VOLUME IL NO. 24 hs — wood. Or + specialty is prompt service and the lowest market price. J. W. BISHOP, 103 Lehigh Ave, Lockhart Bldg, Both Phones, WOOD WOOD WOOD FIRST “Ex: OF SAYRE 2. $75,000.00 THREE PERCENT INTEREST Paid on Time Deposits. DIRRCTORA RP. Wibar, J. N. Weaver, W. A. Wilbur, J. W. Bishop, J. B Whasieck. W T. Goodaow, 0. L. Haverty, Seward Buldwis, PF. T. Page, R. 7. Page, Cashier. D. CLAREY COAL (0. Lehigh Valley Coal HARD AND SOFT WOOD Best Quality & Prompt Delivery Guaranteed Bradford Street Yard Phone, 135d Offise a6 Raymond & Hanpt's Store, Sayre " Both Phones ELMER A. WILBER, Wholesaler of Wines, Beer and Ales. OUR SPECIALTIES LEMGH CLUB WHISKEY, DOTTER. WEIGH BEER AND ALES, NOR- WICH BREWING COS. ALES. 109 Packer Avenue, SAYRE, PA. BOTH "PHONES, Renting, Estates Managed Collecting E. E. Reynolds, REAL ESTATE acess’ wives Sayre and Waverly, assis INSURANCE Property Bought, Sold and — Bxohanged — Investments Loans Negotiated 117 Packer Ave., Valley Phone 230x, Sayre, Pa — L. B. DENISON, MN. D. Office, Rgoms 3 and 4 Talmadge Building, Elmer Ave. Valley Phone af office and residence. WHEN YOU feel tired there is noth- ing so refreshing as a glass of good old STEQMAIERS’ BEER _Itis palatable, delicious, invigorating and ABSO. "LUTELY PURE. Have —— President Sends Neill Re- port to Congress. SAYS STOCKYARDS REVOLTING — i. New Laws Are Imperative to Insure Health and Decency. REVEALS HORRORS UNSPEAKABLE Commissioners Verified Al ments In Their Report by Personal Them Fally Fale Siate- Examination—Some of Near Out (pten Sinclair's of “The Jungle"—Laws of ( emmon De. ctney Oatraged Daily — Surround- Ings Amid Which Beef Prodacts Are Prepared shoe kingly Dirty and Insanitary as a (ommaon tondition In Nearly An Slaughter Houses of (hicago—-Yards Filthy and Ne At- tention Pald to Veutllation—Meat Shoseled From Dirty Floors to Dirtier Tables—Sltaation Tends to Moral Degradation of Thousands of Wourkers, Both Men and W omen, WASHINGTON to With his itntuediate June O essa gs Culigress askiug action ou the weat ispection Lill President the report the Chl siviews Janes H P. Neill follows Hoosevell Las trauswitted the slockyands Heynolds "3 te presidettl's loessage is awful conditious in on ago by Commis rad Clarles as I transit Hru: herewith the i=on Reynolds aud ¢ PF. Neild whow | ort of olny fey James sioher Cliarles thie inl § jee Collnit tes ited to the faves stock Birj=s tigate ute the conditions io yards of OU This tun i It slhiows the action 10 report uf a tit to is prelitiuary us sui You how becauss urgent need of lwmmediat 5 ugTess in the dire tnd federal the « tion of providing a drastic thorough foing inspection by the ef all packing houses and of their products so far as latter CILILueT Cr suvern uieut stowkvands nnd Ug enter Ccigu Tue conditions shewn Ly itito Interstate or for even this shiort fase tion to exist in the Chi ago Stockyards are revolting. It is lmpera the of health and of decency that they should be radically changed. Under the exist ug wholly Lmpossible to ge Cure satisfactory results tively necessary io interest law it is “When my attention was first direct ed to this mutter an tuvestigation was made under of aniwal in dustry of the department of agricul ture. When the preliminary statements of were brought to my attention they showed such defects in the law and such wholly unexpected conditions that | devmed it to have a further immediate luvestigation by wen not counected with the burean and accordingly appointed Messrs Reynolds and Nelli “It was Impossible under the existing law that satisfactory work done by the bureau of animal industry I am, however, examining the way In which the work actually was done “The report shows that the stock yards and packing houses are not kept even reasonably clean aod that the fiethod of handling and preparing food products is uncleanly and dangerous to health. Under existing law the nation dl government has uo power to enforce Inspection of the many forms of pre pared weat food products that are dal ly going frow the packing houses into Interstate Owing to an Io adequate appropriation the department of agriculture is not even able to place inspectors io all establishwents desir ing them “The present law prohibits the ship- ment of vulnspected meat to foreign countries, but there is no provision for bidding the shipment of uninspected meats lu Interstate cotuine rev, aud thus the avenues of interstate are left open to traffic {no diseased or spoiled meats ‘I therefore commend to your favor able cousideration and urge the enact ment of sabatantil ily the measure com monly known ss the Beveridge amend ment he report made to the president by Commissioners James B Reynolds and Chatles FP. Netll, and by Lim transmit teed to congress Is as follows the burean this invest Kntion best should be Colne rce Comnierces As directed by you, we Investigated the conditions in the principal estab lishments In Chicago the slaughter of cattle Pp and hogs and in the preparation of dressed meat and meat food products. Two and a half weeks were spent ln the Investigation In and during this time went through the principal packing houses in the stockyards district. to gether with a few of the smaller ones A day was spent hy Mr. Reyno in New York ty In the Investigation of several of the leading slaughter houses We have fuct in the engaged In shee Chicago we made no statement as a port here presented that wis not Ly our personal ex amination, Certain matters which we were unable to verify while In Chica Ro are still vader Investigation. The following ls therefore submitted as a partial report teaching upon those verified we many specific of found in particular houses Before entering the bulldings we Bote the condition of the yards them selves as shown In the pavement pens, viaducts and platforms The pave ment is mostly of brick, the bricks ald With deep grooves between thew. which Inevitably All with manure and refuse, Such pavement properly cleaned “Systematic Instances defects cannot be ventilation of the work rooms is not found in any of the estab sited fans few in the sti workers toil In a stances electric mitigate fling but the without relief fu a humid atmosphere heavy with the odors of rotten woml lecayed stinking offal and en lishments we vi Air usually tra iGeals ila establish to what ne rool are thrown The CHmb over these heaps of weat, select the aud frequently throw them down upon the dirty floor their working bench Even In cutting the meat the bench the work Is usually held pressed against their aprons, and these aprons were 1% a rule indescribabiv Mithy Meat scraps were also found being dirty He uutii the sf In some ments Keown of t! i% the bos iu a heap upon the floor largest sides tre sent is workers pleces they wish beside Upon shovelidd int floors ignin shoveled for chopping be Bpoted damp and soggy from eft « nto barrels or nto ma- These it In most cases In dark, {iI ventilated rooms and the employees in utter iguo rance of cleanliness or danger to bealth expectorated at will upon them. In a word, we Heat from filthy floors, plled tables rarely and pushed from room tor ten In of clean! receptacles where they were chines must floors, Were SHAW shoveled woasden on washed sO in re An al every wn iere IN carts ness was found in handling of meat prepared for the var ent food products After killog, carcasses are washed up to the time they reach the cooling room are ban dled in a falrly sanitary aud cleanly ianuer “In We “ETO the wing is well tnd one well known pou fresh establishment mHieat being shov eld Into barrels and a regular propor tion being added of stale = raps that bad isin ou a dirty floor in the coryer of a room for some In another well Kuown, a loug table was noted Ccoversd of Hicatls iry CRERIe davs previous establishment eqgtinlly With several hundred pounds of beef and other of these meat sor re ind unfit to be Pp were fouud pie bits of rubbish cooked SOte leath the And dd scraps Wels ery bi even eaten, aud in v2 of pigskin SOs rope strands other Iuquiry evoked the frank from uian in chagge that this was to be ground up potted han canned adinission thie and used lu waking All of prod iabels of which the follow ph *“ ‘Abattoir No The contents of this package have been luspected ac cording to act of congress of March 8 180] Quality guaranteed “The phraseology of these wholly unwarranted luspectors pass ouly fulness of the killing They Processes through thes bear iS 4&4 sam t= Im labels Is The government apo the Lealth at the thine of nothing of the which the meat bas passed sioce this inspection “lu establishitbent sausages amd dry, woldy canned wests, admittedly several years old, were fe und, which the superintendegt stated inital know another plies of to us would be tanked and converted iuto to In made of this optional with the superintes representatives of the packers not concern itself with the disposition of after they have passed Iu spection ou the killing floor “The radical defect lu systews of inspection Is that it does uot go far enough. It conflued at preseut by law to passing on the use fulness of suiwals at the time of kill ug, bat the weat that is used io sau sage aud In the various forms of can ned products goes through wany prc eases, iu all of which there is possibil ity of coutawisation through tary baupdiing and forther dauger through the use of chemicals. During all these processes of preparation there Inspection and wo that ment products are wholesome and fit for food despite the fact that all these products when sent out bear a label stating they have been passed upon by REovernwent luspectors Me vnditions In which laborers the feverish pace which they are forced to maintain inevitably affect their Lealth Physi cinng state that tuberculosis is dispro the stock and the victhws of thls disease eXjwctoratle on the Rruase Le disposition wis wholly dents or as the government does Meats the present Is lusani IS po goverument assurance whatever these food usanitury the work and portionately yards presalent in spongy wooden of the dark workrooms, from which falliog scraps of wweat are Inter shoveled up to be converted lato food products Even the ordinary are completely lgnored “The neglect on the part of their em of provide for the requirements of cleanliness and decen floors decvnclies of life ploy rs lo recognize vy of the viiployees fluence that lowering the must ave an in annot be exaggerated in worals aud discouraging Cleanliness on the part of the workers cmployed in the packing houses “The whole situation as we saw it in these huge establishments tends neces sarily and inevitably to the moral deg adation of thousands of workers. who are forced to thelr working bours under conditions that are entire Iy 1d wopardonable which a constant not only to thelr own health, but to the health of those who use the food products pre pared by thew spend UD LHECESSAry and are nena Reitish Warned Against Our Beef, LONDON, June 5 - President Roose Yelt's message (0 congress ou the meat scandal As substantially confirming Same if not the worst of the charges : packers is the i general «litorial diseussion in the Lon. don newspapers this me and is used as a warning to Hr SUEErs | rutug tish cot kind until a sweeping reforw le estab | Haha KILLED OUR SOLDIERS Genernl Miles Says 3,000 Men Pere fshed From Polsoned Beef KANSAS ITY Nelson A. Miles, rado said “The disclosures about packing house products June O General on his way to Colo now being exploited are no | I knew it seven vears ago. | I told what | knew then Had the ter taken that tho sands of lives would have boven saved “1 I= that nitesd soldiers their Hyves rated, Hnpurs i 0 of estimat ber of soldiers whose health re food f lest iy on the f atidavits that 1 insde my investiga ago. The lnvestigat IDE committee closed the case and re fused to hear 2,000 aithesses whom | had ready. At that time 1 could have tired the of [easy nen that the « Was hupure, adulterated sulle news to me ben up at ins Jim States | of ee fost Iwecanse nite Bimg w 5 Way ned by eat ng darrell « subject in the toHected tion img “1 have a ta way when | seven years Si testimony tntied beef sold to the arms iid unwhele SENATOR BURTON RESIGNS. Under Sentence of Imprisonment Had Been Threatened With Espulsion, TOPEKA, Kan, Joseph R Burton, after consultation Liere with Lis Intimate political friends fe June 5 Host afl per Hoch his resignation as United States sen ator frou Kunsas Mr. Burton was S008 sent Guvernot JOSEPH R. BURTON convicted about a year ufluence in of uslug bwhinlf of a "Ego his senatorial pet rich quick alleged, to pre postal fraud order od to p months in con it was of a wis of $2.40 and prison. He ap the United States lils ein trying vent the Issualgee igninst it Ie Renter to peated i1¥ A fue serve six vive recently rt confirmed | sentence week Bupretne oo COnVic tion al Last privileges wl } i resoititd the senate eles ti collimittee on us considered a Burton from thie week, Burton's in the wean w mo expelling the schate Fiual action of resolution went friciuds that if resignation diately forthcoming the expulsion would be reported and pass ad before the over intil this being notified Lis f resolution of Week Was over F. D. Coburn Succeeds Hurton, TOPERA, Kau, June 3.—-F. D burn appointed senator succeed Burton Co to Las been RECEPTION FOR W. J. BRYAN. Freparations Under Way For Mon ster Demonstration at New York, NEW YORK Preparations are under way for a monster recy ption and demonstration in bouor of Williaw J Bryan when Irrives lu this city from his tour around the world Notice of the plau was seat to Mr Hry HU sO and oue of his political aud friends ceived frow him a letter written frow Constantin Mr. Bryan expresses his willinguess to be received with a the part of Lix Juue 3 hie tiie ago personal has re Pe demonstration ou fricuds Mr Bry # and ist ike Fourth of July dinuer of the A: He wrote that he « pected to arrive In New York about Aug 1 In his letter he makes elem noes to political co is to be in London on July speech at the aunual uerican colony several this country Williams R ditious Iu aud pays his Hearst ln this seutence It is tie ull ia the United States go results to tor halt on socialisn The wovement is He tows fig The fricuds of Mr read the clearly aud Bryan who have that Lu mmistakubly © They also regard Lim a willing candidate for nation for presidient ou the iC Licket The aged Travel Hogue 18 president letter say It How of - favor Conservatism another now Democrat tonster reception Is to wy man Democratic Commercial of which William but all Democratic to be by the rs hk Orgnt tions ire Invited to take part The Deno of Missour! In varions county onvent Mr. Bryau Arrangvinents in the Country rats their oli hnve been indorglug for president lo Has and under way son trains loaded with Missourt Dem ocrats from St. Louls to New York In time for the reception of Mr. Rryan Other states have beso (nvited to join and run special excursions are already to run threw specinl exenr Weather Probabilities. Bhowers and cooler; south winds. 3 “ “ r h “ . NOT $0, SAY PACKERS Chicago Beef Men Declars Plants Clean and Sanitary. DENY SELLING DISEASED MEATS Whole World Wants Far te, They Say and Truth Must He Told if Live Stock Industry Is to Have = “Syuare Deal CHICAGO June} ght mn Ig establishtnients of Cal pack » ave is suvd a Joint statement re] to the charges wade in the il aud KHevu i that their plauts methods of manufacture are sanitary their products wholesome and that fo Years it ers official inv Every civilized clicluisis sanitariaing 11d estigntors from nearly whic tan earth made exam of the in which the meat packing ire conducted have thes] tions exist this fact nation on Lave Her inatious plants hewn entirely satis i every instance with the condi in this ind Despite that they practic ng the i ie Hl hd : istry CReErs assert stand ready to wdopt any al sug Eestion in the line of improvement affixed statetiient are & ( Nelsor Hammond compa Augle COmpauy Libby Schwarzschild The packing who their siguntures Arinour & Sain Morris & Co H Omaha Packis Lier Provis McNeil & Libby Sulzberger & Co The stateinent in the official Curpurations CuolnjEinies fo the o Oo ts us iN Colupany ii ofl and part, which bear signature of each of thess follows whether pack which the ts, aud the vitire to side of tes Jur raised as sold by yuestion on The question diseased meats gre houses i= a world fitist ing Ww Liole truth and wants the fac told If the industry This vital however ser teat stock deal tjuestion Lave a the itely live is ‘square absol w hole is igfiore i Presldent Roosevelt's rage and all but omitted from notice it the Neill Every pound of weat in our packing tiie tev polls report Louses cones from aulimals which arc laspected and passed by trained voter nary agents of the This is the are uot interested ed before si them departient of agri ibsolute fact We ondemu cuiture Gitnals suaghiter tnimal bought by 1nd with Every teed both slaughter i 1 {ler the de vit animal ir this rigid in Inspre ACC strictest luspection regulations ever Vised In any country, pot even ex Every nut pass or Germany that ng LHSS Joes is cundemned and disposed of the of thi of depart went of agr Ihe adn Knows the Spec tion utder person al the United States ulture inistration facts The Neill Reynolds report [hat these are the facts ulmitted ln thelr report, | slight to the most buried ia the tail they have written “We and meat i supervision Agents at Washingto of the then tantly writers Ktiow s rele It es Lie Is al what el reassurance put of end Lave ben believers in rigid an the iu Lave mal tion sluce We slhiouidering Spree Spection was first begun inn It hy of the uit Huntely shown « we lief for the efit srs th loss SRL TIRE) nuasi ch are bought ! wed aft And of sre] irene We are Foirtily iu favor - wid of extending operat the saultary ov packing Louses onde HLS ren or sinughter LOW fu spite persistent ntation of making this ent if that can tw fon of the uditious of nsp tio mots doi aw to IRSA | CANFIELD HAS QUIT GAMBLING Asserts on Stand That Story of “the Drunken Kid” Was Vot True NEW YORK Richard Canfied, the SAVS he A that OHer June § gambicr, who Interested only In took the w ial of the sult the Delalinuty is now clal euterprises thuess stand it the t Lil brougl igninst court Joh whe alleges that cthing like $41 it in sup ree biy tv lawyer Canfield owes him son Rel for fewnl services Canfield des that Le had the Zawmbling business sucess Jerome took offloe and had nothing to do wit Saratoga place since ratd In tnurant said that tn mdvane tied quit hers that li forever pumbling to hi Tervine made bis Saratayg i ii hn As to Lee Lind that the the ral tl witnies beet apprised hours police were to fray Lit a visit Three © rast tion sted that sotse old paratus iu the attic be Lie said thought 11 for the cut he Hity aii " Inln the raid Irwlut is bwfore was in with UE gambling retioved hanty wottld be a right Wns As for the left viel to remain where it settivinent of the Sun (ux hy a twenty ohie lie Hotes with hin not negotiations al Han ti other Liad told thvestignted wid VOUuLE that {lier that sald frog Tlie aceonnt was Cite sid ol Pweg long tinue Jeratin that he Lind thout the “drunken kid running a he sald the story did not Qilestd (RE) ates t badd Taw ended In Nev SARI AMM of he hit New York, Some of ed money Cotinsel for Reginald Van derbilt has testified that be setflsd the Lm inn in notes for Slam that altogether he had paid $45.00 to Jaw vers lu his case. He told of Jerome's offer on the night of the rald that if be would plead guilty the district attorney would use his efforts so that a minimum fae would Lin belleve (it further about the $ thfedd said that the fant He esd LY TAWO veuars and said that atx tracted ft was for barrow Cantield said be inflicted. This offer he refused, D MINTIA WON BY A HEAD. ‘himsical (apiured Jock: yr Clab Weight For Age Hace at Belmont NEW YORK. June 5 The riding of Jockey Waiter Miller the feature of the mcing at Belmont park. Out of sit mou rode fo nters aud two == + Mint ing in the Eutree interf: = WAS its he Ur Ww cups ifter n Ng the pace was tir Hual af; «4 Hadtke on lomex] very stroug after early Miller kept Mintia go ugh to i ing la Ww ov A short head frost je She bir plased duwy won the race tig the frie Wa f Court Dress ' to 2 thie AVE slakes Nu first wound ty Me Halton Hace Belle ntfort third Court first. Gar ters, second Third Barbary thind Fourth colintant Fifth second Rixth Crawford Dress, first: Adoration sevond Race sec O id Hace Hattieax Race Whimsical [he Picket Mintia, fest; third Zienap Yalagal first third Es Ac ree, first third Miss Sawcold BASEBALL SCORES. Games Played Yesterday In the Na- tional and American Leagues NATIONAL LEAGUE teiphia 2 61 Philadelphia. 10 Philadephia 3 ewson ind Bowerman i rries Pittinger a FABLE OF PERCENTAG Ww =~ ¥ AMG =t Gus RICAN LE At New York New York Philadelphia ot Ya g > Detroit Chicas Washington Boston Leonard and Wright Victors. AUBURNDALE, Mass June 8 Brill galued the honor E Ww aud L OC. Wright Boston of meeting F J Sullownay I. B. C. Larned for the Massachusetts viouship by their victory in sets at the Braeburn over A SS Pier Boston nt fennls for of and 1iallenge mateh doubles Leonard tu the cf cham straight Country of ud Garduer Beals of ih Gauntlet Beaten In Hermoda Hace. NEW YORK The arrival of the «3 hours niuutes fu Ulitlet behind Inmer! the Tawer! the Hitseg lawerlape Ga THC liakes uf the 1 p ton Cuj had to allow the It tug to the difference of thelr length Grauntiet hours 10 winutes ow Helmere Won Hufiale Derby BUFFALO. June 5 Fred bay cuit Beliuere captured the Derby at Kenllworth park the odds on favorit Minnie la style Beluiere from od never lu danger Hurlew's Buffalo defeating Adams KOU Away aud hollow the th 1t the quarter was Hasel Thorpe at Latonda CINCINNATI Hazel Thorpe wns rite at la t od choices toula er six events Jue 8 the om winning fave Outsiders aud seo captured the ot Guards Ambushed by Strikers. COLUMBUS, © ambush 1 marching to the Bradley (8) thirty f the =tand pat perntors the Plum Ru with pon lI to SAR determin behind a Jdendly fin ito nfllet a< to the sutided thie t Ww that fifteen June §& Caught hh ravine as they their Were relieve vinrades at wine cllerson colt three ‘ u the cuploy wl! nr How rauning and Brad ley mines sub Jed tes Liens rves I vf Eighth regione Iv tlitary ta which headguanr ters guard viv he mind Runlghte of Columbus’ Convention NEW HAVEN, « lhe lof irdinal Gin Raltis the guest of Rey John John's church aud the f 1 | to the ity of il nat the city hief first dav « herring his eminence to be of Nt rr Loans of Ore uy le We loon th hall hpi felegutes give Mavor nal NStindley wer thi by the nEs of of Hi tnnu Ruights Onvent i of the Wf Columbus Fifes and Drums Aroused Them. BOSTON, June 5 Fifes and drums aroused the members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company, in accordance with an old custom, for the two hundred and sixty eighth annual feld day of that historic military or ganization. “ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT” — PRICE ONE CENT Summer Talks This is the season when we are looking for some- thing cool and comfortable, The new waists this year fill the demand. Long or short sleeves made of fine materials by the leading manufacturers, We place on sale this week a new lot of long and short sleeve waists worth. up to $1.50 for 98e. ‘a : $1.75 and $2.00 waists for $1.49, $2.25 waists for $1.98. $2.50 waists for $2.15, Thin Printed Material 25c¢ Organdies that have sold in Scranton and in oth- er Globe ges for 25¢ now running. Special for 15c. The New Greys Beautiful mercerized B, the new shadow or This is our own importa- tion. We have seen these goods retailed for 374c. Our price 25c¢. An 0dd Lot Many new and desirable lines that we have sold right along for 25¢. Closing 19¢. You may find just what you want at this little price. White Dotted Mulls Prices begin at 12}c for these dress materials, We have both the domestic and imported kinds, all size dots and all prices. We buy them direct from the mills. Colored Linens ~~ New colored linens as well as a fine range of plain white. All our own impor- tation, saving the middle man’s profit for you. Midsummer Sale of Table Damask 10—-PATTERNS—10 62 in. silver bleached, both Irish and German makes, usual 55¢ kind, pure flax. Sale price 48c. 5 patterns, 72 in. grass bleached Damask, new open borders, regular $1.00 Kind, Special 88c. Globe Warehouse, Talmadge Block, Elmer Ave. VALLEY 'PHONR. ES EI TI THE NEW HARNESS SHOP Harness, Washed, Olled, Repaired Harneas Bought, Sold, Traded Bicychs and Lawn Mowers Repaired Mirrors and Looking Glasses Replated Boots aud Shoes Repaired A. I. CONNIN, . Fast Lockhart SL. A.E. BAKER Carpenter and Builder. St Waverly, RY. Advertise in The Record. Maynard, Maynard & Schrier Attorneys and Counselors. 17 Pleasant St. M.P. A. Block, Sayre, Pa. May- nard Block, Athens, Pa. TOUHEY'S HOTEL Everything New and Up-toDute. Piast Thomas Ave, Opposite L. V, Station, Betes §1.50 Por Day.
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