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Roosevelt Urges Immediate Federal Inspection of Chicago Stockyards
The report by Reynolds and Neill urges rapid new federal authority to inspect all stockyards and packing houses and their meat products in interstate commerce. It documents revolting conditions, unclean handling, poor ventilation, and lack of sanitation from hoof to can, recommending a Beveridge amendment funded by a per-animal fee.
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Senate
House of Representatives
James Bronson Reynolds
Charles P. Neill
Chicago
Congress
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Beveridge
Theodore Roosevelt
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