The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30

for live stock alone. Arriving in Faekin' town. visitors are furnished with guides py any of the great packing houses. WIG 1 show them through the various plants. | The most fascinating, if gruesons, sish' | ie the killing or, as they call it here, the | dispatching of the stock
 The hogs are driven, a dozen or more | at time, into pen at the base or an
 automatic hoisting- wheel. Each one IS | then shacked by one of it's hind-legs to ! the revolving wheel which raises the hog steadily until the shack hook Is dropped I to a sliding rail. On this rail the animal passes the dispatcher, who cuts Its throat ] with one stroke, at the rate of 800 an hour The carcass never leaves the slid ing rail. passing numbers of skilled work men, each of whom does just one part, until ready to be cut into halves and quar- ters. The beeves are killed at the rate of 250 an hour. They are driven in run ways from the rest pens to small, me- chanically operated pens inside the slaugh- ter house. Above these small pens, on the platform, stands the operator, who kills them by a sledge hammer blow on the head, after which the beef rolls out onto the dressing floor, is hung up, and swiftly dressed in like manner as the hogs.
 I cannot, of course. describe. the whole pioSoSS OA pdthities, NANh iss S- manufactured by-products, such as soap glue, oils, tallow, etc. It is great ln- dustry, and one of Chicagos main points of interest. Passing from the industrial to the commercial, the immense depart ment store of Marshall Field & Co.,, is well worth a visit. This magnificent es- tablshment is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful, artistic and largest de- partment stores in the world. The twelve ct h11ildipo fr0ntinp- entire square gives one but faint idea of the splen- dor found within. The main halls or each floor are on the order of a colonade of the Corinthian style, with perfect arrangement of white pillars, between which the shelvings and showcases are placed. The whole lighted by large arc lamps, shedding a mellow light over the animanted scenes-altogether presenting a picture which filled me with delighted surprise. hardly expected to find, any where in this country, such artistic taste combined with cold commerce
 Park Founded By Foreigners
 This letter, of course, is too limited in volume to mention all the features of this great city. l will however, name just one more-Lincoln park, the biggest. most popular, and most beautiful of Chicago s many public parks Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, with a splendid bath ing beach, in which l saw, one Sunday afternoon, more than 8 thousand men. women and children enjoying themselves in the water. it is the Mecca of large percentage of Chicagos population. It's landscape gardening is unsurpassed; one may wander everywhere through the de- lightful grounds, past lagoons and lakes, and children's playgrounds, woods and valleys, meeting new vistas Of scenic beauty at every turn. Here, also, the zoo is located, which contains 400 specimens of beasts, reptiles and birds. And, by the way, may mention here that a German, John Hottinger, refugee of '4s was the founder and. as he is called. the Father of Lincoln park. A shining example Of the value of alien citizens of this coun- try.
 I shall remain in Chicago several weeks yet As mentioned in my former letter, there is an immense field here for our work. This fact is shown by the great number of land companies holding south- ern lands, and maintaining their head quarters here; some of them. as I spoke of once, conducting a very unsayory bus mess. The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, through the farm movement department, ought to have a bigger suc- cess than any of these land companies. because there Is no section in the south which can compare in any way with the Birmingham district and Its unlimited op- portunities. I. The work having been or ganized on an extensive plan, as 1t had to be, to bring desirable results. will take time and money, but sooner or later our people will realize the far-reaching benefits derived from this movement, and come to a proper appreciation of what a large influx of settlers means to any sec ton of the country