| Show THE E UNITED nm SJ STATES Tf Mt i u Itt After October the Packinghouse I Products Will Bear I Label I I jUt INSPECTED U S AND PASSED red Under the tI IC 31 1111 direful Sun Sail Ingenuity or Of Matt Man Oil Cnn 10 Special D I 0 e IL Aug Au An J After the nm ilay II of ot October next nut every pieve of oC meat met which lene a packing packinghouse house houf or a slaughter l hl r lH house use will II hear a abrand abrand brand or a label marked U C 1 S In and d And to the 10 regulations whIch lf Issued tied by b the lit secretary of ot agriculture the theother theother other day 13 this brand br nd or label labul will 1111 be w a to the world that the I States absolutely ab lulb guarantees under Its official a seal al that tile the product U Ia clean wholesome rind that It U was wai pocked packed and slaughtered under the moat careful unitary conditions which the Ingenuity of man aman ran cart 11 devise II e I l According to 10 the census reports of ot th year 1900 there thare were 91 90 packing plants In tn the States The Th total capital Invested in hi the Industry we u I arid and the value of ot the Ibe an annual annual annual nual product of ot these e establishments reached the enormous total of ot 1913 Of ot course coU this included a I at many small I I establishments which art are not affected by b the law Ill and the secretary of ot agri agriculture agriculture culture Is I not apt prepared to say to 81 at lit pres prell present I emit ent Just JurI how ho many man of ot these thelO plants wIlt will willbe be bt subject to government inspection In hut but tJ the secretary does lm say nay and he rays 11 It with whim H I great deal of ot emphasis III that no whIch falls fails to pro provide provide vide Idl Itself JI lt with government Inspectors will be to chIp a u ham ham A 1 i quarter of ot b beef rf or a ran NUl of ot p goods In which meat enters ent aj U A component part rl to II any an palce Vale outside the elate In which the tit establIshment in Ii I unless It first provides for tor KO government eminent o lion tion I The new nev Uw law will be hI put pUl Into Inlo full tull I force toru and effort on the tIrE nral lay day a of ot next October On that day till fel ery ham hint I every eu Ide of 01 beef beet every strut of ut bacon Acon every eer can of lard every veT ck K of ot meat food products In fact fk t ar Br article tide of ot food tood of ot which meat forms form a apart apart part whether In a n barrel l box can con concan canvas can Hack nack or in any liny Dh other receptacle cle dl or container or loose mum bear beara A government stamp before a n railroad company will it 1 for tor shipment to 10 a n point outside the state in which It was prepared WILSON IS JS THOROUGH Secy See Sec Wilson Is thorough in every tel tImIng thing he lie do does d and auth he h la Ii particularly thorough In his hll examination into the condItions condition of or the Ihl packing houses house hOU M which will ask for tor Inspection tion lion HP lie 11 hits vIsIted Molted 4 a halt hulf dozen cities already and has teen feen for tor himself what the conditions are HP lit has lias taken Iken the theay theny ay say so of oC no but has hall gone gono direct to headquarters and has hall looked Into Inlo the Iho situation for himself The sac poe 0 rotary has himself lt n RII OR to 0 ex cx existing x conditions He Ue knows Just jU what ThIn Improvements Improvement have been made and ho lit hoIs Is 15 prepared to respond ond immediately to 10 tonny any request which comes come I for the time In Installation l of tho the government ln pe lion sen service Ice In each faCh and every 1 plant tp Ip p to 10 date dal Im between and sal ISO packinghouses have applied for tor gov government 10 Inspection The secretary I Is III surprIsed that the number In is Innot not nol greater grealer and he ht does dors not hesitate to express I himself as all bettering believing that many n establIshments will regret their ness when wh n It Is Oo 00 late lale In the mean meantime m meantIme time he lie proposes to continue his person al Investigation 1 He lie may drop into tin the Ih slaughter daughter slaughterhouses hous houses s of Buffalo next Tuesday and look Into the Ih canneries of New w York on the following day da ard arlI then to run up UI to Ut Boston Ion and Int from trem there to 10 Omaha Kansas I City and ani ahl Fort Worth No o on nn will be bf advised 1 R as 18 to hi his Itinerary for tor forthe forthe the Ih r reason M n that he wants want to t Me Jut just how hew thing things are a under undu nor normal normal mal tail conditions Thus Thull far tar he hf has Its found an n exceedingly state of ot af Fit faIrs wherever herf r he has haa gone He lie wits was In Chicago o two 10 or three weeks ago a 10 and while there be he held consultations con with the Ibe federal In charge in tn practically f all of t the big bJ packing cen een tees tero of ot the tM country and the general con condition condition reported by these that th men man was waa em satisfactory the two 10 exceptions exception being Kansas City II and Buffalo INVITATIONS 1 During Dimming tho of the moat In taw law 11 w by b tb the lite house on agriculture eight of the largest l and packing concern In the tao United States united in tn publishing a page IP throughout the country In which they invited th Ih the K n n cral 11 public to visit the plants and we see for lor yourself what bat the condition conditions are In response to this advertisement tb the writ or lacIng In Chicago took occasion O CI CIto to make a thorough Inspection el of the lb 1 lacking Industry Pour Kour our da days a I ware w we spent In the stock yards ards ard and Anti Packing town lown and during those four day a every Vt possible a portion of ot tb the plants plant from the lII platform upon which h tb the live five stock Iod hi 11 I unloaded through the hilling room the cooling room and the eyes erea to the cellars and the vats ata in which chIch condemned carcase ura tire re Into fertilIzers were examined and ami examined t thoroughly There It I nothing pleasant p about abolt a slaughter house e The ht letting of 01 blood MoorS of ot an animal I Is III nut not a lant sight night nightA A Meer ateer r knocked In the head he d li Is I unconscious when the th keen k edged knife half U he I I drawn dra n Its tender throat and the Ut death of ot such ooch an animal d lose dON M not nol crest create I the tho horror which on feels if It ho he h b tut ss the sentiment of a humanity In i his hla makeup ma upon UltOn witnessing wi f the II lau ler of ef a sheep a lamb or Ct a 11 t taU lf Hut even 1111 th I the tutting of the jugular vein In Inot of ot t keys hogs ors an lK hour hoor r causes CAUM AU a of to 10 on ont one who be witness the operation and aM Me 30 hogs hov an aim hour I is the record of ot some Mine or of f these tb expert sun the ot operation lion ai a conducted d In 1st the Ute Chicago stock Iloe yard yards II li ts quick and thorough tt and nM more mort humane titan stab a M could 1 I possibly Ot be au as conducted on the farm or In III the ordinary shop hop nut Dot It I s after alter the actual slaughter daughter I that thaI the s becomes with lIh th the scientIfIc modern methods metio a of ot the Wg bIrr bi tor Cor os from fro the time the animal which in tf to be con roll I carted Into Inlo human herein hll food tood leaves leave the Ib floor Iko upon which he was killed kU until It U ta I finally rut cut up In the Iii coating room it i never nover again leaves leave th t the I In the ta caje care of or bog tOU ove eNt t I If ly frere trena rem the scalding at al to 10 the roo re of f fIned nul I HOW WORK IS hi DONE DO C It U takes 47 rn moo COil n to 10 drew dress dr t d Metr tM r mid end I I th the time In the oPeratIon n l I is Z 3 J mInutes minute Dolt But b k a hOt hog I is s a I smaller mall r animal he asses by and 1 through h the hands blendl of ot no tie KM len uj w men i from Crom the time he h touch touches tile li killing I floor until hU bla hi car arau ass ret the chill hili room and besides this itt army arm of ot employee the P passes PUM iI nd na Is I examined 4 bv liv 11 three I i I i I tho thu BS for tor the first symptoms of tuberculosis which I is IB always shown In to Inthe the Bland Should hould lee Ics Ir IrI I lulls ions of ot this Ihl disease appear the hog hOI In Is Inde de orated with n o government tag The Inspector examines examine the Interior 1 d of ot the porker and anti If It he heI I symptoms of ur tiller other disease dl NI o lie ho n II ring IIII to 10 that toft cind ln finally when hen a II bunch of Jt tagged animal are lite shunted rift ore from the tI main trolley Into Inlo a specially d room they pass II Into the th third Inspectors jurisdiction and he snakes makes final disposition deposition of them Per Perhaps Imps he will III find that the disease II MC lesions do not extend t beyond the 11 first t gland In It h event his hiE helper hell r Imms severs sever the head hll which la is 1 thrown into Inlo a receptacle n kept for Cor the tho thoI I purpose and time the Ih re tl rest t of ot the Iha hotly body Is li IsI I for tor food tood If It other than Ihan the r first nul an nl affected the Inspector III nitty Ill pass P 8 the carca for lor lard lart but should the have ha extender extended to tn make the th until for lor food the Ih whole carcass carca Is sent lout to 10 the fertilize where coloring matter Is II added and where It II Is I converted Into a masse mass tit lit only for tor fertilizing pur lur purposes poses And Anti then every night a IL re reo lion nOrl In Is sent to 10 Washington showIng shoeing the thu disposition Ion of ot ever every el animal which was tagged bv liv b the first Inspector Anti Ami nd a alt as tugs are numbered con lon consecutively It II Is ta Impossible that any an con condemned beast should hould get away Under the present regulations regulation this hili f iii the extent of ot the government In Inspection There are today about a IL hundred and amid sixty Inspectors employed In Chicago alone the time new lie tog reg regulations which have han just jutt been pro promulgated about aboul a hundred additional men wi wl be required and amid these men will In lit charged with the duty dUll of ax os ever eter piers piece of ot meat macat which goes golI Into tIme the sausage machine or Into the Ihl can cn and anI inch filch package of ot sausage and each can cati of or meat t or any all atI tooth food pro Itro product I duct whether brawn extract coup fOUP or I whatever It 1 may na be lie termed must bear brar beara a government nt label showing that U it itha I has ha 11 be been m and passed Rued sail and an thereby guaranteeing 18 Its nest ace CLEAN AND AN D SANITARY S It Is le u Ii trite saying that thaI where there Is II moke smoke there must be tire firs There Th re was undoubtedly dl some basis basic l In itt of oC the packing plants plant H at least for the s lIonal that were nude made con concerning corning the nit conditions In Itt the Chicago Hut flat that the tho horrors were In colors t hundred times timea mure than occasion demanded Is II equally Whatever the sanitary conditions I l ht have ha been three months ago O It U la certain that today toda the packinghouses are art as nil clean rhan and tur tile III In every eer partIcular as It Is possible J to 10 make rank them The lavatories fl and cIo clos closet cIoeta et eta and In fact tact the th whole plumbing Is la of at the most moat modern and con construction The walls and ceilings of nil all thu Iho rooms are ar as tUI ns nit white while whitewash whItewash wash wah anti and paint will make nake thrill them Wherever Wh r reer ever eer It 1 has been to do so O ce cc cement ment and amid asphalt have how been tn substituted for boards board on the floors r and carts are In evidence everywhere Iluf lIu wooden vehicles vehicle are of course used III in inmany many ports of 01 the C for tor carrying out livers hide hid and an offal and an these carts are not nol attractive to loot looK loo upon nor can Call they be bo As A to 10 the op ap larance of or the employ e plo the uniform of ot the pig Ill l itt blood within 10 to minutes titter he lie be begins beIns begins gins Ins his dally daily dall labor and ami the man rh slaughters slaughter the ox does docs not nOI wear n a tux tuxedo tuxedo tuxedo edo toot coat Hut the lii girls in all al the ram MUll ramage age room rooms and in the lit canning conning depart department ment ot If 1 wr ery establishment arc are decked out l 14 white aprons over oer gingham dresses drewes lI which I art are washed every day In iii laundries supplied 1 for tho thi purpose The Tue same ameo tare ler IK lit taken laken of the clothing of ot 1 the men muon In these department and on I the whole It would b be to 10 sug aug suggest gest INt where changes es for the better In Inthe inthe the way wa of ot cleanliness could be made Kv n thin tho floors In these rooms tire ore with salt Mil each uch morning In or order tIer der to prevent th Ih the decomposition of ot any nil flit particles of ot moot mewl which may fall tali upon them During the past last four weeks representatives of ot ninny many man foreign govern government ment meatH have haf made Inspections Inep of the th O plants plant Hobbs of ot the British h army arm wax was 18 commissioned b 11 by his hili government to 10 examine for the depart mont of ot the th ann onn army the Misting exIsting e conditions In the tho Chicago pocking packing f houses bout Mr Ir was n there on n a alike like mission from front Norway The Jap JAIl Japanese anese consul stationed In Chicago and Rad in lit fact tAlt the entire consular body bod there thero has been leen engaged Jed In a tL similar Investigation gation and without exception plon llatO of deals have reported to their respectIve rf governments government that thaI American meat mt food tood products product tI lire fire wholesome hol tat ful and packed k under sanitary condl coadi which make m f them hem I In every respect desirable The PI BI Big Six which really t ii tiUi of seven firms arms namely Morris lIomA Company Compan the oldest in time Uie business Swift Armour Company Ii the tbt Cudahy Company om pi II not nul In Chicago the National Packing Company and y do 4 per percent cent of 01 the sail and packing business In kt the IhO United railed States Stale Every Everyone one of ot these thew firms with the exception of ot Swift Sa itt Company Compan who wc can no goods has hAIl Differed a falling failing off of or from 75 76 7 to M Ie 0 p per r cent rent In lie its It foreign trade dur duro during durin ing In the past three months month Few Fe of oC them are arg Ir packing any an can canned nod goods to 10 today toda day etar da except to nil fIll contracts and each Ih and story every 1 one of ot them is 1 anxious that Ihal the e l meet metat Inspection law shall hall be LiI put Into Inlo prompt operation o everywhere be M because because cause Mue they tb realise that under federal guarantee only can they expect lX t a resto ruto restoration ration of ot their th lr trade tre Millions of out of Gt meat and nd moat meat fool 1001 products are arenow ROlf now on the shelves of pf the Jobbers the wholesalers and the th retailers through throughout I out ost the world which are nut But Just Juit so soon lOOn alter after the first of ot October Orlo r I Ia Iu a u as tn the new nu law 11 is 16 put Into complete I i operation Secy fc loOn will through the Ibe stat lal department invite t lr governments government to send experts to 10 exam examus ue I the packing plants working under go got Inspection and the seer tr I expects that the result Hult will 11 be r rIfts whIch bleh will restore confidence in Amu I can call m meat at food lood products SENSATIONAL AJ E Nothing was vw tf written In tn the foin m ot of it II novel or newspaper r artIcle shi It nod 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