The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-05

even know that t contains what IL pur
ports to contain. The legend. quallty
statement as TO Government Inspection ls
wholly unJustifiable. 1t decelves and is
plainly designed to deceive the average
purchaser. Who naturally infers from the
lCbel that the Government guarantees the
contents OF the can TO be what II purports
to be.
Made Into Grease
In another establishment piles OF sau-
sages and dry. moldy canned meats, ad-
nlttedly several years old, were found,
which the superintendent stated TO US
would be taTked and converted into
grease The disposition TO be maze OF
this was wholly optional with the super
intendcnts or representatives OF the pack
ors, as the Government does not concern
itself with the disposition of meats al
Ter they have passed inspection upon inc
killing floor. II might all be treated with
chemicals, mixed with other meats
turned out in any form OF meat products
taclss In which 1t was to be shippea ou.
to the public would bc marked with
label that their contents had been GOV
ernment inspected"
1t Is not alleged here that such use was
to be made OF this stun, The case Is
pointed out as one showing tho glering
opportunity for the misuse of a label
bearing the name and the implied guar
anty of the United States Government.
Other Label Misuse.
OF the labels came to our notice In TWO
different establishments great stocks of
old canned goods were being put through
washing process to remove the old Ia
bels- They were then subjected to suf-
hcient heat to 'liven up" tho contents
to use the phrase OF the room superin-
tendent After this fresh labels, with
the Government name on them, were TO
be placed upon the cans. and they We're
to be sent out bearing all the evidence of
being freshly put up product, In one
the superintendent. the stock thus being
relabeled wis over two years old. In the
other case the superintendent evaded
statement OF how old the goods were.
Treatment of Employees.
The lack of consideration for the health
and comfort of the laborers In the Chi
cago stock yards seems to be direct
consequence Of the system of administra-
tion that prevails. The various depart
ments nrc under the direct control OF SUI
pcrintendents who claim TO use full ou-
thority in dealing with the employees,
and who seem to Ignore all considerations
except those OF the account book I'm
der THE system proper care OF the prod
ucts and of the health and comfort OF the
employees Is impossible. and the con-
summer suffers In consequence. The un-
sanitary conditions in which the laborers
work and the feversh pace which they
are forced to maintain inevitably aHect
their health, Physicians state that tu-
berculosis ia dIsproportlonately prevalent
~
this disease expectorate on the spongy
wooden floors OF the dark worltroomS,
from which falling scraps OF meat are
later shoveled up to be converted INTO
food products
No Privacy.
Even the ordinary decencles of life nre
completely ignored. In practically all
cases the doors of the toilet rooms open
directly into the working rooms. inc
priVies OF men and women frequently ad-
join and the entrances are sometimes no
more than a foot or two apart In other
cases there are no privies for women In
the rooms In which they work, and to
reach the nearest II Is necessary TO go
up or down couple of flights OF stairs.
! In one noticeable instance the prlNS Tor
| the women working in several adjoining
rooms was In a room in which men chief
ly were employed and every girl SolnS
places of dozens of male operatives ana
! enter the priyy the door of which was
not six feet from the working place OF
| the men operatives AS noted, In the
| privles for men and women alike there
are no partitions, but simply long row
| of open seats Rest rooms, where tired
women workers might go for short
In some establishments women are even
placed In charge OF priEies chiefly Tor
| the purpose, it was stated. that the Slrls
| did not absent themselves too long from
| their work under the excuse OF visiting
them In some instances what was called
| n rest room was simply one end OF the
prIVy partitionCd of by a siX-foot partl-
! tion from the remaining lnCloSure. A
| few girls were found using this, not only
as rest room but as the only available
| place In which 10 sit TO eat their
luncheon