Arizona republican., 1906-06-05
Chicago Packing Houses Conducted With-
 out Regard tO DeCenCy
The President Sends to Congress the Report Which States That the Disgraceful State of Affairs Can Be Remedied Only By National Supervision.

Washington. June 4.-The report of James Branson Reynolds and Commis- sioner Chas. P. Nein was transmitted to congress today by President Roose- welt. It is in part, as follows: AS directed by you, we investigated the conditions in the principal estab- lishments in Chicago engaged in the slaughter Of cattle, sheep and hogs, and in the preparation of dressed meat and meat-food products. Two and a helf weeks were spent in the investiga- ton in Chicago. and during this time we went through the principal packing houses in the stockyards district. to- gether with a few of the smaller one-. A day was spent by MT. Reynolds in New York City m Jne investigation of several of its leading slaughter houses. We have made no statement as fact in the report here present ted that was not verified by our personal eX- animation. Certain matters which we were unable to verify while in Chicago are still under investigation. The fol- lowing is therefore submitted as a par tial report touching upon those prac- tices and conditions which we found most common and not confined to a single house or class of houses. A more detailed report would contain many specifications Of defects found in par ticular houses.
 Before entering the buildings We noted the condition of the yards them selves as shown in the pavement, pens, viaducts, and platforms. The pave ments are mostly of brick, the bricks ff,ar1a which inevitably fill with manure and refuse Calves. sheep and hogs that have died en route are thrown out up- oa the platforms, where cars are un- loaded. On a single platform on ont occasion we counted fifteen dead hogs on the next ten dead hogs. The only excuse given for delay in removal wa: that so often heard-the expense.
 The buildings have been constructed with little regard to either light O ventilation.
 systematic ventilation Of the work rooms is not found in any of the es tablishments we visited. No establish ment visited has as yet abandoned tn extensive use of wooden tables an wooden receptacles.
 What shows more strikingly tn general indifference to matters of clean Illness and sanitation are the privies 10 both men and women. Tne preTalIin type is made by cutting off sectio of the work room by a thin woode partition rising to within few feet ( the ceiling. These privies usually venti late into the workrOom through wis dow opening into the outer air. Man are located in the inside corners the workrooms, and thus have no oui side opening whatever. They are fur nished with a row of seats, general without even side partitions. Thes rooms are sometimes used as cloal roome by the employees Lunch room are constructed in the same manner. boarding off a section of the-workroor often adjoining the privies, the odo of which add to the generally unsai itary state of the atmosphere. Abon inable as the named conditions are, oi that affects most directly and serlogE ly the cleanliness of the food produc is the frequent absence of any lavatOl provisions iR- the privies WashiT sinks are either not furnished at a or are small and dirty. Neither a towels, soap or toilet paper provide Men and women return directly fro these places to plunge their unwash'