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Provision Inspecting American Meats Tacked on Agricultural Bill, I
Senator Beveridge presented a rad.
kcal amendment to the agricultural ap-
propriation bill the other day which
was passed promptly, Back of the
ease and cflerity with which this ac-
tion was accomplished is a story. It
is an interesting one too, for It shows
how the President for once, at least,
was able to hold the big stick over the
Senate, and the great packing inter-
ests and forced the amendment with
which he was in accord.
The rider that was tacked on to the
$7,800,000 appropriation bill in the
Senate at the last moment without
discussion, provides for the same sort
of an Inspection of meats for home
consumption that is provided for those
which are sent abroad. It will cost
the great packing house Industry sev-
eral “million dollars each year, for
they will have to pay for the inspec.
tion. When the question came up be-
fore Congress as to who should as-
sume the expense of this work the
packing house lobby objected stren-
uously to putting up any money for It,
notwithstanding the fact that some
months ago when there was an io-
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL
there were many innocent
which would be severely damaged by
the publication of this report. What
he was after principally was results
for the future.
There Is another peculiar feature
which is having some weight in the
ease with which the Inspection law
gets past what would ordinarily be an
almost insurmountable barrier, It
seems that Mr. Sinclair Is writing an-
other book, It will be more damaging
than the Jungle. It is to be an expose
of the whole packing business from
the report of the “Embalmed Beef
Commission” down to the present time
and the combination of official docu-
ments and statements of eve wits
nesses, When this book appears the
packers are very anxious to be able
to say that the practices alluded to
therein are a thing of the past “and
that no such conditions can exist un.
der the present Government inspec-
tion."
The new act provides an inspection
that does not stop at the gate of the
THE ORIGINAL SWIFT MEAT
sufheient appropriation for foreign In.
spection, a number of large packing |
bouse concerns voluntarily offered to
defray the cost involved. |
CONSUMER PAYS COST ANYWAY. |
It is stated that, of course, the pack-
ing house people, otherwise the beef
trust, will pass the cost of the inspee- |
tion along to the consumer; but as it
sill only amount to about 5 or 6 cents
a head on each carcass the Increase
will not be appreciable In the individ-
ual beef steak, at least it ought not to
be, but the combination of packers, |
dealers, wholesalers, retailers, otc,
will doubtless make an excuse for put-
ting up meat at least a cent a pound,
and thus make an Investment of many
hundred per cent. off the amount
which they pay for the Government
Inspection,
HOW THE TROUBLE BEGAN.
Some time ago Upton Sinclair pub-
lished “The Jungle.” It was a novel
and horrible. It showed that the
spection service at the Chieago pack-
ing houses was wholly Inadequate. It
was proved that the Government in-
spectors passed on the conditions of
the carcasses when the animals were |
killed; but after that there were no
inspections and the conditions were |
Incredibly revolting. Presid nt Roose.
velt read the book and is stated to
have been outraged at the statements |
made. Were they true or were they
exaggerated? He made some inquiri s |
and found that the statements were all |
well founded. Then he was genuinely |
angry. Secretary Wilson sent a com-
mission out to look Into the condition |
of affairs, but the President was ap
parently not satisfied with the Govern.
ment commission, so he sent his close
personal friend, Mr. J. B. Reynolds, a
prominent social worker and a man of
means, and Mr. Charles P. Neill, the
United States Commissioner of Labor,
on a purely personal Inspection tour.
The expenses of the two Investigators
were pald by the Government, but the
men received no salaries and the In-
quiry was, in a way, unofficial.
There has never yet been any writ
ten report made public from these two
investigators; likely there will not be;
but the President knows all they
found out, and the packers know It
too. Both the President and the
packers were horrified; the reasons
were different. The story around the
Capitol regarding this Investigation
runs something like this: The packers
sald, “If this sort of a story gets out
it will ruln our business abroad.” The
President remarked In effect, “If wll
that I know gets out, it will ruin
your business at home too.”
“Now,” sald the packers, “make any
sort of an Inspection law you want,
in-
PACKING PLANT,
ackir house,
iro all
wmehes the ean or the cooler,
There Is some antagonism presented
to the bill In th House, on the
grounds of constitutionallity and other
but any actual
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should develop it will me
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CHICAGO
but follows the animal
until it
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eXCUuses, if opposition
a thor-
ough hearing mim ww on both
sides of the question a: it is pre-
sumed that this Is about the last thing
the packers actual
feldom ir evel has the
ION, i
ly desire
public been
more aroused over any publie question.
Interests |
ing
{ packing
&
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out seandal If It ean be, but with to know the facts, wonld seem to In-
scandal If it must. He recognized that | dicate that but little additional dam-
age to anybody could be accomplished
through the publication of the report.
GOVERNMENT HOLDS TRUMP
CARDS,
Commenting on the question of the
constitutionality of the amendment If
it should become a law, in that it in-
terferes with state rights, a prominent
Government official remarked that in
any event the packers could be forced
to terms. They are very anxious over
their great foreign meat trade and
this is largely dependent upon Govern.
ment inspection of carcasses, Abroad
the Government Inspection tag Is
looked upon as a guarantee, and with-
out it foreign meat trade would suffer
inestimably. Should the packers re-
fuse to allow the Government to in-
spect food for home consumption, the
Government could In its turn refuse
to Inspect meats for export.
NEILL REPORT PUBLISHED.
After some consideration of the wis.
dom of publishing the Neill report and |
yielding to the public clamor of all
sections of the country for a knowl
of its contents, the President
sent a message to Congress transmit-
ting It for the consideration of the
national legislature. he as
told by the Neill report shows revolt-
in a number of the
and In many cases
all of the stories told in the
Sinclair novel. The Neill committee
did not consider affidavits of wit.
nesses to any great extent In arriv-
ing at Is conclusions, but paid more
attention rather to conditions
edge
story
g conditions
houses
upholds
0
nessed by the three members of the
comm it The message of resident
Roosevelt that submitted the report
characterized the conditions found by
investigators as g" and
irged the
interests of health and decency He
ssage of
the so-called Beveridge amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill but
threatens to destroy the foreign busi
ness of the packers should congress
fall to provide for federal Inspection
of meats at all stages of preparation.
In the event of such failure, the Pres)
dent says that he will pe “compelled
to order that labels and
certificates on canned products shall
tiee,
the “revoltis
legislation “in
"”
immediate
not only recommends the pa
inspection
AND
ON
ROOMS AT
CHICAGO
PACKING-
HOUSES
BEEF
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The fact that the meat consumption
entered vitally into every home,
coupled with the terrible charges,
made not only In the “Jungle,” but
through many other credible sources,
has aroused a state of public sentl-
ment which 1s akin to revolutionary.
On the whole, In the face of an in-
tensely suspicions public, an aroused
Congress and a determined President,
the beef trust is now up against the
fight of its life. While the President
intended to use his private report as a
club to force legislation, and to with.
hold its publication unless It was
found necessary to bring the packers
to terms, the overwhelming current
pass it and we will stand for It, and
not be used hereafter.” Without these
labels the products will be excluded
from European markets,
One on the Professor,
Prof. Barrett Wendell, of Harvard,
lightened with an anecdote an English
lecture,
“There was a certain Instructor,” he
aid, “who was always impressing up-
on his students the need of perspiculty.
“A young man came to him one day
to get back an essay that had been
submitted,
“*‘A very good essay,’ sald the in-
structor, ns he returned the paper,
‘but Mr. Smith, you should ; vite al
STOCK YARDS AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI,
Ise to be good In the future, but
not make a public scandal of this
matter.”
FOR A STRICT INSPECTION LAW,
The President 1s reported to have
intimated that he was willing, and the
inspection law will be passed, with.
of aroused publie Indignation win
likely force Its publication. Indeed
the amount of damaging and Alsgust.
Ing details which are being made
known day after day In the dally
press, from Information given by
various people who are in a positicn
ways so that the most Ignorant per
fon can understand every word you
my.
The young man looked up anx-
lously,
“What part of my essay was not
clear to you, professor?” he asked."
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CAUSED PACKERS’ PLIGHT.
Interview with Author of the Now
Famous “Jungle "Expose of Meat
Packing Methods.
Upton Sinclair, the author of the
“Jungle” which has in reality started
the entire packing house scandal, Is an
advocate of municipal slaughter-
bouses. He believes that this Is the
only effective solution of the problem,
although he says tha‘ the Beveridge
amendment I8 good go far as it goes,
Interviewed recently, be sald, “I'here
is no doubt that this amendment will
become a law; but a few months
after its enactment it will be forgotten
and former conditions will be resumed,
I say former conditions, because the
Chicago packers have cleaned up|
house and are now able to make a
show of virtue which they never pos
sessed, but It Is Impossible for them |
to conceal the fact thay © «ey have sent
out millions of eans of ‘potted chicken’
made of bob, or day-old veal, millions
of cans of roast beef made of cow
udders and gristle, and that all this
vast output has been treated with
chemicals to conceal putrefaction
and to preserve the stuff sold under a
false name,
GOVERNMENT SLAUGHTER
HOUSES IN EUROPE.
“Every slaughter house in England,
the government. There Is no chance
to graft, because the slaughter of eat-
tle and the sale of meat Is distinct and
separate, The government kills for
anybody, and charges so much a head,
| and
| Hsher, 340 Dearborn St, Chicago, 111
Twelve samples are cut from each|
animal and subjected to a microscople
examination. If the meat Is unhealth- |
ful it Is condemned and destroyed. |
The slaughter houses are as cleanly as
modern hospitals, and not to be com-
pared in any way with the filthy
shambles we endure here.
ANSWERING A HOWL.
“As an additional precaution against
graft, it 1s provided that the loss In-
cident to condemnation shall fall on
the breeder or seller of the cattle and
not to the buyer. This compels the
cattle breeder to care for his stock
in a scientific and sanitary manner
That answers the violent protests of
the Western ecattlemen, who were
forced by the beef trust to inundate
President Roosevelt with telegrams of
objection to the bill, until
it was discovered that the making pub
lie of the Reynolds-Nelll report would
work more damage to the business of
canning dyed bob veal and selling it
as chicken
“The opposition to the bill was not
| feared it would |
interfere with their fraudulent prac
tices, but because it would impose up
on them a tax of $2,000.06) a year, to
pay for the Inspection, which is noth.
ing more or less than advertisement
for their bogus goods In foreign
countries,
MR. SINCLAIR'S SOLUTION.
“Every city In the United States |
should have municipal slaughter
houses,
should be
such a condition
the power of the packers’ trust. They
would have to sell out at cost the
slaughter houses fit for the killing of
food animals, and destroy those that
are unfit. That is the only solution of |
the problem, which Is now recognized
as of huge Importance to the people |
of this country, and the only way that
public opinion ean be enlightened Is
to permit the commissioners appointed
by President Roosevelt to make pub-
lic the full story of the horrors they
found in the head center of the great
depot of reception and distribution in!
Chicago.
“The packers know that their very |
depends upon the approval of |
foreign nations, and they know that |
the stamp of governmental approval
abroad is regarded as the hall mark
excellence. They know that the
millions in Europe understand official
indorsement to an absolute and
unassailable guarantee and they re
gard official Indorsement by agents of
the United States government [1 the
same light and with the same con-
fidence.”
POINTS OF BEVERIDGE MEAT
INSPECTION BILL.
Provides for rigid postmortem In.
spection of all cattle, swine, sheep,
leveridge
because the packers
The
abolished,
be
tion
be
All meats found healthful shall
tagged, and all meat found un-
healthful shall be destroyed.
All slaughterers anc packers and
all others engaged In preparation of
meat products must admit inspectors
to all parts of their establishments,
All canning, rendering, salting, and
packing products are included, and
products treated with dyes or
shall be condemned.
All establishments must be main.
tained In a sanitary manner, accord.
ing to rules and regulations prescribed
by the Secretary of Agriculture.
After January 1, 1907, no railroad or
any other common carrier can trans
port any meat product not Inspected
or passed, and no ship with such
articles on board shall be given clear.
ANCE papers, Nor cam any common
carrier transport any meat product
that Is prepared In an establishment
where specified sanitary conditions do
not prevail,
All canned, potted, or canvased
meat products shall be labeled as In.
spected and passed and shall not be
offered for sale until so labeled.
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