BEEF TRUST METHODS. THOUSANDS OF HUMAN BEINGS GROUND DOWN UY PITILESS CORPORATIONS. Inhuman Treatment of Men and Women Who Are Forced to Work In Great tstablishments.-In Low est Depths of Misery. By Upton Sinclaib. (Now York World .) It is literally the truth that the pack ers treat their men like dogs. There is no place in all Packlngtown where the slightest consideration is shown for a human being. They are com pelled to he on hand at a certain hour in the morning, even though there is no killing to be done; they are laid off without the slightest ceremony, and they have no Idea when the work will start up again. They are cheated out of their pay most shamelessly; if enough men happen to be on hand the bosses will start them up before the whistles blow, and cheat them that way. If they are working overtime and do not make a full hour, even though they fall by only five minutes, they get nothing for it. If anv error is made in the computation of their work they have no redress; there is always one answer to every complaint: "If you do not like It you can go else where.". , ONE VAST TRUST. The conditions in Packlngtown have reacnen tneir present state of degrad ation by the natural process of corn petition, or rather, there is competi tion of labor whllo there is no competi tion of capital.. There is but one vast employing trust and a body of absolutely unorganized and' helpless types of human beings ore coming there. Thore has been a regular pro cession of the races through Packing town; the Industry was founded by skilled cattle butchers from Germany; then they began the Importing of Irish men. Afler the strike of 1S!)4 they set to work deliberately to crowd the labor market so as to prevent further trou bles; flint (bey brought Poles, then lloliemliins, then Lithuanians, and now finally Slovaks. Theso are nearly all undersized, wretched people who' can not .speak English, and who impress one as having no more . Intelligence than a dumb animal! The bosses beat them and kick them and spit in their faces. I saw sights of this sort which fairly made my blood boll. I saw a poor, wretched Lithuanian pushing a truck in one of Rwlft & Co.'s cellars; it was loaded with hams, and the poor fallow was scarcely able to stir it on the level floor. He came to a slight Incline and could not get It up, and the boss fell upon him and pounded him out of the place. I presume that he wns "firing" him. Another and stronger man took his place. COMPKLLICI) TO VISIT SAlTOONS. One of tho things polnled out in the President's report Is that tho men are provided with no places to eat. It is cllfllcult to imagine what this moans in the wlnlor tlmo. I saw them crouching In I ho stairways of the packing houses and outside under tho sheds to pet a way from the falling snow. In conversation with one of the packers I spoke of the horribly low wages that were paid to the men, and ho answered 1 lint I here was no use in paying any more, because the balance went to the wooden floor and slide part way into a filthy men's toilet. It was picked up by two employes, placed upon a truck, carried into the cooling room and hung up with other carcasses, no effort being made to clean it. "In anothor establishment, equally well known, a long table was noted covered with several hundred pounds of cooked scraps of beef and other meats. Some of these meat scraps were dry, leathery, and unfit to be eaten; and in the heap were found pieces of pig-skin, and even some - bits of rope strands and other rubbish. Inquiry evoked the frank admission from the man in charge that this was to be ground up and used in making 'potted ham. " Home-made Bone Fertilizer. Everyone with a large garden has an out-of-the-way place for fertilizers where a "lione barrel" could be placed. To reduce bones to fertilizer without the use of acids takes time, but for the home garden it is well worth 'wait ing for, Put in a barrel three or four inches of soil, then a closely packed layer of bones, broken up somewhat, and cover those with wood ashes and wet with liquid manure from the PROFITS IN CHICKENS. Crate and Machine Fattening Bring the Highest Prices. T. F. McGrew. Some time since we published an article on poultry growing North and West, and referred to the large num ber of fowls that are grown upon the wheat fields o the Northwest and which are purchased and shipped In to the big packing establishments of Kansas City and other western centres. The packers of the west have estab lished enormous finishing plants, as they are called, for the feeding, fat tening and preparing of poultry of all kinds for market. Thefowlshereare re ceived in large numbers, placed in coops that hold from three to five birds, according to their ize, and are "trough-fed" that is, they are fed a mixture of ground meals properly pre pared in troughs, and permitted to eat as much as they will consume, from three to five times per day. Poultry crate-fattened in this way will continue to eat well and thrive from nine to twelve days. So soon aa they cease to feed themselves raven ously from these troughs, what i9 known as the cramming machine i3 brought into service. The manipulator of the cramming machine must have experience in the handling and feed ing of the fowls in this way. The BnELTEItED ORATES USED FOR CRATE-FATTENING. I'OUIJ'UY STUFFEUS AT WORK. stables, If possible, or with plain water cramming machine is composed of a strengthened with 10 cents worth feed trough or chamber placed upon of washing ammonia. 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Light lllue, White or Pink, and will he aent free of all charKoa to vou for Belling only o2 of our lame size, high trrade, benistituned Hand kerchiefs at only 10c. earn. WE ALSO CIVE VOU AN EXTRA PRBj SENT ot Turquoise or Amythlst Graduated ri NikliM nu a ann,.ial nrt.mlltm wtt.k Bilk Parasol. Both free sa ono premtaBU together ns a cover, thnt will not let through much moisture. In a year's I'l'TON SINCLAIR. FKOM TnF. HEF.F TRUST REIVRT. C ttrnct From Neill-Keynolds Docu ment Which the President Sent to Congress. "An absence of cleanliness was found everywhere In I he hiiiullliiK of meat helng prepared for tho various meat food products. "As an extreme exatnplo of the en tire disregard on tho part of employes of any notion of cleanliness In handling dressed meat, we saw a hop thnt had Just been killed, cleaned, washed, and started on its way to the cooling room till from & slldlDK rail to ft dirty. time empty the barrel, spado the con tents together, make Into a heap, and lot It stand for a month, then use as wanted. J. (H.'IHON AUMOPtt. TWO I'KO.M 1 XK.NT MUX IX THIS 11K10K Tltt'ST I XVKSTKi ATION, saloon keeper. My reply was that for one tiling 1 had observed that the com panies pay their men in checks, ami that, saloons are tho most convenient places in which I hose can be cashed; and that also as a consequence of the lack of dining-rooms the men are liter ally compelled to resort to the saloons in winter. The packer then dropped tho subject. Trior to the last strike In Chicago the union oHU'ers nuule a computation, based upon ton thousand time Chocks, and found that, the average weekly wage In rncklngtown was between ?5 and $0; since the strike. cou.iHtlons have of course grown worse. A' fi'iend of mine who has recently been making Investigations for mo stated that he Flood In a saloon on a Saturday night nnd gathered up the pay envelopes of the men as they came In and got their chocks cashed. He collecled over a score, and the average was less thnt, $1- there were some as low as This represented a week's wages for an Able-bodied man in rncklngtown at a dull season. forced through the tube Into the crop of tho fowl. TUB CRAMMER IS AN EXPERT. The operator In charge of the cram ming machine has several assistants who bring the fowls from the coop to him; he placing the tube down tne throat beyond the windpipe towards the crop, (ills the same by a pressure of the foot, always gauging the amount forced Into the crop by the hand pressure upon it. Tills manner of feeding is carried on for a sulllclent number of days to make the entire period of feeding from 1!J to 21 days. An experienced handler knows just the time when the fowls are finished ready for killing. When this time nrrives, they are speedily killed, dry-picked, and placed in proper condition for market. The food made use of for this pur pose Is a mixture of meals of several kinds, to conform to the requirements of the market, ('.round oats, corn and middlings, mixed with boiled milk or water Into a very dry mash or mixed food Is made use of for the first V2 to 11 days for trough feeding. During this period, tho fowls have grit and plenty of water to drink whore they can help themselves. So soon as they show a disposition to stop feeding themselves, all the food, water and grit Is removed from the trough, and the stuffing machine Is brought Into service. The same meals mixed into a gruel are used for this purpose, tho food forced Into the crop Country Autoing on the Glorious Fourth. Of with the stuffing machine in a semi fluid condition, and no water or grit whatever is given to the fowls during this period, the semi-liquid food fur nishing sufficient moisture for the greatest Improvement. GREAT GAIN IN WEIGHT AND QUALITY. Fowls that are fed in this way gain largely in weight For instance, a fowl placed in the eoop weighing three pounds nnd a quarter, bones, feathers and offal, would weigh from one and a half to two pounds more when fin' Ished, adding In this way two pounds of edible meat to the carcass, and so Improving the entire carcass as to add from three to four cents per pound to its value over that of poultry of that kind not so well finished. Thus, a fowl weighing three pounds and a quarter, worth 9 cents per pound, would sell for thirty cents as it came from the range. The same fowl, after being fed three weeks, would weigh hve and a quarter pounds and sell for twelve cents a pound at the lowest calculii' tion, which would be 03 cents for the same carcass, after having been fed for three weeks. The estimate placed upon the cost of feeding Is about ten to twelve cents per head. What Is known as the yellow- skinned or yellow-meated poultry is prime favorite in the markets of this country. To intensify and beautify the richness of these colors, meal made from yellow corn is largely used in the process of fattening. For the English market, which is largely catered to by these packers, fowls having the white color of flesh are pre ferred. To intensify and improve this, ground oats, meal from white corn, and some finely ground rice is made use of. To add luster, finish and quality to all these, a small per cent of melted tallow Is mixed into the warm mash, and fed in a semi-liquid state the last four or five days of feed ing. The fattening of poultry with corn adds fatty globules throughout the entire carcass. A fowl that has been fattened with corn Is usually what might be termed greasy meat, whi'e poultry tinislied or fattened In tills way lays on close or solid meat with no globules of fat scattered through it Crate and machine fattened poultry sells for the highest prices of any poultry sent to market. A peculiarity in these conditions is the faet that poor or inferior speci mens cannot be successfully fattened or finished in this way. Only the well grown thrifty specimens can be profit ably crate-fattened and Improved in weight and character of flesh. One must understand thoroughly well the process of handling poultry for this purpose, or he cannot succeed. Where it is well done and nicely finished and prepared for market, poultry finished in this manner is the most desirable, both In this country and abroad. TACKING FOR MARKET. In packing for market, square boxes that will hold 12, 24 and 48 chickens are made use of. Fowls all of one size nnd weight with the same ap pearance are packed In ono box. This plan Is of great advantage in selling. Farmers and country people generally lose a large amount of profit through the carelessness In dressing nnd send ing their fowls to market. When nice ly graded and selected, all of one kind in a package, both eggs and poultry bring the highest prices. It is the finest quality that makes the profit In poultry growing. This is what the large packing houses, which handle lundreds of thousands of fowls in this way, aim to make of all they fatten. Cultivation of Garden Crops. Frequent shallow cultivation should be employed for most garden crops, and during dry weather the depth should not exceed 2 inches. By keep ing the surface soil well stirred what Is termed a "dust, mulch" is formed, and while this layer of finely pulver ized soil will become quite dry, it pre vents the escape of moisture through the pores of the soil. A mulch" con sisting of tine manure, clippings from the lawn, or auy similar material, spread to a distauce of 10 or 12 inches around the plants will preserve the moisture; but the mulch should not be so heavy or matted as to exclude the air. 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