Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-13
STOCK YARDS NOT BAD.
EXPERTS REPORT RESULT Or THEIR
INVESTIGATION FOR TWO COM
MERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.
PRODUCT SAFE AND GOOD.
Few Old Buildings, Now Rapidly Disap-
pearing, Alone Responsible for Re
cent Adverse Criticism.

CHICAGO. ILL.,, July THE report
of the experts of the Illinois Manutar-
turerS' association and the Chicago Com
mercial association, which investigated
the stock yards while freely criticiSiug
some conditions. declares cmphaticalIy
that the food produced 10y the packers
is wholesome.
The experts dclvcd deep into the man
ncr i'll which carcaSsCS and meats are
handled, the clothing Worn 10y the work
men. their physical condition. and Is
pecially investigated the manner in
which the governments inSrCCtS the prod
uCtS.
Inspection Satisfies Experts.
The report declares that the inSpcc-
ton is in every case more rigid than
that employed i'll the abattoIrS Of Ger
MANY, and even recommends that thr
inspection for certain diseases. including
"lumpy jaw" he i'll some degree amrh-
grated. 1t recommends. however. that
tn" government pay great attention t.
facilities in the stock yards where mrM
can be trained in the important special
~ Of meat Inspection
In its report the committee did not
mention names but divided them into
three classes The third group, the re
port says, relates but to one plant lo-
Gated outside the yards, ana in TINS
plant conditions were found which rem
dered doubtful it's products
In the second class the committees
found that the meat was handled in
such Il manner that it was wholesome
and fit for food. hut while this was the
case. the committee declares that there
was so much dirt in the buildings. which
are as Il rule old. that obey found con
siderable departure from proper rs-
thetic STANDPOINT.
Products Found Safe to Eat.
In the first class, in which, ii is I'M
dcrstood. are the plants of the hg
packers. according to the committee is
produced II product which is safe L.
eat. and also one which appeals to lh"
aesthetic sense as developed at the pres
ent day"
The inspection of hogs and cattle in
all of the plants was commended, hut
the committee found that sheep We're
killed without being inspected by grad
uated veterinary surgeons, hut instead
are inspected by stock examiners, and
recommends that in the future all III
Spcctors in the plants be trained Of
tcerS.
The committee found that most of the
plants were entirely up to date" hui
dat much of the adverse criticism found
It's origin III the old buildings.
Recommends Deeper Research.
While the committee reported upon all
phases of the StockyardS. it says in it,
report that 1t regrets that its time was
not more ample, and recommends that
both the city and the state investigate
ut their leisure certain questions which
the committee merely touched upon. In
the matter of preServativCs used the
committee specially recommends addi-
tional investigation.
The committee of experts was com
prised of the following men, all hga
in their professions:
Maximilian Hcrzog, NJ. D.. late patholog
list. bureau of science. Manila. Il. ].
NJ. L. BavcTcl, NJ. D., assistant medical
director Henry Phipps institute for the
study. trca tmcnt and prevention of tubcr
culosis; formerly bactcriologist of the state
live stock sanitary board of Pennsylvania.
A. r. Peters. professor of veterinary mrdi-
cine, University of Nebraska.
NJ. H. Reynolds. professor of veterinary
medicine, University of Minnesota.
W. a. Evans, NJ. S. NJ D., chairman; pro
fpssor of pathology, medical department
University of Illinois and pathologist of tn,
Columbus laboratories.
Features in the Report
The committee present Il letter frorI
Prof. William II. Welch of the medical
department of Johns Hopkins uHiyer-
sity, in which he says:
mere Is 10 POSITIVE evidence III my lli@-
ncnt that either tuberculosis or actinomyco.
sis has ever been conveyed to human be
inGs through eating the meat OF animals
affected. The possibility can be admitted
only for the use Of uncOOked or imperfCCtly
cooked meat acCidcntly contaminated by
tubcrcle bacilli. 1t would, in my opinion,
be cxtravagant and indeed absurd to CON
denim and destroy the carcasses of animals
locally affected, provided the animals are
well nourished and otherwise in good con
ditiOn.
1t was agreed that the federal laws
with reference to the condemnation of
tuberculosis cattle are sufficiently strict.
The committee says that the rules for
the condemnation of carcaSscS of pigs
calves and lambs under four weeks of
age are unnecessarily strict.
No evidence was found Of any surrep-
titious killing at night.
Hog inspection service in a few places
was declared faulty. "Downers"-ani-
mails that have died en- routc-are de
clared "as wholesome as any other food
animals if death was due to fatigue
overfat, or smothering.
Bosses FrIncIpal Miscreants.
Brand new signs forbidding splitting
were found everywhere and the commit
fee was assured that EMPLOYEES were no
ing discharged for violating that rule
During our stay i'll the yards" the
committee remarks, the principal viola
tors observed were those in authority"
The report urges n thorough expert
mental investigation into the condition of
canned goods kept n number of years.
The use of spoiled meat was nowhere
noticed, though some canned goods CON
tain material of a low nutritive value,
such as pigs ears, pigs shouts and tripe
1t therefore recommended that the cans
be correctly labeled as to their contents
Handling of sausage meat was cen
sured in a few plants, but lard was gen
orally endorsed. Clothing of employees
might be cleaner and more uniform.
Only one house was found with faciIi-
ties for preventing meat from falling TO
the floor. In one case the operative
was SEEN to scrape the pieces together
with his foot. In no place were any fly
screens apparent.
All Larger Plants Covered.
These are the plants covered by the
committees inquiry:
Anglo-American Provision company, Ar
mOur & Co, H. Boore & Co, Boyd Lun-
ham & Co, Continental Packing company
G. H. Hammond company, David Levi d
Co, Libby, Mcneil e. Libby, Nelson Morris
Roberts e. Oake, Schwarzschild & Sulzber-
ger company, Standard Strengthening com
pany, Swift & Co.
VETERAN AERONAUT is SAFE.
James Z. Allen Has Most Thrilling Time