Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08

SAID. was directly under the eyes Of the
IsurerintendeltS.
MIR. Ntill said the papers heralde the
arrival in Chicago ami their presence
in the raclling houses w:;s known
daily.
Again asked about the bone conycyor
by Mr.. Lorimer, Mr.. Ntll said the
IconNeyur was covered with grea&-
black with dirt. He was not prepared
10 say that Il particular conveyur Was
used IN Il particular place.
Chairman Wadsworth took up the
| statement in the report:
We saw meat shovele! from dirty
floors into rotten boxes and pu,he
from room to ROOM
I'VE felt ana smelt them. There are
| floors there" he continued, which all
the seas could not wash the dirt from.
/ But you could not push Il box of
| meat if the box was rotten" perSiste;!
| Mr. Wadsworth
| Mr.. NELL denied that the unventilat :
ed rooms he referred to applied To the
| cold storage rooms, as indicated yes
terday by Mr.. Wilson. Rep. Scott ask
ed what he meant by the odor Of de-
| cayed meats in his report, in view
Of the statement Of Mr.. Wilson that
from a business point Of view Gtcayed
meats could not be left around
1T was certainly an odor Of decayed
meat" persisted Mr. Neil. 1T may
i haV,. been from the rotten meat soak
| "a wood
| Nv hat do you mean by 'Stinking.
asked Mr.. Wadsworth.
| One wOnld infer you meant a hor-
| ribe. rotten. sinking condition"
| That's what it was" said the wit
ness, who suggested that ventilation
might BE- the remedy. There was one
| odCr from a fertilizer room and an
| other from the meat rooms.
Mr.. Eei!l'a definition Of "atinklM2'
was This: "Wh-n 4 thing smells ~
loud that YOU can't call il smell. then
/ Il IS, stink. This sentence in the re
| port was read ana questions asked:
| There was as unusually quiet period
| In Z word. We SAN meat ShoVrlel
| from filthy wooden floors. Piled on ia
| bleS rarely washed, sent from room to
| room n rotten bog carts. in al of Wlich
processes il was IN Il Way OF gathering
dirt. splntcrs. floor filth ana the ex-
pccturatiun Of tuberculosis ANA other
/ diseased workers.
How 10 sou know it was tubercu-
| iosiS tNp.ctolation:" asked Chairman
| Wordsworth.
| II thought So answered Mr.. Ntill.
Then simplifying H. said Ii" saw men
| there whom he believed to be tubercu-
lous. The SLIPPING Of a hog int" lrivy
| was tn" subject Of Il colloquy between
| the witness and Representative Brooks.
Colo. Which finally raised the issue Of
the questions taking the form Of
| cross examination.
| Il want to say. interpreted Mr.
| Neill, that | Gn not propose t. Civ
an answer that il not ahcquat" in m
Town mind ] am .rin; To Ct the an
/ swcr ont finally" He said II" saw tn.
hog fan ana identified q i,ictur" Of the
nrivy: il was 4 very filthy one; III" hos
| was pm upon the rack ana ~ believed
the hog was never cleaned.
Chairman Wadswc rth r,rsirt Il that tn,
/ w!tnt 81 might '-b-li.vc ihc hog was no.
IcIoaned hi he ill not know it.
At this point AIR Wilson was allowed t.
state tina. there were men srrtrir% ana
cleaning these hoes ANA that n"r" wrr'
Iallowed in thu c"ol'n:; room that w"r, not
perfectly clean.
This was not q cas-" for srripinC: il
was one for cleaning with an antiS. ptir
fluid" replied Mr. Ntill.
| Chairman WalsWnrth pcrSiSt'i that
this hog case contained The rsscnc.- ~ IT,.
whole reroft The statement W:.S posi-
lively made in the report thai ;hc hn:;
was not cleaned. hc sail. when as mat
tier OF fact Mr.. Nom h1d admitted il" h.rl
mot followed the hos; 10 ascertain als,i-
llutely the fact he had stated
| Going back to tie statement regarding
The tuberculosis spittl. IN the iioor. Mr..
| Wadsworth insisted that AIR Neil id
mot know as a fact that these peppl" had
tuberculosis.
The fact was established to my ow,,
mind" persisted Mr. NELL. Il can only
lay that ! believe 1t.
| "oh, well. there is difference be
| wern belief and knowledge" said MI
| .orimcr.
We'll. know it." replied Mr.. Neill.
Ibid Won examine them
II observed them
| "YoI say other diseased persons al
| n-What other diseases"
II am not willing to tate
l
| YOU have made these statements t.
H., World in a report which the Pres
| itnt has sent 10 US, and which has
IN. ire tlcuinble injury To these in
| lust,i,S ana We want to know tn
| acts"
n have made this report and am
| .illing to stand by it, said Mr. Neill
There We're smells Of medicine on
| these men that YOU get in dispensare-
| ~ certain diseases"
| When Mr.. I.orimer aked the witness
| he had any complaint to make ~ t.
aic treatment as a witness Mr. Neili
| erlied that the treatment Of the Wit
less tMr. Wilson, yesterday by certain
| lemhers Of the committee ana the
Treatment of himself today by thrs,.
members was strikingly different. es-
1 AL x uhan ha fast