New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
TEACHING CHICAGO
SEEDS TO SHOOT
FATHERS TAKE SONS IN
HAND.
Inspection Tour of Packingtozon
Part of Method adopted to Fan
Local Patriotism.

II you wish 10 cause your son TO respect you. ts
shout your praises and TO grow up in your foot
steps, show him what you have accomplished
This is the plan which the three thousand wealthy
business men. who constitute the membership Of
the Chicago Association OF Commerce have adopt
ed as the basic principle of a brand new infant in
dustry, the manufacture of Chicago spirit in their
households Their slogan is Chicago for
Chicagoans. with the rest Of the world paying
its tribute"
More than one OF their townfellOws have accused
Chicago OF bestOwing all their attention OF
the mad pursuit Of trade and pleasure and none on
their boys. merely supplying them with money and
leaving them to their own resources to the care
of women. The latest statement along this line
came from a well known educator. Orville 7.
Bright who told the West End Mothers Council
/ that one OF the chief evils Of the times that
fathers did not take practical interest in their
children Your practical business man pays his
share of the vast amount invested IN the PUBIC
schools he added. but how many fathers ever
visit the schools to see how the boys educatedf
Is there any practical business man who would
invest money in the raising Of cattle and hogs and
allow himself 10 be as ignorant Of the way in which
the money. was being appI.ed7~
The three thousand men in the Association OF
Commerce. who have among them one thousand
sons have determined to take an immunity bath
with reference TO such reproaches Collectively
they have set out q make each boy worthy and
willing succeed his father TO train him 10 love
Chicago to live in Chicago, to sing Of Chicago and
to die and be buried within the municipal limits
of the city
IN the minds OF these fathers Chicagos tignesS
lies first in its industries. The town may be a
mastodon in art. a dinctherium in literature or
the greatest Of whatnot eIse-and they say It is
but nothing is so likely TO iii the breasts Of the
boys full of Chicago spirit the sights presented
in her factories Hence. when the fathers en-
barked in the manufacture such spirit they laid
out a programme for a systematic inspection and
study Of the Windy City's Industrial plants
The first trip offered the boys was 20 the iron
and steel plant of joseph T. Ryerson & sons It
being sort of experiment. only seventy-fve boys
we're allowed to take the excursion. The second
excursion 20 the stock yards. and TWO hundred
and fifty were asked. Only hundred and sew
enty-ive accepted. which might be indication
that the youngsters are not so ready 20 inbibe
Chicago spirit as the fathers are to have them
During the half hour run 10 Packingtowu the Bows
were tagged with numbers in groups OF seven At
the foot Of the steps from the elevated station
within the stock yards trained guide took chargs
[ Of each group Five minutes later the bows were
discovering how swine are converted into table
I products
| Observation Of these processes was followed BY
inspection Of the picking cellars. smokehoUses and
! sausage making rOou-s- Then the boys were taken
/ 70 luncheon. Usually who sees these things
and inhaes the concomitant OGOrs for the first time
has little appetite for several days afterward par
ticUIary for meat But these boys. who were nerV-
ing themselves anything IN later years ate with
! zest when seated in the dining room OF the Swift
! ofHce building IN the heart Of the stock yards
That they might lcse sight OF the fact that
thew were being prepared succeed their fathers.
! they were informed that one company now man
! AGED BY the heir Of the founder had capital OF
S6000G0oo and sold its products last year for more
| than S240o0O.600
! From the luncheon table the boys were .uided
| through the beef sIaugalerins establishment. where
/ within the interval OF three uinures they saw a
live steer transformed into marketable beef This
| sight like that Of the hog killing, was tvofold
revelation 10 them. First. they learned the origin
OF the srlOin the tenIerIou and the other sCvOry
viands SET before from time 10 time Second
and maybe this the principal reason why
{ hey were sent such IN early age 10 view the
| shaubles-ther senses we're awakened 10 the bold
ness and the pitilessness Of Chcaso's industrial
and commercial activities AT future date the
lesson may encourage them to shove out OF their
course but as effectvely-vvith little coraDunc-
ton as the pig-stcker made his fatal thrusts or the
slant Will. the sIedgehaurner disposed Of the OK
From the beefhouse the boys went through the
plant where sheep are transformed into mutton
Afterward they inspected what is called a nine
story kitcnen-a building 1t6 feet long s. wide and
il5 feet high the interior su5-ceIlar to roof
finished entirely white enamel with not piece
of wood used in the construction In this they saw
every process OF canning meats. from making the
tin cans to cooking the meats and putting on the
labels.
All through the day the operations were explained
10 them and booklets were given them for study
aTtervvard that when they started for home late
in the afternoon their pockets were bUlSlug with
Clicago-spirit manufacturing Information for them
to ponder over until their next trip 70 some other
plant where their pride in and love for local in
sttutions can be further stimulated