The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-10
PACKERS FLATLY
DENY CHARGES
Text of Statement Issued by
Leading Concerns in Re-
ply to President.
INQUIRY MADE BY EXPERTS
SIDE OF PACKERS is ELAB-
oRATELY SET FORTH.

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7. J. Hagenbarth believes that =
> the public has not had both sides >
: Of the packing house controversy =
> and he has asked The Herald to =
= publish the accompanying article ?
? from the Chicago Daily Live
> Stock World. =
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Our packing houses are kept clean
Our methods Of manufacture are san
itary. Our products are wholesome.
On all OF these points we have over
and over again satisfied doctors, chem
lists. sanitarians and official investi-
gators from practically every civilized
nation on earth, and in doing so we
have made a worldwide market for
American live stock products.
Protest on Haste.
I'VE have steadily and persistently
endeavored to improve our methods
We claim that we are doing everything
that can be done, and as fast as 1t can
be done, to secure the best possible
methods and the best possible results
IN The light OF what We have done and
are doing. we have a right, we believe,
TO protest against hasty and empirical
weapons into the hands of foreign
competitors Of the American live stock
and meat producing industry.
This phase of the question cannot
be evaded At the risk of being &C
Cused Of trying to hide behind the
farmer we say, hasty, ill-digested, in
temperate criticism of American pack
ing houses strikes, not at the packers,
but at every farmer who raises a hog,
a. sheep or a steer for market With
out the foreign market created by the
packing industry the American live
stock growers business would be alb
sOlutely stripped Of profit The Up-tO-
date live stock grower knows this
Right here we desire to emphasize
one fact as evidence Of our good faith
in trying to sc. the best possible re-
suits When investigation by MesSrs-
Nell and Reynolds was undertaken we
assumed 4llat its purpose was to for
ward improvement in packing house
conditions if improvements could be
devised. rather than TO gather ammu-
milton for an attack upon the entire
live stock and meat producing indus
try. Acting upon that belief, we then.
weeks ago. authorized our representa-
tive TO invite, and he did invite, from
these investigators and from the pres
fdent and practical suggestions they
could make for the Improvement Of
packing house conditions, and We guar
antee that their suggestion would be
carried out.
Secrets Are Denied.
There has never been any secret
about uor methods Of manufacture
For thirty years the packing houses Of
Chicago have been wide open to the
world. They have been among the
great show places of this country.
ri
them every day. There are no closed
doors. Inspection of every corner of
them has been invited and Cheerfully
enCOura ged. Literally millions of peO-
pie. representatives of medical SOcie-
ties, scientific societies. educational in
st9utiOns, business associations, for
eign governments and the general pub
lie have inspected every process. of
meat handling carried on in these
packing houses. We have taken pride
i'm showing our methods to the world
because we knew the showing
would reflect credit upon US, upon our
products and upon American enter
prise, and as the world has become
more acquainted with packing houses
the demand for their products has
steadily increased.
Since government inspection was
first inaugurated inspectors have been
installed in all Of our plants and have
had access to every part Of these
plants. They have always been free
to criticise and suggest, and We can
say in all truth that every practical
change of method suggested by them
has been Immediately put into effect.
Expert Is Employed.
I'VE have gone beyond that, and for
some time have had in our employ one