Salt Lake Telegram | 1906-06-21 | Page 1 | Small Packers "Muck-Raked"

SMALL PACKERS ' "MUCK-RAKED" Big Packers Say They Are Responsible Re-sponsible for the Scandal, and Must Clean Up Their Shops; Investigation Ordered CHICAGO, June 21. Chief Sanitary Inspector Hedrick , yesterday detailed three inspectors to make a thorough investigation of the small packing plants which heretofore have escaped the limelight by being scattered throughout, the city. ' ' : '. .. The truth of the claim made by the big packers that the former really were to blame for the meat scandal will be tested. - Particular attention will be paid, it was said, to the light, air and ventilation ventila-tion of these plants, as' well as to the question, of cleanliness. ' - "The '"smaller fry" is said to have made considerable progress in cleaning clean-ing up. . . . . . - These reports, with their recommendations recom-mendations will be complete by tomorrow, to-morrow, and probably will be made public on Saturday.