The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-13
NEAT MUCK RAEIHG UNFAIR.
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lsia ibe confederation ~ lhs su6dry t9vil
appropriation hill In lts iiouas ~ ilapFa.
aantsi,Vea today, sad @vefsl f6~efuiefsfos
rihlv stpfrssed ihgif vievs utHn the saiis.
,trb IN feaafdtB fhe alauahtsrihe sNd faok
inc n i've siurh AMI Ne pfy,lueta
~ u infnftaht said W. Non,ieli. wha
cofnrs ffBin wyoming Ehsfe they grow
cattle that ne fact 10 emphasized mat
n ell that hes tern cha' cod IN certain oh,ial
and -mi.pA,rial fspofts sers admitted.
and " IL ~, by any in~aha. the ctafse-
thefrih inads ~ unsatisfactory conditions
relate ~ the pfef sfntion n an almost M.
nnltesimal ffacflsn ~ tho products ~ q few
packing houses. and, whsn analysed, are
found 10 allage conditions IN the main
affecting the workers IN soue depaftn~hta
~ certain backing houses rather than the
products themselves
They complain ~ conditions admittedly
nnsatiafsCtoty n they exist. but mostly In
The domain ~ tho sociOlogirt rather thanln
the sphere ~ the seeker after the truth
relative TO the healthfnlne-- of food prod
icts, Tie trusted, rhicient, scientific IN
s~rectors ~ the Agricultural Department,
accustomed Ia the conditions that must
neceSsa rly surround Tho slaughter ~ ank
mails. We understand, failed 10 find ground
Tor serious criticism ~ ~ the heal'hfu lnesa
or cleanliness Of the processes employed In
the preparation 81 meats, hut they were
followed bv we'll meaning gentlemen no.
doubt. but gentlemen whose business.
whose profession In life N IL To search ont
things TO CrtiCise In order that they may
employ themselves in the endeaVur 10 re-
form them; and they did find something.
M I.IiEI IN - Na.E,..n I,.r.a. .-Y 81.
hey ought 10 be, not so much ar affecting
I'VE h~ealthtulness and cleanliness Of the
meat, tut as affecting the health. and. as
they say, the morals Of employees,
Il ave no doHbt that gentlemen 20
sensitive that their optics and olfactoriss
are offended because a place where animals
are slaughtered i not In all Of its depart
ments as fra grant as an establishment for
the bottlinR Of eau de colo gne, and who
would probably shrink from the preparae
ton OF an Omelette because II involves the
somewhat mlIssy performance OF breaking
and beating eggs, would find quite AZ much
or more to ~criticlse were they sent out to
INSPECT the Kitchens of the best people of
the land. There are some processes in the
preparation Of food that are not appealing
either 10 the eve or to the nostrils. ! know
OF no way in which these processes can be
rendered altogether satisfactory 10 sensi-
tive and nnicky people.
II was a bad day for Chicago and the
DdChllS ana StOth growing INDUSTRIES OF the
United States when thar now historic porker
slipped his trolley and fell-just whore he
fell i controverted-w het her he actually
did soil his jowl il Questionable; whether
Ilr dust he might have accumulated was
entirely removed by antiseptic and dis
infectant preparations is still shrouded
in mystery. The fact that he was only
one OF a million Of his brethren Of whose
clea nliness there could be no question is
forgotten. The further fact that he
In all human probability was thoroughly
cleansed, If as a matter Of fact he was ever
seriously soiled, Is entirely overlooked.
and he goes down In history entirely eclips-
ing the other famous Chicago animal, Mrs.
OLeary's COW, in the awful loss and
havoc he has wrought.
where on earth are large numbers Of ami
mails slaughtered and prepared for human
food under conditions 30 absolutely in
surfing the hea%ithfulness, the cleanliness
and the palatableness Of the product as In
the packing establishments OF our country
under Federal supervision. No question
has ever been raised even by the most
confirmed and captious fault finders Of the
healthfulness and cleanliness of the vast
bulk OF the products, and particularly that
portion OF it which enters into foreign trade.
Now that the matter Is up " Congress,
! have every confidence that il viii be treated
by the Committee on Agriculture, which is
now considering it. and by this House with
that calm, dispassionate Judgment which
the great Importance Of the matter war,
rants and demands. 1t pertains to and
vitality Affects vast industries. II the pack
ing Industries Of the country were alone
affected their rights should demand our
respect. but the great live stock industries
OF the country are equally affected.
They have already suffered and will
suffer losses amounting to many millions
by this agitation: There must be an ex-
tension of Federal inspection, more for the
restoration OF public confidence than be-
cause OF any real necessity for it. providing
local sanitary laws are enforced: but in
providing for this extension Of inspection
its cost should be paid by the Government
rather than laid Upon the packers. who
would unload it on the cattle ~raisers; and
the House should neither be disturbed nor
affected in It's Judgment By hystericai
Congress to enact or so drastic and COM
pHcated that Il would in the end defeat the
very purpose for which enacted" Jap
Mr.. Slayden of Texas, where cattle are
also raised, followed, urging speedy action
in the matter, that a panic of far reaching
consequences to the stock r isers Of the
country, now threatening th,.h, might be
averted. He protested against saddling
the stock raiser with the cost Of inspection,
II was made at the expense OF the public.
Mr.. Amee OF achusette advocated
further Federal inspection at the cost Of
the packers. affirming that the present In
spection was inefficient and ineffective.
Il want to take exception to the closing
statement OF the gentleman from Masse-
chusetts,' said Mr. Fulkerson Of Missouri,
shat the present examination OF beef prod
ucts by the Government Ia insufficient
] want TO deny that statement In toto In 30
as 1t applies to the city Of South st.
Joseph. | have a number Of times been
through these hacking houses. l have ofici-
at hog killings on the farm myself,
and | var to say that the products Of South
Joseph's packing houses, 50 far as clean
illness and wholesomeness are concerned.
and so far as construction in a modern
q sanitary Of the building is con-
cerned, is par excellence and cannot be
beaten either on the farm o.. in any packing
house.
THAT is the whole trouble about this
cutlery against packing house products right
now. The fhct that n packing house Of
one city may or may not have been obeying
the law, or has been furnishing to the coun-
try food products in a state that they should
not have furnished them, Is to bring every
other packing house in the country-and
there are hundreds of others-under the
condemnation thlt is being heaped upon
them, as il all we're guilty.
1T Ia against that theory that / am here
to protest. ] know as we'll as l know any
thing, for I have examined them personally, |
and ] nave been through the plant time and !
n -.tr oAI 7 hpnw that tl.a ynnat prnl,,,tp /