Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-06-15

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sa4ns ad~s N ~ aEaaaxas< po~ss
aaa gal "a The hssf trS 4 mar - xainr
- fns<a she Tact ust aoFsh. rzst,
spash and sest. froaa essEy gsnt ~
The eo<ns.ss ard from - psgts - fhs
Innea STATES. csmrr-rctsl oFx.niEsr
sisas. Indassrizl eoaaes md premss<nt
mea are Iashiax % he o~fsass and
aeHsinx the charges sikh have besa
hfeaxhI against d b The federal GOV
ernmenf. Some 20 fhsse dsf~ad~rs.
such - lh~ eassle grnsesxf .ssori1-
tinGs. sre scsasted Nv p~s~on.i mo
sisss. fassmueh as the charges af~ exI
~raaat~d 10 hurt them samnss m macA
- th~ packers. hut nnany others vha
ars soscinx loud protests axslass the
xosernsn~nt'. reports "a The pFopos-
ed remedial lexsst4sioa. ~mispdiea In
the Besefidss amendment are responr
ding 60 the poserfal paIi u the pack
ers. whose allied interests md imam.
atsl operations fsmify largely thrvugh.
out the business sosit Such 10 the
vast fa~er of this great trust that n
can rails an army n honest. InfIaen.
fisi men 70 Ito resesas aud ~ ssrsagiy
N n t~ntrenchcd tha, n ao~m moi hesl.
tate IN throw down tins gauntlet m the
government and IN eissalens. sha sm'
rsetn.ss u tho Feporas of In hagh ~.
fIelaIs.
IN, after an Ia said aud done and a
proper average n stTask betseen the
extremists. who are dii.yusted because
q slaughter houEe 10 nat like a lady.
houdoir. and the pa -k~rs' apoiosists.
sho claim that the conditions and
methods which obtair IN the packing
business are sound ena Wholesome
and that the government Inspection n
thorough aud adequate. tn~ fact ~
mains that the reports N tha woseru'
nent agents must b. accepted IL snh"
wtantiaIly eorrrcss Tar4e II no doaht
that the sensational descriptions In
Mr., Sfnciairis The Jungle" have exsg.
gsrsted m impression ~ to the real
conditions that preyaii In the meat
packing Industry. Grating that his
statements are true. the conditions he
describes sre the fa.s exception and
not the rule, and II IL morally certain
that tho effect the snthor seeks n
mostly false. hut thsrs II no getting
away from the fact that his book has
made q profound imprs ssion upon the
public mind, aud the partially zorro.
horattve Testimony Of the NailI Isey.
notds report adds color and body 10
the popular prejudice against packing
house products and tie widespread
disgust Of the methods of the packers.
This being 81. II II obvious that some
thing must be done an soon as posi-.
BILE To restore public cenfidenee IN the
meat packing Industry. n Is also clear
that the best thing taat can be done
Ia to widen and strengthen the gov.
eminent inspection anf to make II 70
drastic and rigid that no ONE can en-.
tcrtais : reasonable doubt as til Its
effcaklvtM~s This course ought to
b. ~elcomsd by the perksrs and by
cattle growers, VINO 40 s~icarious sui.
ferers In the case: but whether. ID Il
or not. II ought 10 be iasisted upon by
the innocent public wha are also SUI.
ferine yt~cariously BY. reason OF the
present conditions. ID will not do for
the packers to haggie over the aues.
ton whether they or The government
shall pay the cost Of irspeetion which
amounts only 10 eight cents d head