The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-06-09
SIDB HNARD
House Committee Listens to Denial5
of Many Statements in Report.
DISEASED CATTLE NOT USED

DISEASED CATTLE NOT USED
Packers Agent Declares the Plants
Are as Clean as Any Kitchen and
Are Scrubbed Every Night-No odor
From pecayed Wood or Meat.
Washington. June Z. - The hous'
,ommittee on agriculture decided 4"
romply with the request of the Chicago
hackers 10 be heard on the Neili-ke>
nolds report regarding conditions in
the Chicago packing houses. The re-
quest was made by Thomas i. Nilsoh'
manager of the Nelson Morris COM
pany who was authorized TO speak TOT
all the CHICAGO packers
Mir Wilson made general drnial o'
the existence of conditions In the pa'@-
ing houses as set forth in the Nell
REYNOLDS report lie began by inNi'ih
the committee 10 come to Chicago ana
snend week In personal Investigation
~ conditions. That. he said. would Joe
tbe only way for members TO gain q
nropor idea Of what the conditions
roailv were Some Of the suggestions
made I'm the report he said. had al
ready been complied with by the pack
ors. such rs additional sanitary iaci'l-
ties.
MIR Wilson denied absolutely that
tbcre were any diseased cattle or ho'
but.hcred for food In every carload
Of cattle or hoes. he said. some We're
likely 90 Doe dead and some diseased.
The dead or diseased hogs and cai'i"
were sent to the Standard Renderins
company 90 Dee made into soap.
REPRESENTATIVE llaskins asked about
The dirty floors THESE floors, replied
Mr. Wilson. are scrubbed every night
rs clean MS wood can De scrubbed. Ihey
are AS clean as any kitchen.
Suncryision Of every branch OF th"
paclnr business was not objected to
hv the hackers. said Mr.. Wilson The
government may put on as many IN
spectcrs as 70 desires ne added. 800 lohs
AS the packers DO not have to pay ior
them. lie said the packing busine
would be- benefited by the inspection OF
the different branches from the "hoot
10 the can" Good inspection IS what
the packers want he declared.
In REGARD 90 the interior OF the WORK
rooms Mr. Wilson said that any per
son would be pleased with their cieanly
anpaarance before the days killing and
dressing IS begun. and taat persons not
used to packing houses might be dis
eusted with the condition Of the same
rooms several hours later He contend
ed however. that there were no I'M
wholesome conditions there. Every day.
he said. oil rooms tables, trucks and
utensils Of an kinds are washed az
clean ms water and scrub brush can
make them.
Chairman Wadsworth read piecemeal
what may be termed the startling iea-
tnres Of the report and as he pro-
nounced each indictment paused for an
swers Mr. Wilson did not attempt %
deny that odors arose from the entrai' '
ard oYal of the carcasses. but he said
they were removed as promptly as pos
sible He said he did not think that
over Dr. NELL would suggest periumins
this material He secuted the charge
that there was any odor from decay u
wood or decayed meat, as there was
none Of either in the operating rooms
10 aiye rise 10 any smell
The charge that there were toilet
rooms OF the WORK rooms was admitted
and the practice defended a. not bein
more unsauitary than a toilet oil o.
bedroom I'm first class hotel a. the
toilets were kept in good condition.
Suitable places We're furnished work
mon 10 wash. ne said. and ASSERTED that
the men all carried lunches OF che
10th which a. used as towels. Tie
nan nrefsrrea tlis. said Mr Wilson.
Repeating hs inv.toton to member
of The comriico to visit the p'ckiaa
houses. nit. wilson said that The houses
are always open. and that millions OF
people passed through every year.
Mr.. Wilson questioned a charge made
in the Neiil-Reynolds report that car
rass Of a hog had slipped from ear
rier into a priyy and had been picked
ND and placed with clean carcasses. lie
called upon Dr Nell to state that it
did not hapepn in one of the big pack
Ing houses.
1T did happen in one Of the big con-
Germs" Neill replied emphatically. Al
though requested by members OF the
committee to state which one. NELL re-
fused.
But some OF the very things which
Mr.. Wilson has just now denied. he
said. happened at Nelson Morris K
oompany's place"