Show REPORT T ON O PACKERS I HORRIFIES CHICAGO Conditions at Steps Taken to Improve Stock Yards a General Cleanup Being the Immediate Result Immediate effects Chicago One of the of disclosure fects of the presidents In packing house conditions was seen an attempt In at least three of the packing houses on Tuesday to remedy rem-edy tho conditions condemned In the report Floors were cleaned walls scraped and light and ventilation improved tho proved The surroundings of workers In these three plants were Improved 50 per cent In one day The general manager of one big plant spent the morning in n down town plumbing establishment picking out the latest sanitary plumbing Besides renovating the plumbing the puckers put up a variety of signs all over the plants enjoining cleanliness cleanli-ness The foremen were told that the rule against expectorating must be enforced or discharge would result Another new rule posted conspicuously conspic-uously was that forbidding the use ot tobacco In all food producing rooms Later In tho day the Inspectors reported re-ported that In one of the large packIng pack-Ing houses they had found defective plumbing which they directed the company to repair immediately Notice No-tice was also given In this place to wash the walls of several of the rooms with lime Increase In the facilities fa-cilities for washing were also or tiered Tho work rooms were light and well ventilated and tho floors halls stair and tables were clean In another plant everything was Com I In good order except in the sausage sau-sage room where there was water on the floors and the girls were compelled com-pelled to walk through it In order to reach their work Tho laundry plant was found In bad condition and tho fourth concern was ordered to clean Its chilling room Impelled by disclosures nt the stockyards stock-yards Mayor Dunne has announced anew a-new municipal ownership project Ho declared himself in favor of the city owning a slaughtering plant where the packers would be compelled com-pelled to kill their cattle and prepare the meat for sale under strict municipal mu-nicipal supervision Tho only difficulty foreseen by the I mayor Is the problem of raising the necessary funds for such an undertaking I under-taking Ho will confer with Alderman Alder-man Frank I Bennett chairman of the council finance committee and other members of the city council to see If there Is not somo way of findIng find-Ing the money |