The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-09-10
Chamber Defends
Recent Stand
Publicity Committee of Local Oreani.
zation Issues Comprehensive State.
ment Regarding Proposed Taylor
Packing Company Plant.
CLAIMS PUBLIC HAS
BEEN MlSlNFORMED.

The Chamber of Commerce at a re-
cent meeting voted unanimously that
a statement of facts be made public
relative to their recent action in in
viting the Taylor Packing Company to
locate in this city. The following
statement has been issued by the
Chambers Publicity Committee
The locating of this plant in Pleas
antville has been one of the ambitions
of the Chamber for many months.
There is no doubt in the minds of
those who have had civic interest
enough to listen to the explanations
as to the operation of a modern pack
ing house, and who have viewed the
plans submitted covering the plant,
that the opportunity of securing this
industry for our city is the BIGGEST
possibility that has ever been given
consideration by the citizens of this
community. The Chamber of Com
merce, city officials and business men
of the city who have thoroughly in
y~estigated this industry do not hest
tate in confirming their endorsement;
being absolutely satisfied that it would
be a most desirable enterprise. They
did not go temporarily deaf, dumb or
blind by over-zealousness in their am
billions for securing industry, as has
been intimated by some of our unin-
formed citizens.
A more gross misrepresentation of
facts were never offered to the citi-
ems of this community than have
been done recently for the purpose of
creating opposition to this industry.
If some of the slumberers would &C.
~casionally awaken and take o%ne-quar-
ter of the interest in constructive civic
matters as some have done in this in
stance on a destructive basis, public
sentiment might be more easily deter
mined. Get out and push one in a
while when we come to a hill; there
is enough resistance when climbing a
grade, without any one putting a brake
on. 1t is a consolation, however, to
know that so many of our citizens re-
Trained from being a party to the petit
ton without first learning the truth.
Can you imagine such a visionary
picture as has been represented; a
filthy slaughter-house, surrounded by
pig pens, q wading in deep muck,
/ squealing pigs, obnoxious odors, etc,
a cheap class of homes for employees;
foreigners, who are undesirable due to
the very nature of their employment.
Such terrible conditions on mother
earth would surely be a great attrac-
ton for the yultures of the air. oh,
horrors-will you sign a petition
against such conditions? | surely
will And some did.
The local Chamber of Commerce in
cludes in its membership some of the
most conservative, successful n
prominent business men of the city,
who have shown sufficient civic pride
to sacrifice business and social pleas
ures in their efforts for community
advancement. If time is taken to
consider the many accomplishments
along this line, and the personnel of
this civic body, int might at least
hesitate, before jumping at conclu-
sions and questioning their business
judgment. The privilege is taken in
a recent communication to warn our
citizens, and more especially property
owners, ito consider we'll the pros and
cons before hastily endorsing any new
proposition that may come before the
Chamber of Commerce." Thanks for
the compliment.
AS a contrast to the visions of the
critics, the Chamber of Commerce en-
dorsed and solicited the construction
in our city of a modern packing house
of super-design and sanitary facilities,
which have proved to be the envy
of many competitive concerns. The
building is to be of reinforced con-
crete of beautiful architectural design
on the exterior, and tile finished on
the interior, composed of the very lat
est ideas in sanitation. A plant that
would be a point of interest in our
city, to which our citizens could point
and inspect with pride, one that could
be visited wearing your best attire, in
Guiding white slippers; a place where
you might dine and enjoy a good meal
prepared under the most sanitary con-
ditions; no odor, dirt or noise. No
pig pens contemplated inside or out
side of the plant. A carload of pigs,
approximately 1856, would be handled
direct from car to killing room and
disposed of in forty minutes. No noise
can penetrate through the heavily in
sulated walls of this room. The re-
fuse from killing is Immediately placed
in sealed watts and rendered, first add
ing a sulphur solution which prevents
the formation of gases and subsequent
OuOTS Oh any hluu. lhc cithO ""oto
to a pig may be held in one hand, no
solids and o even the blood goes to
the sewer, the latter being trapped
and used for food purposes. The BIZ
products are cooked in watts and the
vapor from cooking is confined to the
utensils, and the worst would be the
smell of fresh meat cooking, but in
a modern packing house even this
odor is not permitted to escape. The
possibility of bad odor from stock cars
has been considered, and we are as
sured hat for the past several years
Government regulations require stock
cars to be cleaned and fumigated at
certain intervals enroute, the final
cleaning in shipments to this territory
would be done in Philadelphia before
cars are forwarded to New Jersey,
After unloading here, cars are again
cleaned and fumigated. This is done
to eliminate the possibility of the
spreading of contagious diseases
among stock, which was so prevalent
and resulted in an epidemic a few
years ago.
Stock cars to-day are kept much
cleaner than local pig and COW pens
and are more sanitary than many
other conditions that exist in u most
restricted sections.
The assertion that the employees
are undesirable foreigners calls fol
retraction; the writer knew nothing
in fact, to base an opinion such as
this for publication. Many of the EN-
n1ovac of this comnanv arc local resi-