure
air, are returning to the farm, and are
being successful. 1t all seems to us
that one may be successful anywhere
if he sets forth the best effort that he
has within him to do and to learn. To
feel that the extreme top of the ladder
is not surmounteed by mortal man
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-06
Cherries $244 A Pound.

The first box of California cherries
of the season arrived in New York
city last Tuesday, and was put up
at auction. There Were 800 fruit
dealers present. The auctiOneer an
nOunced that the box had been do
Eated by the shipper for the benefit
of the San Francisco fire and earth
quake sufferers. Then he reached
down and held up one cherry How
much for this one cherry" cried he
The bidding was lively and the first
cherry was knocked down for $1O5.
One at Il time they went until the
ten-pound box was gone. When the
total was figured up there was 81
40 to the good. 1t is safe bet
that cherries never before sold for
$244 Il pound. Those New York fruit
men know how to do things hand
sOmely.-The Citrograph
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-06

that there is always more to do and
more to learn. Our boys of farm
training are daily working themselves
into the affairs of the commercial
world. The brain and Drawn devel-
Oped in youthful days spent upon the
farm have given them many PAGES
the lead of the boy who has been
brought UP under the much less IA
vOrable conditions of the city They
are men of endurance, and if we can
teach them the fundamentals of men
tai. moral and commercial success,
there are no boys in the land better
fitted to cope with any honorable vO-
cation in life. whether it be upon the
farm or in the city.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-06

beast and seeing it ultimately grow in
to something of value is Il lesson in
itself of what may be done. and what
should be done in achieving success
with stock.
1t appears to us that interesting the
farm boy i'm things of the farm is only
important as it develops the boy along
lines which eliminate in success
the boy should remain upon the farm
as that he should be successful in
some walk of life. Let every man
pursue that vocation in life which is
most agreeable to him, and out of
which will come the best success. The
fact that there is a continual cry that
the boy be kept upon the farm. comes
out of the numerous failures of boys
who leave the farm. The boys who
leave the farm and fail to find sue
cess elsewhere, are the boys who have
never been taught to develop. as a
result of their own labor, something
of material worth to Il point of pecu-
MARY value. The giving of a heifer to
the boy is one way of interesting him
in executing one of the duties which
later form Il part of his business ed
ucatiOn. He is taught by the trans
factions which develop out of the
handling of this animal, the applica-
tiOn of good effort and good judgment
in cOnsummating final successful re-
suits. All of this is good, and we think
that it is the proper way of building
the boy for future success. At the
same time it is building in him a
love for the farm and stock. and this
goes Il great way in mOlding the fu-
ture vocation of the boy.
There is one instance in which we
regret heartily to see the boy leave
the farm. This is as regards the leav-
ing of a herd of pure bred stock. We
have recurrent example of the disper-
sion of entire herds of pure bred stocq
because of the lack of competent
and willing one to take up the thread
where the founder of the herd left off
The building up of a herd of pure
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-06
Arousing Interest of Farm Boys.


live stock branch of farming. IN
fortunately but few of our readers are
engaged in that business. Still it is
possible to give the boy an interest in
the business whatever it is. If pos
sible give him some poultry, or if it
is not convenient to keep them on ac-
count of interfering with fruit grow
ing, etc. then give him a little patch
of land and let him grow the same
crop that you do. But whatever you
do. deal as honestly by him as you
would with an entire stranger. Do
not give him anything and then when
it is sold put the proceeds in your own
pOcketa.
As the writer was engaged in trip
into neighbOring state recently, the
principal mission being to visit some
herds of pure bred stock. two in
stances of interesting the boy on the
farm were brought very fOrcibly to
our notice And let us add here that
what we shall say of these instances,
may be applied with equal weight in
general application of the condition.
except that the incentive where pure
bred stock is the feature invOlced, is
the greater.
In each of the instances alluded to
in the above paragraph, the father
had given the son a heifer. Both of
the men were breeders of pure bred
stock and they figured the results
from similar view point. 1t was this:
Let the boy on the farm have a NIL
terial interest in the things of the
farm-let him do something and have
an interest in doing it to the extent
that he knows he can do it. and you
have done much toward develOpinng in
him Il desire to do something that is
material. which means ultimately that
he will achieve success in the business
world.
OF course the instances wherein the
father gave their cons the heifers,
brought this s,lbpect forcibly to our
observation. Here We're two boys,
each less Than a dozen years old, who
had made a material start toward
achieving something in the world But
this is small matter in comparison
to the interest aroused in those boys
by the owning of a heifer that was
their very own. Here were these two
boys. head over heels in interest in
their fathers business. They We're
right out amongst the stock. feeding
and caring for the animals, and learn
ing the breeding of each individual
Indeed, it is of interest to note that
each of these boys were ieft to make
their own selection of the animal that
they wanted out of herds of about
sixty head each, and they didn't miss
it very far from getting about the
best individuals in the herd. They
paid for the heifers oaut of money
made and saved in various ways about
the farm. and we doubt not that it was
only because of a little lack of funds,
that they did not secure the veryp best
individuals i'm the herds.
1t occurs to us that it is going to
be very difficult task to arouse an
interest in the boy for farm work and
for caring for stock unless there is a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-24
EPITOME OF DOINGS IN
CONGRESS YESTERDAY

Washington, d. c., May 24.-Follow-
ing is a brief resume taken from the
official records of yesterdays proceed
ings in both houses of congress.
SENATE-Half dozen bills to which
no objection was made We're passed, af-
ter which the senate devoted the re-
mainder of the day to the immigration
bill. consisting of Il series of amend
ments to the existing law designed TO
bring about better distribution of the
immi grants throughout the country.
After long discussion the bill was pass
ed. AT $40 p. IN. adjournment until
today was taken.
HOUSE-RePublican and democratic
leaders clashed in the house clearly de-
fning the issues of the next campaign
The fireworks began when the session
opened Mr.. Williams demanding roll
call on the motion to go into executive
session for further consideration or the
diplomatic and consular service bill.
This he failed to get. Charles B. Lam
dis of Indiana made "standpat' speech
on the tariff, and Mr.. Williams replied
to him. Mr.. Longworth spoke. advo-
eating the ownership by the government
of the legations abroad. Adjournment
until today was taken at $50 p. IN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-24
OPEN WARFARE RESULT OF ATTEMPT
TO REOPEN OHIO MINES WITH "SCABS'

Smithfield. Ohio. May 24.-War in
the eastern Ohio coal fields is on AT
ter a night of almost constant firing in
the hills. the Plum Run mine opened
this morning for the first time in seven
weeks.
NonuniOn miners. 125 strong. march.
ed down the hill toward the pits under
heavy guard. They were greeted by
a fusillade of bullets from the bushes,
but no one was hurt.
If there is to be an actual battle. il
will scarcely be before night when the
nonunion men leave the mine. All
preparations are being made for active
hostilities.
Columbus. Ohm. May 24.-An effort
to bring about settlement of the min
ing controversy in Ohio at a confer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-24
Statement BY Gov. DENEEN UPHOLDS PRIMARY LAW

be noticed, therefore. that in counties
other than Cook. a voter had no direct
influence in the selection of delegates
to conventions at which law-making of
ficialS were nominated
Ii provided also for a vote on United
States senator, governor. congressman
state senators and state representa-
tives tbut one of whom should come
from the same county, where there
were three or more counties in a dis.
tricD. The ballots were TO be printed
and circulated by private parties at pri-
vate expense and could be marked out
side the polling places
Not Uniform.
The supreme court. on April 5, 1906,
declared this law unconstitutional. be-
cause the law was not uniform in its
application. The governor. thereupon,
on the same day, called the general as
sembly in extra session to convene on
April TO- 1906. He realized that the
conditions remained after the law was
annulled and that it would be extreme
ly difficult to get a uniform law through
the general assembly to meet such diff
ferent conditions. He thought that
such an attempt would fail in the reg
ular session unless everything else was
sacrificed for it, The governor. realiz-
ing the conditions and difficulties to be
enacted should embody at least these
provisions:
Provisions requiring each political
party to hold its primaries in very
county and township in the state on
the same day; that the day and hours
shall be fixed in the statutes; and
judges and clerks therefor shall be ap-
pointed by the judges of the county
court; that the names of all candidates
for offices shall be printed on the bal
lot. with squares in front of each, thus
giving TO the voter an opportunity to
designate his choice. In short, that
primaries shall be held under the safe
guards which surround regular cleo
tiOnS"
What liz Provided Fer.
The law enacted at the extra session
provides for
(a). A uniform date for all party
primaries Aug. for this year,.
(b). The hours for primaries to be
the same as those for regular cleo
tions.
(c). The judges and clerks therefor
shall be the regularly constituted
judges and clerks for general elections.
Id. That the place for holding pri-
mary elections shall be the regularly
constituted place for holding general
elections.
te). That the names of candidates
for United States senator, elective
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-24
ALFONSO DEPARTS
TO MEET HIS BRIDE
Ceremony in Royal Wed
ding.

Madrid, May 24.-King Alfonso. ac
cOmpanied by Premier Moret. Minister
of War De Luque. and a brilliant suite OF
officials and court dignitaries. left Ma.
drid this afternoon for the frontier
where he will meet the future queen
of Spain. Vast crowds witnessed the
kings departure, which inaugurated
auspiciously the events attending the
royal marriage.
London. May 24-Princess Ena and
her mother. Princess Henry. of Batten-
borg. left London for Spain. at the
frontier of which King Alfonso will
await his future bride.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-24

state officers Except university trus-
tees). congressman, members of the
board of equalization, state senators,
and representatives and county officers
shall appear on the ballot in alphabet
ical order, with squares in front of
each. Each official ballot shall be
printed by the county and voted secret
ly under the Australian ballot system.
(f). That a delegate ballot shall be
printed and circulated by private per-
sons. everybody being accorded that
privilege, supplies of which may be
left with the judges inside the polling
place for the use of voters; the ballot
to be voted secretly.
(g). The delegate district was made
necessary by the decision of the SUI
preme court requiring uniformity.
Heretofore in Cook county the dele
gate district was the political unit from
which delegates were sent direct to
state, congressional, senatorial and
county conventions. In the other coun-
ties, the county was the political unit.
The voters elected delegates to the
county conventions only, and the county
conventions selected delegates to state,
tions. II was necessary to make the
district the political unit, because, if
the county were made the unit, Cook
county would have to select, in county
conventions. delegates to it's 10 con-
gressional districts and 19 senatorial
districts. This could not be. because
the law would not permit voters TO Sc
lect delegates to any congressional or
senatorial convention except from those
districts in which they lived But. for
convenience. it was provided that the
voters vote in election precincts. the
results to be certified to the county
clerk. who issues the credentials.
Power Must he Given.
A delegate district is defined in the
act. but because a primary election is
party matter, the power to designate
the primary election precincts which
shall constitute a district (which must
be compact and contiguous) was lodg-
ed in the county committees of each
party.
(h). The delegates are instructed
TO cast one ballot for those candidates
Except county officers) who receive a
plurality of the votes in the delegate
district 1t would have been idle to
have the instructions bind longer, be-
cause so long as obeyed each ballot
would have been a repetition of the
first. 1t is believed that the delegates
selected will follow faithfully the will
of the voters, as expressed at the polls
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-24
TAKES THE MONEY
Trainmaster on Pennsylvania
Road Frank With Com
merce Commits sion.
ALWAYS OUT FOR THE CASH
Cannot Refuse Coal Operators Who
Are Anxious to Pay
Him.

Philadelphia. May 24.-When the in
terstate commerce commission reSum
ed its hearings today in the investiga-
ton of the alleged discrimination in
the distribution of coal cars. Frederick
VrOoman. assistant trainmaster on the
Tyrone division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was called to the witness
stand.
Does Not Refuse.
Have you anything TO do with the
distribution of cars?" asked Mr.. Glas-
gov.
81 have"
Did you ever get any money from
the coal operators on your division?"
"Oh, yes" and VroOman named half
a dozen coal operators who had paid
him money at various times in amounts
ranging from So to $50.
why did they give you this money?
Were favors granted?'
Not that recOllect.'
Then why did you take the money!
well. if there was money 70 be Civ
en- OUT | was there TO take it."
rs that your position now?"
1T always has BEEN
The witness said there was no scar
city of cars during the anthracite
strike. He denied furnishing cars to
certain companies ar $40 and $50 a car.