Show r J r 1 f A Great Gret Americ Y w Some of the Less Discussed Facts Concerning the Meat Pack Packing t ting t tI I ing Business One of the Foremost Specialties p tiE HE E greatest created t Institution I of Its Ite kind In the and certainly certain I the most mast mo t noteworthy Institution of any kind In Chicago Is the tho industry In Industry InI which has been I developed by b the tho live livestock livestock I Istock stock and meat pack packing now carried on at nt the As no Ins ing In a nr r ate M I 8 the live stock trade trado tn iJ 1 an ant ni th thI the packing business bu ago aro really i 01 n but they are aro of necessity t i it I d 1 and Interdependent The Therun proper consists of t run n 1 eh at UI E ni u acres of pens buildings building and andi f I i i fur fr receiving handling feed fe feI I ring selling weighing and lIe ile g rum to or more sn lun s a day da this being the tho rJ rd of actual The TheIa r k n h use district familiarly Ia I contains an all ana vr kr n ns nur a v a 1 t h r ual lal territory coveted with 11 Ig li tr t r k l buildings devoted to the tho thor ther s r r of or animals rand their con conn n a mn into raw materials for finish ur products product I i b ti t 0 tIe the point on the American rt to m which the gaze of the thew f c cr w erld has hal recently been direct t tt ff er t by v I rl n novel The Tho Theby Theby by b tho the outcome of an In if n Into tho the hn methods methode c cl cI thru e who ah hn have hlo prorated profited greatly from tram lh tit it at parking parkin industry There ha hat has hall t 1 i 1 r f lute late n a public awakening to the e foods and adulterations f tt ii l Impure I ff or e i kinds hinds The Tho groat army of food fond I f c n i re r f has haB at nt last begun to take lake mi an ana mii i a 1 r interest t In n what It cats rata and II nil d In r It II will no longer consent to 10 be bo bop berI bert p rt iff ff f with comestibles attractive In Int t sq nin e hut but mysterious In compost OlI ii v packages paka p a g and high art tn lire are no nil longer nt fr er i literature and plausible len i em from the makers maker of all allU al U H e articles of unknown composition o no iI rP melved with suspicion fU To put pul It ItI ItI f s mr hat vulgarly the tam game amo Is III up I v present It seems enema mIl to be bf the meat r I rk ken hers r who have hRIS most cause rul to fear fr fi frill in this determination nn on the part pert nf of PiP ne American A public Their day dRY of rr k has hAil ha long Ion I been delayed but butth butth th most mt optimistic of them all al can cant an rt fall to 10 recognize that It I has tonic come The Tho Th public understands now nolI why h Up Inn challenge to the tho meat barkers to bring an action for libel was wan W III not nol accepted It 11 Is I known today that tha t the Ihl truth of tr charges may mayI mayb b I 1 substantiated easily 1111 ropy Forty years year Mr ago no American city II had hadi hads i s stock sl tk market of any an con ron configurable considerable proportions Chicago o wa wu trim then little more morl than Ihan an overgrown 1 Uge Ikas with a 1 population po pula lion of less Ices than loMO The entire population of the tho pate into Ial of Illinois was WM less 11 than Ihan that of Chicago at the present ent time The tunas cit In jn the field tiel during durin tr he civil war had already dent i IM hat h this rapidly growing town on an Lake was wan the most available point I In the IIII Mississippi valley alle region relon for fori i enormous food stores lorn for foru or ii u f e uce rase 11 of the Ihl army linn at nt the front The TheIn mane In of the Iho ambitious town lon not only nl knew hf this but hut were Mere quick to grasp graap the Iho to tn make their city the fore forI foremost foremost most live stock stark k market of the world orld Vast least and fr far ar retching reaching consequences have grown out of the establishment In 1166 of tho first centralized live reek market at nl Chicago In a 1 short horl Ilme U the railroads were Mere aroused to the Importance of the and at once beams bElam active solicitors 1 for or the new nelV newmarket market marker The certain prospect of con constant slant stant outlet at lit all seasons of the tho year ar artor for tor all kinds of live stock and In any nn quantity at 1 full lull ca cash h value on the tho day et f f arrival was nas I u a n potent allurement and It Increased the production marvelous w r s rr Ej r 1 a jt t q ti n r c LIPTON j IEZ s Not ol only was title this Increase manifest In Inthe Inthe inthe the Immediate immediata of ot Chicago but hut the range ranI of tho the great plains plain began to teem with herds and Hock flocks This was wag followed by b the lb most rapid exten extension sion elan of railroad systems ever known This extensive concentration of ot live 1111 livestock stock In a great centralized centralised market with transportation reaching to every ery part of the nation made matle 1 hl hk the development nt of the tho modern pocking packing plant from Krom tho the first It hi h hb has been b en n II fascinating proposition The wonderful economy In the tha Ih preparation n nand and handling of et m meats HU and und complete tr of the Ih offal appealed strong strongly ly I to tn those who Booked into ante the matter from a commercial standpoint It ItI was wis wasso so I successful Owl bat In a II very short hort tint time tho the old wasteful system which depend depended ed td on the th village laughter daughter ho house wee was driven practically out of at existence 4 In spit 11 of Us its long Ion duration there tilt Is probably no other large In tn America that II Is so an II little understood l I by y Iho rho public at a 1 large targe Jar There ar ara really leally three interests concerned each h o of dis dle distinct dl the Union Stork Stock Yards arde and II I Transit company the th mm om mission men Inn who ho belong to 10 the Live Lie Stock I and the Ihl pocking packing hou house companies The rh Stockyard and Transit company Is II owned by eastern capitalists p who hive have hI no M interest In Ice the Ih picking packing Industry This company owns own the tile yards end and nd all 11 of al the property pr rt used as u a public market markel It derive derI es Its It In Income InI income come I me from yardage charges charge a u as also elan alsofrom 1 from the rental of A n Urge large III males oll f bulls built buildIng lag Ing In and other property used IM for private it Mip HI e tied feed and md em fIn employs em employs ploys pl yardmen n to I unload and IU i rare re for forst st eta v k and ann I l I ti r the crates ales alt and fur furnish ur nish niche nin to I v n II I ok wk a is c i r I l 1 E f I l 1 i t ti tI ID r ii ll t I Id y l i v li tr T Ti i 7 C r tr r i I l 1 I J fi 8 Sf f i n I i I I irv 1 I 1 t HI i 7 4 jL g S ir W j L y Mi MiA 1 I j A t SAUSAGE DRYING Roon 0 71 L Li i t tI L 3 t r 1 11 I F 1 j rr 1 t lJ TI V 1 f I i tt It 4 r r 11 lJ III 1 f i V f f t i t l t i t Ii l L a l 1 m kj l i H 5 f r i r a r JC g y aS f f r f 7 ift h t r 1 V t I il 1 o ri 1 F 1 oil 13 j W I Ii u Jt J lif t l ll tri it J t o orUA t L 1 i 10 I J J Jill rUA 0 c a ill 1 t tr r J JI 1 10 I co l f I HI Binge Inre this does df not deal In live stork stock Us its II bu If Ie I limited to 10 maintaining n II KUHI gnat market to In which any ny r or r stock lock raiser may ma came and sell II hiM hie product to 10 any an one he h UN Ilene also m mil may be I found BUnd the buyer for the packing tacking Ims and local butchers and aDd those engaged elt ed In III Inthe inthe the export e trade The farmer my may ma lit act acta a u his hi own 0 salesman It If he h wishes but It II Is I the almost universal custom to 10 employ cc nl men It 11 I it sup supposed m I posed that thai they Ihry Mil Will be bf able to In se ae un 1 r priest on of lull pit mate e with the hI market m rin hn n has hu I r lP At the Ih present I time JIm there h are about 00 0 I Arms Armi tt at 1 he hf yards yard Some me of them ahem make mak a specialty of buying for or the export trade track but bul most of there them art act a as agents agent I for former In the Ib sale Mho of live Ire stork I The rules rule under which they do bust busi business ness fleas lilt HIM marl mail and enforced by the I Live Lh lk Ez J hange and 1 there them is i lit little rte tle tI fi ft II I The h oa x ange I l Its If l Is s A n er t t l Ael t r r it v I lia re I r l i I I 1 A s I I r a aNi Ni I I ih i tAL S SAi F H fc W I e avid Ai I r w s W c cI I t I I I I I I 1 sE 1 6 f v i itic S v vt tf t 4 rH tSU r Vi w wm wj m tic r b Il r I a y tl 1 4 i q qt t 1 wr r k r tit t w 6 s rI j S K a 5 5 V LJ sOT t f El l Ji nil kU her ll 11 Itce FIe Ik k pro pr rn durr II hi packer pa ker in nN n I and nd Hj banker 1 not so en much for fir profit as III for f the protection of o mutual interests This Thill Is the enacts lion which should have hv made mad such lIeh a ar revelation r as 11 The Jungle and ud the lite report re report port ITI of f President Roosevelt tl t Impossible one of nf Us tie II most duties Is III to 10 secure ads ade goats Inspection of o animals sod and all meats I In hi i this hi It II arena to have tailed failed miser ai ly Another special function of f the theM M Image I hU Is ii I to 10 secure ure legislation tar for Ike ih h promotion of If live tack slack a dt interests ID This rill ft fI t seems eem mil to have hare Ita made a an effort t do 10 and to 10 have he succeeded u fId admirably This Uve Stock Exchange ha has always b borne me an excellent reputation lit his It members are fir fr f r the most part men who ho stand high In the Community and ud there Ihre have hate been surprisingly few f scan scandals dais dals In connection w Ith ICh the th body bod Transaction Transactions at t the yards yard are always al In a singularly upright lIht and Mid satisfactory manner any In attempt at al sharp practice being heing dean dealt II with In a summary manner by the III 1 It ItIs ItI ItIs Is I perhaps the only 11 market In the world j jIn In which Mistress business amounting amount sa to mil million lion Hotis of dollars dollar dally dlly U is I dune e without a e written record of each transaction I Ill Till This of itself shows h that the Ih yards are aree aren ar arnt n nt and t II a safe ar shelter for tor men of devious de ways way nys The Th gill isIt of lon Is I fired 1 h to by ICs 1 x nn n n It fair hari teal in III cu 11 of r c h luin on 01 n in r n l I to de i 1 I y te h amount of f business he ht tan ran Minn by b the th number num of lIr farm term farmers ers ere fr and i shippers ho e will and p he hf can an retain by b ef pf efficient and nd faithful service Half alf of the cattle cUI received at t the yard yanis are II shipped hll M by b the t farmers farmer rm without he the Ih la In Intervention o of middlemen The shipper usually ulal comes c mt along Ion In person While It Is I true that some KOlne of the packers are ure members of if f the exchange their r Is III very fry stroll small earn com lured liared d with the he number of persons roa and Arms fleme representing the Ih lei of live tin 8 11 mI P 3 LO Jf LOthe the tile palMI the Ih exchange ha has hal always alway al m made mad d a great point of It Its Ita power and i tl to tn maintain a keen over oversight sight eight of f the Ihl enormous traffic done at atthe atthe the yard yaM and the equally Important business grain going on In Packing own on It Ith has h hll always made a great feature of nf lire system Im of nf government Inspection which ha h has been In force torN of nf which It II I Ithe Is the responsible cau cause e Until the Ih re ie recent rent cent disclosures d neither the Ih of this Ihl nor the Ability of oC the tb exchange rhan has h bees bee called lIed In question This arrangement to 10 o satisfactory apparently la to the elM must meat packers packer to lb the exchange and n to tn the government In Inspector J might h have ve continued Indefinitely If a young nun man In If search of or ilIP stimulus had not nol taken It I Into ht Ml head to In study the Ih matter it at a rise 11 i n f He II took tank up hi hl shale l in the Ihn th Ihna a rIng 1 IT I i I nn an o ant Int al abul ut mill aids itla hit hi i r op I VI i If h t nude made them an a wafer and mr mere widely Idel still Th Thea DM Jun Jungle gle which Is I t a sovel 0 with a Purpose It If ever es 1 there I ws WIlt Men a t thing It la Sa in IU ltd n Mo sad toot ot agree a ree rH reeMa Ma Ihli hie reading but It buses bal th lit the impress Impre Imp truth II if It f it 11 lid had gone the way y of n by comparatively unknown 1 i tit Olt Uv Live Stock tock and aDd tv 1 11 would hit have bean bora spared pred t a I ingot ludo 11 Ir I it 11 t wile 1 u read The American pub pull i r I 1 It II and believed it ii L 1 the methods method of oC the t moat meet MIi II m h i ion 1011 long boon been In Ini i 1 I I rs and the of ot i 1 ii dangle made mad It so 0 Ilk like certainty tui 1 Ih h tI I use the t Iw shuddered hudd r d and aDd ei Pi I d a 1 universal nausea naua Among Amont H t who h read th the book wa was u Theodore f fI p I e at a t Us Its II rugged roared frankness ap M b d i to I the presided and aad ad a 1 trade up liP cephis t Mt his rind to satisfy whether or not 1101 Is ills story were ra true tru With the tha dl r i I lien nR and quick Initiative that on onha one oat ha hu Earned ham to 10 expect of et him III he It sent cent nt fM experts us with a commission to loans learn th the aural I n t the II very 11 worst What Whitt that worst wont proved to I bt be Is II alien alln S t to 10 the Ih purpose of thi this article It Its Ii a lent to tn record that It wa wp U b beyond ond question that tiff lift th Live Ure Si Stork Ik k had hael overestimated most unaccountably Us Its ability to 10 regu regulate tare late the business methods method of the Ike meat 1 pa k kers This body bod of self Mil U constituted of the th public interests Interest ac e knew less les Ie of th the unappetising u doings loin that hal w were re rot on In In the pack park ere irv Ir than did the lien i rid rat public MM Mt t startling of aH aM wa was th the dU dUi d In i iv 11 iy r y by the Ih president searchers Marcher e that th I h governments million dollar a year 1 Insertion service 1111 was th tit the moat abet pitiful nit It 1 t of nf Instead et of acting au a II n a rip hk w upon the lite re v vi nA et I f the 11 It reared to natal t them n II policy of 01 concealment ment and aced ael dia dl gard for decency It glee them th the PI to III Insist that all 11 their work 1 age ai M i on lu under su eu u Pr 1 f i lon an and nd that nothing detrimental t be the th public Interest could wid be done With Wilh hoth Untied thanes HUte Inspectors Inspector nI and thoi e appointed by b the stale stag tl of f Illinois in lit constant attendance at t the yards sod with lIh a hes hea he vy y line prescribed for forray ray In commission man who abo should Mil rail Milan Milan an unfit animal anneal the parker packer 1 and manu mamu manufacturer lecturers of byproducts might pose at III atthe IIII atthe the he I Ideals deals of nf Industrial virtue virtu Having satisfied MI themselves of th the puerility ul of tile the existing provisions for lion It II lId did not take long Ions for I th tb thir the e eIlf ir Ment and hi hll bb friends In congress to set let on en font a movement looking to lh tile the betterment of ot the situation A bill 1111 was wai 11 framed and Introduced into the upper house by Senator g of Indiana which Ih completely re reverses er s the tha govern Rovern monts pulley policy of meat Inspection Strange It H must mUll appear the meat mt packers have an arrayed themselves eI In the tha i of ot cam mir nUl t l I InT eHl e Qt f 1 Ye t d I tt J t made ataM against them Ihm or to Justify th tr conduct they declare that mom among all such offenders they are art the least leant that |