East Oregonian : E.O., June 12, 1906, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3

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DAILY EAST OREGON1AN, PENDLETOX, OREGON, Tl'KSDAY. .JINE 12, 1906.
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DENS OF FILTH
EMPLOYES ARE TREATED
WORSE THAN SLAVES.
No Consideration Shown for the Com
mon Deornclcs of Life Men and
Women Iluddh-d Together In Dark,
Cold Rooms, and Are Forced to Hut
Their Luneheon Clone to Filthy
Toilets Conditions of Labor Are
I'nbellevablo.
The packer who are now being
Investigated by the president, have
degraded their employes, poisoned the
public health and are guilty of every
crime and indecency charged in the
report of the experts sent by the
Pnlted States government to Invest
gate. I .i I
The following chapter front the r
port of the experts, Nell and Reynolds,
is devoted to the treatment of em
ployes In the packing houses' and
shows a revolting condition. The
chapter Is as follows:
No Regard for Health.
. The lack of consideration for the
health and comfort of the laborers In
the Chicago stock yards seems to be
a direct consequence of the system
of administration that prevails. The
various departments are under the
direct control of superintendents who
claim to use full authority In dealing
with the employes and who seem to
ignore all considerations except those
of the account book.
Under the system proper care of
the products and o fthe health and
comfort of the employes Is impossi
ble, and the consumer suffers in con
sequence. The sanitary conditions In
which the laborers work and the fe
verish pace which they are forced to
maintain Inevitably affect their
health. Physicians state that tuber
culosis Is disproportionately prevalent
in the stock yards, and the victims of
this disease expectorate on the spongy
wooden floors of the dark workrooms,
from which falling scraps of meat are
later shoveled up to be converted Into
food products.
Women Are Slaves.
Even the ordinary decencies of life
are completely Ignored. In practical
ly all cases the doors of the toilet
rooms open directly Into the working
rooms, the privies of men and women
frequently adjoin, and the entrances
are sometimes no more than a foot
apart. In other cases there are no
privies for women In the rooms In
which they work, and to reach the
nearest It Is necessary to go up or
down a couple of flights of stairs.
In one noticeable Instance the privy
for the women working In several ad
Joining rooms was In a room In which
men chiefly were employed, and every
girl going to use this had to pass by
the working places of dozens of male
operatives and enter the privy, the
door of which was not six feet from
the working place of one of the men
operatives.
As previously noted, In the privies
for men and women alike there are
no partitions, but simply a long row of
open seats. Rest rooms where tired
women workers might go for a short
rest, were found as rare exceptions,
and In some establishments women
arc even placed In charge of privies
chiefly for the purpose. It was stated,
to see that the girls did not absent
themselves too long from their work
under the excuse of visiting them.
No Kent Rooms.
In some Instances what was called
a rest room was simply one end of the
privy partitioned off by a J-foot parti
tion from the remaining Inclosure. A
few girls were found using this, not
only as a rest room, but as the only
available place In which to sit to eat
their luncheon.
Much of the work In connection
with the handling of the meat has to
bd carried on In rooms of a low tem
perature, but even here a callous dis
regard was everywhere seen for the
comfort of those who worked In these
rooms. Girls and women were found
In rooms registering a temperature of
38 degrees F. without any ventilation
whatever, depending entirely upon ar
tificial light. The floors were wet and
soggy, and in some cases covered with
water, so that the girls had to stnnd
In boxes of sawdust as a protection for
their feet.
In a few cases even drippings from
the refrigerator rooms above trickled
through the celling upon the heads of
the workers and upon the food pv
ducts being prepared. A very slight
expense would have furnished drier
floors and protected tnem against tne
trlcklings from the celling. It was as.
serted by the superintendent of these
rooms that this low temperature was
essential to the proper keeping of the
meat: but precisely similar work was
found In other establishments carried
BEG FLOOD SALE
The Big Sale of Flood Damaged Goods
begins Thursday Morning. Water soiled
goods slaughtered in prices, in order to
make quick disposal of them.
Hosiery, Underwear, Night Dresses,
Sweaters, Knit Goods of all kinds,
Rubber Footwear, irJTTT S
What was left of Sail Francisco's City Hull.
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SAN FRANCISCO FIRE.
Excellent Moving Pictures of the
Scene of DrMtrtictlon.
What the Spokesman-Review says:
"One gets a vivid Idea of the ruin
wrought by earthquake and fire at
San Francisco from the moving pic
tures on exhibition at the Columbia
theater yesterday afternoon. Scenes
In various parts of the city were
shown, blocg after block where once
stood large commercial houses or pa
latial residences now filled with piles
of brick and stone or the ashes of the
frame structures. The camps where
refugees are sheltered In tents, the
lines of people In the bread line Walt- j
ing their turn to be served, thi re-,
covery and carrying away t bodies 1
of some who were killed by the falling
buildings, portraits of General Greelyj
and General Funston and other pic
tures serve to Illustrate what the dls-1
aster meant and what has been done 1
in the way of relief and restoration."
The pictures will be shown at the
Frazer opera house for three nights
and Saturday matinee, starting Thurs
day, June 14.
on In rooms kept at a fair tempera
ture. In many cases girls of 16, 17
and IS years stand 10 hours a day at
work, much of which could be car
ried on while sitting down.
Some Hiiniune Features.
In several establishments well
managed restaurants were provided
for the clerical force, and In one In
stance a smoking room was provided
for them; but no provision was found
anywhere for a place .to eat for the
male laborers. In pleasant weather
they eat their luncheon sitting out
doors along the edge of the sidewalk,
or any place wher they can find
standing room. In winter, however,
and In Inclement weather, their
lunches have to be eaten in rooms
that In many cases are stifling and
nauseating.
Eating rooms are provided in a
number of places for women workers
In the various departments; and In
most of the large establishments cof
fee Is served them at a penny a cup.
Beyond this meager consideration for
their cenvenlence at meal times.
scarcely any evidence is found that
any one gave a thought to their com
fort.
The neglect on the part of their
employers to recognise or provide for
the requirements of cleanliness and
decency of the employes must have
an Influence that can not be exagger
ated In lowering the morals and dis
couraging cleanliness on the part of
the workers employed In the packing
houses.
Whole System In Degrading.
The whole situation as we saw It
In these huge establishments tends
necessarily and Inevitably to the
moral degradation of thousands of
workers, who are forced to spend
their working hours under conditions
that are entirely unnecessary and un-
pirrtnnnhle, and which are a constant
m"'" not only to their own health.
hut to the health of those who use
the food products prepared by them
BUILDING
FRISCO
FIVE HUNDRED BVILDING
PERMITS ARE GRANTED.
Moor Space of New Building Now
Projected Will Cover fit Acres All
the Structures) Will Re of a Su
perior Clans Thirty New Buildings
of the Fin Clam Are Now Actively
Under Way.
Come and buy goods cheaper than ever before
Watch for our Circular
The Fair Department Store
PENDLETON - - OREGON
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San Francisco, June 12. What It
means In money, to make a start to
ward the reconstruction of San Fran
cisco takes on 'definite expression In
the shape of estimates for the first
new structures 30 In number, which
will be under way as soon as men and
material can be assembled for the
work, whi-'h will COit over 14, 000,000.
The total floor space exceeds 66 acres.
Combined in one vast structure the
plans would equal a building the size
of the famous Palace hotel 200 stories
high, or twice the height of the Eiffel
tower.
This is only the beginning, and re
fers only to high-class structures. Up
to dnte, about 600 applications for
building permits have been fl d, fig
ures which will be largely Increased
as soon as adjustment of Insurance Is
made.
Contracting agents report that all
buildings planned are Invariably su
perior In class, finish and equipment,
to buildings destroyed by fire.
A feature of many of the new build
ings is to be the Installation of an ab
solutely fireproof vault In the base
ment, which will be arranged to ac
commodate each tennnt with a sepa
rate compartment, similar to safe de
posit vaults.
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WHO DOES YOUR.
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RANGE HORSES ARE SCARCE.
Few Bands Found In Eastern Wnxh
liurton or Oregon.
Charles Clancy, a well known
horseman and government contractor,
returned from a trip to Union county.
Ore., where he shipped four carloads
of horses for the use of the United
States army In the Philippines, says
the Seattle Post-Intelllgencer.
Mr. Clnncy declares that the day of
the range horse In , Washington and
Oregon has passed, and that animals
sultablo for cavalry purposes are be
coming fewer In the northwest every
year.
"The ranges are being swept clear
of good horses," said Mr. Cluncy, "and
It Is now difficult to pick up a large
band of animals having sufficient size
and weight for uses of the govern
ment. The rules of Inspection by the
government officers are very rigid.
There are very few bands of well bred
horses to be found either in eastern
Oregon or Washington. Indian ponies
or cayuses, are not so scarce, but they
are not suited to the needs of the
government. The time has come
when the coast buyers are forced to
go farther east for their stocks, and
this will continue as long as the pres
ent demand for sound and good sized
animals exists."
Knocked Off By Live Wire.
Bole, June 11. William O'Connell. ;
a cable splicer In the employ of thej
Independent' Telephone company, fell
from a pole this morning on Eighth
street, it the corner of the nlley near
the postofflee, and sustained painful
Injuries. Both ankle bones were frac
tured and he was badly bruised. He
was working about 25 feet from the
ground when he touched a live wire,
used to transmit power for the car
line, sending several hundred volts of
electricity through him, knocking him
from the pole. Luckily he struck on
his feet or he would certainly have
been killed. He was at once taken to
Dr. Boeck's office where he received
immediate nttentlon. He was suffer
ing great pain and felt considerably
Jarrey up. but It is not believed he Is
Injured Internally.
The best work should go to the best printers. Our Job office la the
best equipped In Eastern Oregon. Let us give yo. an estimate on
your work. Every time you dress a Job with out-of-dato type or
send out a Job t". at Is poorly done you send out a yellow dog to bark
against you. As long aa h. barks you will lose business. Tour busi
ness a-soclates and your patrons are apt to form a poor opinion of
you If you use cheap and poorly printed stationery. "Cheap" printing
is dear In the long run. Our work Is artistic and the price Is reason
able. When you want any work see us and we will save you money
and give you better work than you can ge. elsewhere In Pendleton.
If you are "from Missouri" come around and we will "show you."
Don't send away for your printing when you can get better work for
the same money here at home.
You cannot Induce a lower animal
to eat heartily when not feeling well.
The stomach, once overworked, must
hnve rest the same as your feet or
eyes. Tou don't have to starve to rest
your stomach. KODOL FOR DYS
PEPSIA takes up the work for your
stomach, digests what you eat and
gives It a rest. Puts It back In con
dltlon again. You can't feel g'od
with a disordered stomach. Try Ko
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show It by their liberal patronage. It la the advertlatog m disss ef tkla Mctioa.
FRAZER OPERA HOUSE
THREE NIGHTS and SATURDAY MATINEE STARTING
THURSDHY, JUNE 14TH
THE DESTRUCTION OF SAN FRANCISCO
Most realistic scenes of the wrecked city. i Diisac CA ILK. .mI mxm
A $10,000.00 production shown by moving pictures ITICeS JU, JJ U1U CGIuS
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