The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14
STOCKS YARDS FIERCE
. WITH TUBERCULOSIS
Merchants Experts Learn That
Disease Prevails Among Meat
Plant Employees.
Interviews with Physicians Shows
That White Plague Pre-
walls Among Many.

Chicago, Ill.,, July 12.-Tuberculosis
prevails among the stock yards en-
ployes, according to the reports OF the
experts who investigated the condi-
tons under the auspices of the Illinois
Manufacturers Association and the
Chicago Commercial Association.
That part OF the report which deals
with the subject Of tuberculosis is sub
stantially as follows:
1T is not true that much splitting
goes on at the stockyards. However,
interviews with physicians Of the
neighborhod and examination of the
health department records show that
tuberculosis prevails among the oper-
atives; but it seems that the declared
cases leave the yards"
Despite extraordinary efforts to keep
the report a secret facts have leaked
out which show the exercise Of great
caution in criticising the packers.
The experts assert that they were
hampered by having no standards to
judge by. They say they did the very
best they could under the circumstance
es- While they have found many fea-
lures all right, they ran across a num-
Der Of things they felt disinclined to
call anything else than questionable.
Attempt to Whitewash.
After two hours conference at the
Union League Club, the original copy
Of report made by experts was sent
out to be typewriter in dupliacte for
distribution later in the day.
The expert report was criss- CROSSED
interlined, blotched with red ink and
the pages were dog-eared where the
committee had "edited" it.
Gist Of the Report.
The report deals with these things
in general:
Tho system Of inspection at the yards
Tho records Of inspection at the
plants.
The laws governing inspection.
Questions from employees.
In part the report says:
I'VE were greatly impressed and
found our greatest source of informa-
ton in the questions directed to gov
eminent inspectors. We were hamp-
cred, however, by the lack of stand.
ard in food products.
Some Of the packing houses are
new and up to date and entirely sat-
| 1sfactory. Others are in fairly good
condition. But in some plants we
found certain departments that must
be rebuilt
Must Draw tho Line.
1--WE found that some diseases Of
cattle are not communicable to man;
| that the germs Of some diseases are
killed by degree Of temperature nee.
essary to cooking-but we must draw
the line somewhere.
+ Some of the methods Of preparing
products are all right and some arr
| questionable"
Tuberculosis Among Workmen.
| On the matter of tuberculosis there
| is this mild statement:
1T is not true that there is much
splitting In the packing houses. Inter-
views with physicians of the neighbor.
hood and examination of health depart
nent records show that tuberculosis
prevails among the operatives, but il
seems that declared cases leave the
yards"
The final clause Of the report reads:
I'VE have read the new meat in.
! spection bill passed by the Senate an6
| A1OuoS u representatives ana ma IL sc
! stringent that when it is in effect i
any diseased meat escapes to the
market it will be the fault Of the gov.
eminent Inspectors
| Trainers Of Report.
Members of the committee who have
turned out this restoration Of conf.
dence" report, are:
John H. Pierce, G. H. Smith, W. D
Conkey, La Verne w. Noyes. Gustav,
Hessert, Jr., Walter Fitch, Mason B
Starring, Rolling A. Keyes, W, H. vii.
son, D. r. Forgan.
The experts who accompanied then
were:
DR.. w. A. Evans, Chicago; DR.. N
P. Ravenel. Pennsylvania: P. A. Peters
University of Nebraska; M. H. Rey
nolds. University Of Michigan; Max.
milan Herzog, Chicago.
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PHILADELPHIA, July 10. - TIL
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