The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-06-08
IhE REPORT


Starting with the conditions in the
yards. they say the pavements are
mostly OF brick which invariably I'LL
yEith manure and refuse So that they
caSno, be properly cleaned. and are
"slimy ami n.aloGorcus when wet.
+ yielding clouds o. ilsmell.ng dust
. when dry" Cakes. sheep ard hogs
that kave died en- route are thrown
on the platforms. and the only excuse
I the investigators heard given for &c
lay in removal was the expense.
The interior q the buildings they
found 20 ba mostly constructed OF
wood The floors. usually q wood.
were soaked and SHINY and the rooms
/ poorly lighted and lily ventilated.
Many OF the inside rooms where food
S prepared are without windows and
s-e described as vaults where the
air rarely changes
Systematic ven-laticn was not
found ID any OF the s1lishments
tkey visited During the ea.ire inves-
tigat.on they saw but a single porce-
la.nllned receptacle FOR meats
Taking up the subjects OF sanitary
eonvente noes for the men and women
employees. the report says nothing
shows more strsingly the general in
din sreace 10 matters of eiean.<ress
and sanitation The retiring rooms
adisin rhe working rooms. usually be
ing cut oA from 90 latter by low
II - The
inside corners OF work rooms and
have 10 outside opening whatever.
Continuing. the report says:
Accountable IS the above named
conditions are the one that affects
most directly and seriously the clean
illness OF the food products is the fire.
cueut absence az any lavatory pro
visions In the outhouses Washing
sinks are either not furnished at all.
or are small AID dirty Neither are
towels, soap or toilet paper provided
Men and women return directly from
( these places TO plunge their unwashed
asnds into the meat 20 he converted
into such food products as sausages,
dried beef ana other CON pounds
Some OF the outhouses are situated al
a long dls-ance from the WORK rooms
= and men 90 not take the trouble q
: 20 to them Hence. 10 some cases
: the resulting fumes swell the sun
of nauseating doors arising from the
Z dirty blcos-soaked. rD-ting wooden
floors. fruitful culture beds for the dis
ease germs OF men and animals"
Here The report suddenly switches
TO a brighter picture l. speaks Of che
contrast observed b. Reynolds IN az
establishment visited by MIN in New
: York where the ruies Of sanitation
and cleanliness are most scrupulousiy
observed. and where the ventilation
was excellent and the light abundant
The HandiLnG Of Meat.
Tho Investigators found that there
! also absence OF cleanliness everywhere
in the handling Of meat on this
point the report says.
The workers climb oveT heaps o.
meat select the pieces they wish. and
! frequently thrown them down upon tho
] dirty floor beside their working
) bench In cutting the meat upon The
bench the work Is usually held pressed
: against their aprons. and these aprons
) were. as q rule. indescriSably filthy
: Moreover men were seen TO clint
! from the floor and stand with shoe
Z dirty With the r.fusa on the lcCrs. Of
+ the tables on which the meat was han
: died. They we're seen at the luncl
q hour sitting on the tables on the spo
j. on which meat product was handlei
{ aud III this under tho very eye OF IT,
i Superintendent OF the room.
z Eve saw meat shoveiei from filth,
= wooden fcors. pied on tables. rarel
n washed. pushed from room to room fl
= rotten box carts in I'll Of which PFC
2 cesses il was In the way Of gather
A. ing dirt srlinters, aoor filth and eN
"a restoration cf tuberculosis and othe
diseased workers
5 Ginring V7cIeanIines..
. A particularly glaring instance Of VI
Z cleanliness vas fo-nd in a room wher
IS the best grade Of sausage was bein
T. prepared for export. In this case u
II emploYe carted the cLopped-up nSea
z across in a room IL a barrow. the ha.
r. dies OF which were filthy with greast
A. The meat was then thrown upon q
y hles. and the emT ioye climber upo
a the table. handled tho meat with hi
y unwa shed hands. knelt with his dirt
apron and trousers in contact wit
% the meat he was spreading cut. an
Ie after he had finished his oYcratio
D. again took hold o<. the dirty handle
Sensational suit Compounded.