| Show CHARGES AGAINST BEEF TRUST CONFIRMED FROM OTHER SOURCES Shocking Indecencies Mentioned by Neill and Reynolds Corroborated Corroborated Corroborated Cor Cor- by Special Commissioners From Bureau of Animal Industry i t 1 PRESIDENT SPRINGS NEW NE SURPRISE ON PACKERS Another Chapter in Gigantic Conflict Between Government and Trust Trust Packers Packers Take Hint and Begin Bein Frantic Frantic Frantic Fran Fran- tic Effects to Clean Up Their Plants T L Washington June Juno S. S S. Tile The sensational sensa sons sons- tonal and anti gigantic conflict that is In I 1 progress between the tho government and the lie Chicago beef beer packers raged aged with unabated earnestness today Tho The governments government's side of or tho case was vas supplemented and anti strengthened b by tho the transmission to tho lie house committee com corn on agriculture by the tho President President dent ent o of the tho report of three eminent special commissioners from tho the ad administrative ad- ad start staff of or tho the Bureau of oC Animal In Industry o of tile the Agricultural Department This report was Wai made early In Ill April Apri an and althou although h it mentions mentions men men- many sanitary conditions not noted note In tho the Nel Reynolds Nelll s report re recently rc- rc ma made o public It corroborates the tue charges of ot sho shocking indecencies and anti abuses contained in the report The Tile President In his letter of trans trans- noting the great Improvements now flOW being made in the tho house packing lacking accounts for this by hy stating stating- Tile The Investigators of or the tile Agricultural Agricultural tural Department commission saw sw rats consuming the meat of or a condemned con con- hog carcass saw sw dirty and ventilated Ill I rooms saw salt pork shifted about on floors saw sw the tho defective lye tive drainage In ill pickle cellars filthy tripe rooms sweet pickle cellars celal's in which water was constantly dripping and trimming rooms with wih dripping ceilings coing In which women stood In sawdust saw sa sw- sw dust filled boxes to protect them them- selves selves orth Not ot Prejudiced There Thero were a number of or striking in incidents incidents In- In in tho the open hearing before the house committee on un agriculture to today today to- to day one heln being the deren defense e of or Chair Chair- man J to the tho imputation Imp by mb that het ho he t was prejudiced In lii the Interests of or tho the packers an and that he lie prejudiced the governments government's expert testimony I have been criticised sl said ChairL Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- L man Wadsworth for lot I my fI friendship ip Co for 01 I tile the packers and anti tom for the tho questions which I asked Mr Nelll Nel today I want to say gay here now that I am friendly to ev every l American merican In industry This report has Ilas cost the tue agricultural Interests of or this countr country millions of oC dollars already has cut off ott or 35 to 10 40 0 per cent cent of the tho foreign demand doman It I is claimed to be based upon facts only actually e observed It I is my duty to made get at the truth Mr 11 Nelll Neill Nel statements yesterday which I do not think he ile could make as us facts fact particularly Jarly with wih reference to the hog that was wa said to have o fallen falon In filth and n was not cleansed and with regard to the tile statement that workmen wol ith wih tuberculosis s spat pat upon tho the 1001 Are Arc you OU summing up the evidence without waiting to hear ilear all aU there is o of it I asked Mr 11 Lamb of or Virginia nit Duty 10 HogI HogI Hog I 1 am nm not but I want to clear up the tho criticisms which have been made against me Inc Id said Mr 11 Valsworth Wadsworth and anti I want vant to al ask Mr Ir Reynolds If Ir I you know kno that the tho carcass carcas of or the hog hog- hogI I which fell fel In Jn filth was wa not cleaned i Mr Reynolds replied that it I was not flot cleaned at atthe the time and it I was a fair fall presumption that it had not been 11 Mr Brooks of Colorado defended the packers Mr Ir Scott Scot of Kansas at atthe atthe atthe the conclusion o of Mr Reynolds Reynolds' statement state state- ment sought to shut off elf further argument ment as to general conditions in tho the packing a Several members protested an and Chairman Wadsworth a said wild Representative Wharton harton tho tile member of or congress who represents to tobe tobe tobo the house packing e districts ought be bo heard Nice Nico Girls Heal le Mr Wharton said ho wanted to re resent re- re sent Mr MiS Neill's comment on tho the moral Nels Nel's conditions rent in iii tho the packing Tile The girls IVCiC not the lie best hest educated were 00 girs not of or the tho first families hut but they would woul cum compare pare favorably with any claw class of oC working girls in tho time country countr cas Continuing Mr Wharton said ald ho lie had been employed In Ill the lie packinghouses packing packing- houses filth and know the con conditions there thero He lie had been a n worker in what was wa known as Hog House No 2 Ho lie 10 had worked as a trucker and ami came caine into contact with wih all al parts of Or the From his liis personal observation observation atlon he lIe knew that tho conditions of or filth and auth s q and anti mor moral l de degeneracy a as described did not exist Representative o Crumpacker of In Indiana Indiana In- In in the committee com corn diana created a sensation by declaring it I as his opinion that the plan of federal in inspection In- In contemplated by the committee commit commit- tee teo was unconstitutional an and that thal tho the courts ts have so decided w The committee In executive se session lon decided that it would not accept tho lie Invitation of or the tho packers to go o t td ChIcago ChI ChI- cago to Inspect their plants The hearings will vill wI bo be continued to tomorrow to- to morrow when S S. 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I Cowan Covan of or lexas Texas representing tho the stock raisers President President dent Johnson of or tho the Livestock LI association asso asso- dation clation and unc Dr Melvin chief o of tho the heard Bureau of oC Animal Industry will bo be Letter Leter to ml ort h In Ill response to a a. request from the house committee on agriculture President Pres Pres- ident blent forwarded to Representative Wadsworth tho the chairman of tho ho committee the report mao made to him by a n committee of or tho the department department depart depart- ment o of agriculture regarding conditions condi In the Chicago o meat mont packing houses houscH Accompanying tho the report was wasa I Ia a letter from the President In which he points out that there thero Is no conIct conflict con eon filet in substance he between tween the tile Nel- Nel Nelll- Nelll n Reynolds report and ml that lint of tile the A Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- rl- rl cultural D Department experts Following Is tile the text of the tho letter Jeter of or tho tile President to Ch Chairman Wads Wads- worth wOIth Tho The While House Washington D D. C. C June 8 S 1 1906 OG My Iy Dear Mr Wadsworth In accordance accordance ac ac- ac- ac with your request I send scud you herewith tho the two reports of or Inspection tion b by tho the committee appointed by the Department of or A Agriculture on April Apri G 5 and 13 This Tills committee ha had alread already been appointed wh n I notI- notI fi d the tile secretary that lint I 1 desired that such a commission lon should bo ho appointed appoint appoint- ed in order to make tho the investigation Subsequent complaints to me mo and the tho consideration of or complaints already made mado showed that tile the charges were not only against tile the packing houses but also aiso to a n certain extent reflected upon tile the ton of or tho ho government Inspectors and I camo came to the conclusion conclusion sion skin that it was best to have havo an In Investigation In- In mado by outside Individuals ual who Ivilo could not bo ho char charged ed with wih being In ill an any wa way Inter interested ted in the tho matter Accordingly before tile the completion com com- of or the tile Investigation In by the De Do- of Agriculture I directed Mr h Nelll Nel an and Mr 11 Reynolds to make mako an investigation the tho first report o of which has been laid before congress Much testimony has ha been offered to toUs tous tous us which has not been considered in this tills report for Mr Ir Nelll Nei and Mr Reynolds in this tills report confine themselves themselves them them- selves to stating in Ill a more moro or less loss summary wa way the tho facts as to which they had hati been e witnesses eye c and what the they h vc said Id can not be bo successfully te l. l Reports Do flu 0 Not ot Conflict Some of or the tho ground traver traversed e by Nelll Nei and antI Reynolds is not touched upon In the tho report of or the committee of oC tho the Agricultural De Do- Department As to the ground covered In common by the reports o of tho tue two investigating t Lees there thero Is no conflict In iii fut to a-to ta the tho Important Im tin- matters although there IK Is a marked difference in emphasis this being partially duo due to tho greater length and detail of ot tile the repot report o of the committee of or the tile Department o of Agri AgrI- culture In Ill m my jud judgment ment the emphasis sis of or the report of Nelll Nel and amI Reynolds Is abundantly Justified by bythe bythe bythe the facts acts To show sho tho the Immediate and extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary extra extra- ordinary change chango for lor the tho better which the tile mere fact tact of their Investigation is alrea already bringing Ing about in the tile condition condition condi condi- tion ton of or the packing houses In Chicago Chic Chic- Chica Chica- go o it I Is only necessary to Instance the tho following portions of or a letter Jeter received receive reedy reedy- e ed from mm a most competent and trustworthy trust trust- worth worthy witness wines In iii Chicago whose name I will wi give tho ho committee if Ir It 1 so desires Miraculous Changes cg Chicago Friday Juno 1 l On On Monday ron Mon day I began beg a tour of or all al the great packing houses going first to t o Libby's then to Swifts Tues Tuesday a all al the tho morning moring discussed changes es that ought to bo ho made and caught a glimpse of or tho the awakening at Armours ArmouS In the tho afternoon visited the plant with wih the superintendent superintendent Wednesday ay I 1 rested an and contemplated plated the lie awakening of or Packing town It I is miraculous Thursday visited Morris Nelson Nelson Mor with wih the tho superintendent Nelson Mo ris has done much to make ake things bet bel ter By ny the time the tho next inspecting party arrives they ther will wi have o still more mora now lavatories toilet rooms dressing rooms etc ete everywhere and anti signs feigns prohibiting spitting spiting In most tho the awakening seemed t to como come b by force from without There Thero was the lie slightest slightest slight slight- est Indication that the tho still small smal voice was at work rork also I JI S timorous Haste Busto At Armour at nt my suggestion suggestion-I rugg I I Imado mao made no pretense of or making an Investigation loves loves- but rankly frankly announced my desire to see seo things s for Cor m myself sel and to toot got ot a n fresh Impre Impression lon of or conditions as asI asI asI I had not seem been tho ho plants since before tho ho strike On every hand Iland there thero was Indication of an almost humorous hasto to clean up an and even to plan for future changes changes New toilet rooms new dressing rooms new nev toWels towels tow tow- els cIs otc etc otc etc Swifts Swift's and amid Armours Armour's ArmourS cleaned that I was were welo both hoth so up wa compelled to cheor them on ott or their wa way wayby wayby by eXIre expressing my pleasure at tho the changes Tho The sausage girls were moved up stairs whore they could coul get et ets s sun suli anti and light thc they to have havo dressing rooms etc etc- I asked for fot showers and amId lockers for the casing workers at Armour's Armours Armours Armour's Ar Ar- mours mour's and anti got a promise that lint they would pul put them In Tho canning and stuffing room chip beet an and amid beef ex extract ex- ex tract at Armours Armour's seome seemed real really quito good In all al of or these rooms time the girls work vork I Uniform lot for fo Girls Girls At Libby's tho the girls aro are to bo ho put into a blue calico uniform which they thoy will secure but bul at half price prIce They are arc ar putting In toilet rooms which they thoy the thu when antI and that say are arc temporary building is remodeled they will wi have ther these o put In a a bettor better hetor place pineo Thu Tho hasto haste towards reform would havo have been amusIn amusing amusing amus amus- In ing If It were wore not so nearly tra tragic le They tried to win m my help on Iho tho ground that loss of or f foreign trado trade would mean hardship for tor the Iho workers In m my neighborhood and anti I must s say I Ido Ido do o share this his fear but hut I cannot see seethe seethe seethe the wisdom of or my coming out publicly and anti saying that I saw indications o of an nn awakening for I want the lie changes to tobe tobo tobo bo be radical and permanent evon even thou thought though h hwe we wo all al have havo to suffer for tho ho present Not ut Yet Through hI h. h I wish to repeat that m my investigations in Hons arc aro not yet et through I am not nol prepared to mako a final statement either olther as asto ato to so much of ot tile the complaints Continued on Pago Two T t CHARGES AGAINST THE BEEF TRUST CONFIRMED 0 Continued from flom Jt Page e One as ns concern the management of or the bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau of animal Industry or as to to certain lain tain of oC the graver laver charges charses In connection connection tion lion with the adulteration of meat products as well as other matters But enough has been developed In my jud judgment ment to call for Immediate thoro thorough thorough thor thor- o ough ghi going lund find radical enlargement tf the powers of or the government go In in inspecting In- In all meats which enter Interstate Inter Inter- state and foreign commerce Unfortunately the misdeeds of those who aro are re responsible i for the abuses we wo design to 19 Q ure will bring discredit and antI dama dam- dam i a ago nj Jt t only onY upon them but upon tho the innocent stock block growers the ranchmen and antI farmers of the tho countr country The only way permanently t protect and ben ben- enl the fim cent stock growers the farmers and anti ranchmen Is to secure by law the thorough and adequate in- in 1 for which for I have haw asked etI Sin Sin- r c yours IL iC Theodore Roosevelt lIon Hon James Jaines W. 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