The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, June 09, 1906, Page 6, Image 6
Some of the Sickening Dis=
closures
Made by the Agents of the
President who Investigated
Conditions in Chicago
Packing Houses.
Extracts from report sent to
Congress tins week by President
Roosevelt: The investigators
say that this report is only n
partial one, and one must shod
tier when one thinks that there
is any possibility ot worse to
come. At the very outset the
yards are condemned as being
commonly unclean. Pavements
and othor portions are of brick
or wood, so worn as to collect
and retain harmful dirt and dise
ise breedingstulT. The buildinus
are ill lighted and ventilation is
not thought of. Work tables
upon which meat is handled and
floor carts on which it is carried
about, tubs and receptacles into
which it is thrown, are generally
of wood. These are water soaktd,
only half cleaned, with meat
scraps and grease adhering to
their sides and collecting dirt
This is characteristic of meat
racks and conveyors of every
sort, which are inadequately
cleansed, meat and grease scraps
adhering to them alter pretended
washings.
Toilet accomodations for work
ingmen are wholly inadequate.
What there are of them, the
ventilation goes into the work
rooms. Owing to lack of accommodations
and distances from
work rooms men relievo themselves
on the floors and the
tomes swell the nauseating odors
arising from dirty, blood-soaked
rotting floors, fruitful culture
beds for disease germs both for
men and animals. Even whore
new buildings have been erected
the defects of the old ones have
not heen remedied.
TREATMENT OF MEAT ANI) PREPARED
FOOD PRODUCTS.
An absence of cleanliness was
also tound everywhere in the
handling of meat being prepared
for the various meat too l produets.
Alter killing, carcasses
are well washed, and up to the
time they reach the cooling
room are handled in a fairly sanitary
and cleanly manner. The
part* that leave the cooling room
lor treatment in bulk are also
handled with regard to cloanli
ness, but the par's that are sent
from the cooling room to those
department* of the packing
houses in which various forms
ot meat products are prepared
are handled with no repaid i
whatever f < ?r cleanliness. In
some of the largest establish-1
merits sides that are sent to
what is known as the honing
room are thrown in a heap upon!
the or. The workers climb;
over ill - i li ! ps >f meat, select
the pi-c vs th".v wish, ami Ire(liien'iv
to row t i i < 111 down Upon
the oil toy lloo. beside their working
'-eneh. I vet. in oil timr the
me it upon the beneh. -tie W"|\
i.- usually le Id pressed again i
flier apron.-, and these apron*
were, a- a rule, indescribably i
r
iu.r ml bore long ar<umubil<n
i I . I .. . i '
gr?* JiMl uii i , AII niii^y n it-\\ j
places were suitable oilcloth
aprons worn. Moreover, men
were seen t? climb from the
Hour and stand, with shoes diny
with the rein o o' the floors, on
the tables up ?n which the m *;?t
was h i mi 1 >d. Th \v were seen t
the lunch hour sitting on the
tables on the spot on which the
meat product was handled, and
all this under the very eye of
the superintendent of the room,
showing that this was the com
raon practice.
Meal scraps were also lound
being shoveled into receptacles
from dirty floors where they
were left to lie until again shoveled
into barrels or into machines
lor chopping. These floors, it
miiKl bo noted, were in most
cases damp and foggy, in dark,
ill-ventilated rooms, and the employees
in utter ignorance of
cleanliness or danger to health
expectorated at will upon them.
In a word, we saw meat shovel
ed from tilthy wooden floors,
pilot! on tables rarely washed,
[lushed from room to room in
rotten box carts, in all of which
processes it was in the way of
gathering dirt, splinters, floor
filth, and the expectoration ol
tuberculous and other diseased
workers. Where comment was
made to floor superintendents
about these matters, it was always
the reply that this meat
would afterwards be cooked, and
that this sterilization would prevent.
any danger from its URe.
Even this, it may be pointed
out in passing, is not wholly
true. A very considerable portion
of the meat so handled is
sont, out as smoked products and
in the form of sausages, which
are prepared to be eaten without
being cooked.
A particularly glar'ng instance
of uncieanliness was found in a
room where the Lost grade of
sausage was being prepared for
export. It was made from carefully
selected meats, and was
being prepared to bo eaten uncooked
In tbis case tlie employee
carted the chcpped up meat
across a room in a barrow, the
handles ol which were filthy
with grease. The meat was then
thrown out upon tables, and the
employee climbed upon the fable,
handled the meat with his
unwashed hauls, knel with his
dirty apron and trousers in contact
with the meat he was spreading
out, and, after lie had finished
his operation, again took hold of
the wlnelharrow, went hack for
another load, and repeated this
process indefinitely. Inquiring
d veloped the fact that there
was no water in this room at all,
and the only method the mail
adopted for cleaning his hands
was to rub them airainst his dirty
apron or on his still filthier
trousers.
As an extreme example of the
entire on the pari of
inplovers of ;111\ not inn of
cII'a11i 11m iia>i'l. 111ur diossed
meat, we ^;nv i? ho<r that ]iiicl
j ii ~ l been k i i I ? I, cleaned, washed
iiii'l si ;i I* I I'll oil Us ny t> I he
<"?> i iu' room la ' liom 'lie slid
i ii lo dirty wooden floor
11-.i j, ill \v i \ into a lilt hy
;ii*s privy. 11 wng picked lip
by two oinj love?*n, placed upon
a trurli. c irrir I ui'o the cooling
room nd .11111op with other
car m , no effort being made
o c can it
In another establishment |
! of sausages and dry moldy can
' meat*, admittedly several y<
| o d, were lound, which the s
! eiintend nt stated to us wc
!>< tanked and convoited
grease. Tiie disposition to
i made of this was wholly opt
ul with the superintendents
representatives of the pack
as the government does
concern itself with the disj
tion ol meat8 after they h
passed inspection on the kil
floor. It might, all be treated \
chemicals, mixed with ot
meats, turned out any form
moat products desired, and
the packages or receptacle!
which it was to be shipped
to the public would be mar
with a label that their contc
bad been "government insp
eel. ii is 1101 aiiegeci nere i
hiicIi 11*0 wh8 to be made of
stuff. i he case is pointed oil
one showing the glaring opj
tunity for the misuse of a 1;
bearing the name and the
plied guaranty of the Un
States government.
Another instance of abus
the use of the labels came to
notice. In two different es
lishments great stocks of
canned goods were being
through a washing process t(
move the old labels. They v
then subjected to sufficient 1
to "liven" the contents?to
the phrase of the room supe
tendent. After this, fresh lal
with the government uami
them, wore to be placed 11
the cans, and they were to be i
out bearing all the evidence
being a freshly put up prod
In one ol these instances, by
admission of the superintend
the stock thus being relabi
was over two years old. In
other case the superintenc
evaded a statement of how old
goods were.
Town Swept Away by Flc
Ironton, ()., June 6?S
Town, a village 20 miles nort
Ironton, with a population of
was washed away to-day. N
house was left on its fonndat
Mth. Say re and daughter v
drowned, bridges were waf
away and telephone lineH
dow n.
The disaster whh due to a 1!
which whh canned by a he
| rain lasting six hours. The t<
is situated at the confluence
the branches of the Indian
Otiyan creeks. The valley at
Scott Town is long and nar
and the flood swept everytli
before it. Men, women and <
dren escaped to the hills in t
j night clothes. Four persons v
so injured that they cannot
cover. The valley from Si
Town to the river was aw
clean. Four iron bridges v
washod away and many ho
1 were drowned. The damagt
crops cannot be estimated.
Postmaster Dohbed
<i v\ routa, i i? r a iin<
In , nearly leal his life ami wan rol>l<
.ill comfort, according to liia letter. v
vs. "For "2i> yeara I l?ad ?-l?r?>ni'
coin plaint, wliioh le I to sin-li a scvcri
nf ) <iini: ieo llnit i'm-ij my linger nail*
el yellow; when my dooler preao
lilectrie Itinera; wInch cured mc ami
pt infl well for n y aia." Sorr
lor Itilionmean, N<ural;iu, 'Veakm >%
il Mtoi'iacli. 1,1 vi r, Kidney ami Itli
<1 rangciuenta A wonderful Tonic
Funderlnirk l'liarinao < rawford I fro
i \liu-key (Jo , I'rug a to re, GO oenta.
Do voti take I lie *N?'ws?
I
II {HONII SAVMS I
i': J ? FOR ? $
I Money Spenders |
? Our entire line of Shoes at old prices. We W
ol I can sell you shoes at the same price they will I
xf ? now cost us, and make money. Don't miss m
V this opportunity. Just received $250 worth #
i j new Laces and Embroidery to match at 2 1-2 f ^
it* $ to 5oc yard. Beautiful line white goods, #
ect- ( Lawns, Piques, etc., from 5c to 35c the yard. 4
hat V Yard-wide Taffeta Silk, wear guaranteed, at ?
this ? 98c, worth $1.25. Small lot Dress Shirts to ^ ^
t as J close at 50c on the dollar. Full line white J
P<>r- ^ and colored soft Shirts at 23c to 98c. %
?bel ^
zt Just Received |
e in I a solid case of men's and boys' Sample Hats. J
our \ Your choice of boys' at 98c; men's $1.25? ^
tab- ^ worth double the money. Our stock of Neck- J
oi?i I wear and Underwear is new and complete and m
Pllt m as cheap as the cheapest. We have a few
> re- B winter-weight suits to close at your price in ?
vore ^ order to make room for spring goods. We ^
l,eat ^ want 500 men to get a pair of our 75c Over- ^
UBe ? alls at 50c. No charges for showing goods, ?
inn- m
)e's> J Yours respectfully, ?
:*3 * Funderburk Comp'y. * '
ent,
? WAGONS
,od Wagons Wagons
cott now ?^er largest and very beat selected lot ?l Wagons
^ ^ that baa ever been shipped into the state. Think of it?three solid
c ?rs of Wagons?one ot them all 1 hor.-e, 45 in number. This is
the first n.?r of 1-horse Wagons that was ever shipped to Lancaster
H and doubtless into the state. The other two cars consist of 1, 2, 3
ion. Jimi J horse Wagons, witti any height of wheel or width ot tire,
k'ere Think ot it?over 125 Wagons to select Irom. The qin stion arises,
ihed as one ot our friends asked, "Why on the earth did you buy so
are many? Did you think they had quit making tliein?" No, hut in
order to get the price, we have bought for this place and all of our
lood Other places over 2,000 vehicles. Bv doing this we have been
.avv placed on the jobber's list, and all business men know that this
* means 10 per cent, less tban any one, except a jobber, can buy.
Buggies Buggies
row
Three solid cars of Buggies.
One ol the celebrated Hackney.
< >ne of the celebrated Columbia,
l,e,r One ot the celebrated Hickory.
fere Ami a number ol the Columbus ami Babcock. ?>
re- Anv size or style Irom an 18 inch body to a nice carriage,
cott
- Harness Harness
rses
<i to Be'immber we manufacture our own Harness, and hence have
no competition. All kinds on hand or made to order. W<. have
shipped, all told, f>0 cars of
Mules and Horses
otl of |
t'hirli I
t'v,r and our Mr. Hood is now on the market buying more. Don't fail
cns? | , \?f. i . . .. .. .. - .?
fl>|, <> i-fiiin- in -it U-. it e u1 >:i i mop Mir summer I s jn-i sh llt'CPHMjiry
to lijiv< ih 111 111 slimmer : s iii spiintr. W must have them
IMV' for our I'linioroup ouH'onior . Some h ue. hi, perhaps, don't kuit
4 unci Ilium, a' (I ill0\ inuct l>e su tod. Any i<ii d y< u want, Irom a $25
uhlrr plu^r t<? mi extra driving horse. Ail shades and grades. Ooiiip
r one, come all.
i GREGORY-HOOD LIVE STOCK CO.
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