The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
BIC PACKERS WERE
NOT vH|TEWASHE
DR.. M. II. Reynolds, Member
Of Investigating Commit
tee, Corrects Errors.
Chicago Reports Of Finding
Omit All Paragraphs
Not Conl1nendatory
! R. M. H. REYNOLDS, the Mime.

IN R. M. H. REYNOLDS, the Mime
sofa member Of the joint COM
mittee chosen by the Chicago
Commercial association and Illinois
Manufacturers association to investi-
gate the packing industries Of Chicago,
repudiates the charges that the report
is Writ aally whitewash for the pack
ers According to DR.. Reynolds the
synopsis Of the report sent out from
Chicago omits important criticisms
aimed at packing house conditions and
includes only that part Of the report
which is commendatory or only mildly
critie cal. 8, ~ss
Five well-known scientists, including
DR.. Reynolds of the University of Min
nesota agricultural station, accompanied
the committee selected by the Chicago
associations to investigate the whole
someness of the meat product turned
out by the Chicago packing houses and
it is to the published synopsis Of the re-
port made by experts that DR.. Rey-
nolds takes exception. III
Nothing Particularly Bad.
According to Chicago reports the
committee and the experts accompany
ing the committee found that the condi-
tions and surroundings at the plants
carefully protected the quality Of the
meat product. Inspection methods were
approved and nothing seriously objee-
sionable was found in the methods of
preserving meats. Canned meats were
referred to as, Constituting whole.
some and in various degrees, nutritious
article Of diet. - Several suggestions
| were made by the committee in regard
to hygiene and sanitation but the
Estatement was made. that the product
of the packing houses was wholesome
and healhful. The impression was giver
in the reports that the. committee in
vestigated the packing house problems
in their entirety.
Deals Only with Food Product.
In referring to the published reports
Of the committees deliberations and t<
the work done by the committee and its
experts in Chicago DR.. Reynolds sale
last night: g. .s->- -.
<"tfIn the first place, the investigation
| related solely to the things which hai
| to do with the wholesomeness Of til,
meat product. We were not investiga
ting the sanitary conditions except al
they had q bearing on the wholesome
ness of the meat and we were not in
.vestigating the sociological condition.
at the works except as they applied t.
the condition Of the product turned ou
in the packing houses. In other word
we were there to consider dirt that wa
dangerous to health. .-..' r.
= Truth Is Suppressed. y>.5
"The reports which have been printe
purporting to give a synopsis Of tn
findings of the experts do not give tn
whole truth and are more favorable t
the packers than the whole report itself
The complimentary things and the find
ings which are mildly censorious ar
printed while the severe criticisms a
they appear in the report itself ar
omitted or referred to in an obscur
way" >" ..-. Ill., :. .- 49,.
The statement Of DR.. Reynolds i'm
| plies that the experts who went thr
the Chicago plants found condition
not so wholesome and sanitary as pres
reports have indicated and an interest
ing chapter may be added to the stor
Of the Chicago "whitewash when tn
:. full significance Of the report is az
preciated. zs.a .gs. RI,