The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-18
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by their efforts would appear fulsome.
"Come with me to the delivery OF
the fresh, incurred bacon as It Is re-
cetyed at the Beech-Nut Plant: Let
us follow II.
".The green bellies are square cut,
trimmed uniform, selected process
which is satisfied with nothing short
of fancy quality. They are all federal
inspected before they arrive and an
other federal inspector receives them.
No Hog Rinas There.
"As soon as they reach the plant
they are rubbed with a dry suga- cure
and packed, rind down, for from
twenty.three to twenty-nine days In
as fine a battery Of concrete bins. au-
tomatically drained, as you OF or
anybody will ever see.
"After the curing, the hog rinds.
which are converted into sausages IN
every sausage factory in New York
City, are sold to leather makers. rms
fact alone should be significant to
Globe readers. The Beech+Nut people
could get more money for hog rtnds
by selling them to food manufacturers.
Apparently they do not believe hat
hog rinds be diverted from the tan
merry to the stomachs Of humanity.
After the curing the bacon hangs
IN the smokehouse for ntnety-six
hours where it takes on the mixed
fragrance Of s~moldering beech n
hickory. After the smoking the bacon
is chilled. 1t then goes to the slicing
machine.
The Girls Are Not chatteIs.
''From the slicing machines 1t tray
els to the packing tables, where a ut
tie army Of girls place 1t In jars, when
are then capped in a vacuum, field and
afterward sterilized.
THE girls when they enter the
plant, are subject to medical inspec.-
ton. They are a happy lot, and
know the meaning of a living wage.
"Next week Jane Adams will make
the kind of, an inspection that made
yesterday. She will go much further
than 1 went with respect to the labor
conditions which she will find there,
but | p~rophesy that when she comes
away from the plant it will be with q
feeling of elation.
at is difficult to realize that sordldr
ness has been3purgeds out iokthetheart
OF any individual OF. Organization with:
out experiencing a thrill. Jane Ad-
dams will have that thrill:
".Let us go to the jelly Kitchen
where ounce. grape, red and black
'currant, apple and crab apple jellies
are made. The apples are Spleen
bergs. They are quartered by a corps
OF girls who remove skins, cores,
stems and such occasional worm
holes and spots as are to be looked
for in all apples, ever in those which
undergo careful selection and for
which high prices are paid.
1.-The apples which saw yesterday
cost the Beech-Nut people So a barrel.
The buy them in carload lots. They
could buy apples for $1.50 a barrel:
The fact that they don't buy such
apples tells its own story.
Keeping the Copper Out.
/" Why do you quarter the apples?"
I asked.
1--WE object to cooking wormholes
and spots" was the answer.
LET us travel with those apples:
WeSsee them taken to steam-jacketed
copper kettles which are lined with
silver to prevent erosion OF the cop
per during the cooking process. Or
ganic acids affect copper and copper
in solution is not a good food pro-
duct, although exposed copper kettles
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