Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-14

and worry. the boss sized him up az .
glance and there was no work For him /
in Packingtown. and Ona. whom be had T.
married meantime was about 20 be-
come a mother.
Then is recited in THE JUNGLE. tale F.
OF gradual and heart-rending downfall
in the wearing out by inches. or a
strong man. Jurgis gets a job IN the
f terrible fertilizer vaults where his head
nearly splits with the poisonous dust
and the sti1ing fumes or ammonia
. His father dies from the effects OF the
awful speeding up" and the Shiny
wet In which be has 20 work, ankle
deep. Ona. the beautiful. the once
luthe young bride succum-s 90 the
hateful System" and Jurgis. powerful
man that he is. his strong spirit broken
10y the brutality and Irresistible power
81 the bosses. becomes a great gaunt.
, hollow eyed ghost OF his former self.
The story IS a tale OF the gradual
determination OF a splendid. virile
? European family. ground 20 death By
a system" by a pitiless monopoly
Is which cares no more or not as much
q for its workers than h does for the
n / carcasses OF the animals IL converts In
4 70 food. Incidentally the description
% OF this process is sufficiently revolving
20 turn the stomach OF the stoutes
beefeater.
OH could Jurgis. and Ona. and tn
rest OF them, with their frugality an
their Drawn. and their love OF life an
uI work. and JOY OF a home. have gon
into some rural district 70 work on
~ their salvation. what a different stor
- would have been THE JUNGLE. som
I, other name for the book would nav
-, have gotten a dozen acres. or i've acre
y, OF good land somewhere and bought
- for what they squandered uselessly Il
er their house in Packingtown-they wei
=, turned out ard the house resold n
IA first month they failed OF payment
" what a different history wOud ha'
,al been told by the author
ne What II the great packing trust.
gid stead OF killing men and women. shou
,ts provide that its employees could live
or. an acre OF ground each. or half acE
- ont on the great fertile prairies
iaI Illinois. quickly reached from the sto
go wards by a modern trolley. so that VII
Is they were Of necessity. perhaps. Ia
or for a period OF a week. or {
a weeks. or on half time" they wou
an have a piece OF rich land which N
ake could till and raise enough potatoes a
I've T corn and beans anu cduud3r 10 Nc
ere them from starving 20 death But
,eir packing trust-Mr. Ogden Armour a
had other milionaires and multi-milli
as aires-would make less money
ned would decrease its dividends perhl
-eat several per cent. and that Is not to
rgu- thought OF. BY getting the best out
had man. all there IS in BIN in a
the short wears this unnamable Thing
was turn him out and get new blood
eral Is evidently most proftsbie 70 "spee
2 70 nan up" so the wrecking point
nav then get new men. This PROFESS
but trafnrking in human life. corDled
him the abominabie and poisonous fdnlt'
liars tlons and use Of diseased amin
une which Mr. Sinclair describes ar
few hand. enables Mr.. Armour and
others 20 make verv satisfactory
and eerfsvss 81 prolific pile up mill
line OF 1fvssp~sS a wear.
linen n IS at a ve-v gr~st story.
.knr- yr-~crx 70 nor = heautsfssf ore. and
He worth the reading si~e~lv that
r,ern- rsasav NAV seara snunefAing aoort
trap stu1 we eat. ard AZ what cost OF
once. fering II Is produced