Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-07-14

Animals is 1lJCle magazine pup
lished by the national society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals. OF
late it has had good deal to say about
the needless cruelties to which animals
for slaughter are subjected and it's ap-
peal is one that should have considera
ton. Our attention is again called to
its campaign by report sent out last
week by the Institute Of American
Meat Packers in which the losses due
to pounding and bruising stock is men
toned. The packers report is not
sent out in the interests Of humane
treatment of animals but in an effort
to prevent losses that come as a result
of such treatment. It is strictly dol
lar and cent proposition with the Pack
ers, but the figures tell another story
too and it is shocking story Of cruel
ty and humanity. 1t seems that
whenever animals are pounded and
jabbed that bruises tend to injure the
quality Of the meat. Such bruises in
1919 caused the throwing out Of the
carcasses Of SO,295 hogs at the various
packing centers and many thousand
carcasses also of cattle and sheep.
The animals must have been cruelty
handled for such an inhuman record to
have been made. In an effort to check
these cruelties the Institute bulletin
suggests that the following at least
ought to be done. Bearing in mind
that the treatment referred to is evil
IDENTIFY so common as to prompt the
publishing of the bulletin, read these
suggestions and see if you can enjoy
the next piece of roast beef or ham
you have served.
Clubs and whips should not be used
on cattle and hogs.
Spiked poles should not be used to
prod and jab the animals. Use piece
of old hose instead. It gets the same
results without causing bruises.
Be careful about slamming car and
yard gates on crowded stock. It
breaks their ribs.
Cold water indiscriminately thrown
on heated hogs cools them but it kills
them also.
Loose boards, nails, sharp corners,
posts, and other objects on which
crowded or scared animals might in
jure themselves ought to be removed
from cars and loading yards.
Don t try so much as you do to save
money by overlooking car. Overload
ing means crippled, trampled, suffocat-
ed and dead animals. It makes a
slaughter house out Of your car:
When such directions have to be sent
out by those in charge of the packing
houses, it is evident that the conditions
as to cruelty and inhuman treatment
of animals have not been exaggerated
by Our Dumb Animals. Another in
human cruelty to which stock are SUBJ
jected in shipment is the matter of
shipping in not properly protected cars
in winter time. Our Dumb Animals
reports hundreds of cases Of cars Of
frozen hogs and cattle arriving at the
stock yards after a hundred or two
hundred mile run in sub zero weather
without the open cars having the pro-
lection even of paper tackled around
the sides of the cars. If you want to
know what it means to a COW to be
thus treated, get into your car the next
time the weather is ten below zero and
hit it up for several hours with the
windshield down. Cruelties to stock
that are headed for the slaughter
houses have for years been such as to
cry aloud for reform but nothing in
particular has been done until now,
the appeal is being made on the basis
that the cruelties cost money. Per-
haps the appeal is at last on the basis
where it can get hearing. The cir
cumstances, however, reflects no credit
on the American people as humane
and Christian nation.