The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27

There is nothing lost in the slaugh- ter house of modern packing plant except the squeal of the pig, the bawl of the dying COW, so l have been told. It is also said that in the big plants of the meat trusts that this item has been eliminated from the loss column by the inauguration of a plan whereby monster sounding board is erected just in front of where the hog, COW or sheep is dealt the final stab, which catches the sound with such tremendous vibration that the force of it operates the elevator that hauls the animal up to the height of his death
 Now, one would hardly be expected to believe this had he never visited the plant of a meat packer. But after he is shown through, seen the last sad bovine rights administered, watched the motley hogs hair removed and his skin made white as snow, stood by while the vari- GUS cuts are taken from the carcass and i the remnants assorted--even to the hair, toes, horns, hide and bones-he comes out and looks up the fellow he has called liar and says My boy, you were right, they have efficiency up to 100 per cent, and violation of the cleanliness rule is the sign of death.'
 LUNCH AT THE SHACK" | I went out to the Birmingham Pack ing company's plant Friday, and stuck around quite whet. I talked to Capt. Jack Phillips, and kept meeting his boys | in boots, sweaters and ready-to-go- to-t attire-until I thought of Teddy | Roosevelt. I went over the animal morgue, and saw about all there was to see in the way of making the best of Alabama steers and porkers. Then the whistle blew, and "Cappie" says, Let's go eat,' and over to Cookies shack we sauntered and stuck our feet under the long-leaf yellow pine. We didn't have a lunch, we had a meal. And the meat we ate was stew meat and as good meat as I ever ate. There were black-eyed peas, mashed potatoes, cof- fee, light bread, corn dodger and butter, with apple dumplings as a trimming Fine business.
 But I got to thinking about that stew meat. It is not so expensive, and yet it tasted as good as any other kind of beef I had ever consumed This was explained to me later
 Finally, railroad men departed, and for the first time I came in contact with jC H. Ungerman. president of the Bir- mingham Packing company, and you wouldn't believe he would have the heart to order contented, grunting old hogs life amputated, so mild and gentlemanly and pleasant is he, but he has got te do his bit and help feed the nation. And then, having been successfully engaged in this, task for 25 years. he has become somewhat deaf to pig squealing and cows lowing or bawling.
 ALL OF THE DETAILS
 q want to know, MT. Ungerman, just exactly what happens to a COW, hog or sheep that walks into your establish- ment, is driven in, dragged in, or gets in by any other manner-that in, or gets becomes of it, hide. hoofs and all, ever to his disposition, if you can go thai far?" I said.
 Well, I will tell you all I know about
 it, and then you can ask me some ques- tions, for I admit that I learn some thing every day 1 live abbut the pack ing business. In fact, in the last few years I have learned worlds full. al most. about Alabama cattle, and l an glad of an opportunity to tell Ala bamians what they are doing in a. pro. gressive way in this 1ine,' said MT Ungerman.
 ''In the first place, as soon as cal of cattle. hogs, or sheep are received at our plant they are inspected by 9 United States government inspector, whc is stationed here at our plant This ls to arrive at the conclusion as to wha' will be done with the animals in Gues ton. If there is any doubt as to the health of the animals, as to their fitness for human food, they are immediately rejected and the inspector says that they must be slaughtered and the carcass made into fertilizer matefad. Those animals passing the inspector for foot are also slaughtered immediately anc the carcasses passed to the refrigerators slaughter all parts and organs of animal: are again inspected by the same govern , ment inspector, and accepted or reJect ed as the inspection warrants.
 "All carcasses found unfit are con demned and the same process applies . as would in the case of a live amman This insures only sound and Whole some products for manufacturing ioot products sold anywhere In the Unltee : States. and all are inspected by gov ernment inspectors at all packins plants in the country.
 Cattle are largely sold as dressed beef and the sheep and hogs go al rectly to the butcher, thence to th' consumer in the form of steaks, chops lrcasts and stew meats. Dressed hog' are cut and hams, bacon and sides ar' cured and smoked, while the fat Il rendered into lard. Pork loins are gen
 erally sold fresh and produce what Il commonly known as pork chops,
 "The hides of cattle are salted ant
 shipped to tanneries and manufactures
 Into leather The fats are rendered ant | put into barrels and shipped to soal factories for the manufacture of soaps Tho blood and other offal is cooked
 ground and dried and sold as Ter tilizer as well as utilized in the man
 ufacture of hog and chicken feed, Th' hoofs and horns are cleaned and driet i. and sold to manufacturers of buttons combs and various other novelties.
 HOG HAIR IS SOLD
 'In this day and time no up-tc -dat' packing plant will allow any part c
 cattle or hogs or sheep to be wasted Even the hair taken from the hog'
 is dried, packed and sold for the mak
 ing of brushes.
 Another branch of this bushes: that is coming into considerable prom hence is the shipping of boneless bcel In barrels, salted and transported tt the eastern markets, where in tht large cities it is turned into all grade. of prepared meats and sausages. This industry gives a steady demand for or dinary grade of grass cattle produced