The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-22
INTERESTING LETTER :.
FROM MISS WHITE

Miss Sara White, who is trained
nurse writes frequently to hef parents
MIR. and Mrs. Il. M. White, of Ada and
describes the visit she and her COM
panions made to places of interest
We publish extracts from this letter:
Let's take visit to the wonderful
stock yards of Chicago.
1t will take us an hours ride on
electric. Well go Tuesday, a. m. and
then come back and sleep until time,
to go on duty at $50.
Myrtle and Blanch and I went out
there as soon as we ate our break
fast. Got to the place at 9:30.
The stock yard cover acres of pens
for cattle sheep and hogs, The odor
out there is not like peaches and
cream, around in this vicinity are
many great packing houses Swift,
Armour's Libby's, and Morris Co.
We decided to visit the Swift plant
as it is the largest and most exciting.
We entered at the visitors entrance
where on the door is written these
words-"welcome visitors, walk in"
So we did, and were greeted by most
genial fellow who was "glad to see us,
and reminded us that we were brave
to come without an escort we were
told "to have seats, the party would
leave in 20 minutes" So we sat and
watched the other visitors come in,
precisely in twenty minutes the guide
beckoned us to the elevator where
we went to the 7th floor to the Hog
Dressing Department.
The machinery and organization is
amazing, The pigs are in stall.
They enter by the dozen to small
pen where a man awaits to snap
ring around its left hind foot and
hangs him on to big hooks upon a
huge wheel Gas large as any wind
mill wheeD which keeps revolving,
the hook slips on to a large iron rod
and the squealing pig slides on 70 his
death few feet away, where a man
in rubber boots and with barred elbows
and armed with a stabbing knife
gives the animal his death blow. The
dead hog goes sliding on into a cald-
ron of boiling water and out again
where he receives a scrapirg and
cleaning and singeing Zone man
standing doing one part of the pro-
cess as the meat passes by.) Then
one man whacks off the feet, enc the
ears, one the head, one opens the mid
line etc, There is place for every
thing.
Now the pig all white and clean
has slipped down to sixth floor 1--WE
walk down to steps and find a 1000
pigs going through the cutting pro-
cess) into the refrigerating room
where he remains for two days. IT
has taken him LIZ hrs> to leave his
pen and enter the Zee box as food
fit for man.
Now in the cutting room the hams
and shoulders are cut off then the
back bone is out and the bacon is
trimmed and down to the fifth floor
the next is seen. Here is the 5th
smoking room and my, but it smells
good.
On the 4th floor the stamping is
done and asserting of small and
large pieces of meat.
3rd floor part of the packing is be-
gun; on the End floor bacon is wrapp
ed and tied and. when the meat is on
first floor it is ready to be loaded into
huge wagons there waiting with
great dappled horses and away to the
r. r. Station to be sold.
Next we go to the refrigerating
rooms where the beeves ready dress
ed, are hung in uniform rows. These
rooms are sc to 38 below zero, we but
toned our capes closer about us and
enjoyed the iciness of the place. They
are not killing beef today rather they
won't begin until IL o'clock as cows
are scarce and full time isn't needed
for them now the guide says "all
ready" and we go to where the, sheep
are led to the slaughter and this is
what makes us heartsick to see their
innoncent human-like faces stab with
out murmur or complaint. Notice
the man who is killing the sheep:
He has big nose, beard and hasn't
been shaved for days. He wears a
close fitting cap and rubber apron
and his arms are splashed with blood,
He is doing his duty and is on the job
every day but Saturday and of course
on Sunday the place dosen't run so
ne works five days in the week religi-
ously to get the correct food for his
people to eat, he is the Jewish rabbi.
-Ih, ocnnllinn ort thndnu Lou.