The Act because of "The Jungle"

                In class we read the story “The Jungle”. It was written in 1906 by Upton Sinclair, a Muckraker, and during this time Muckrakers were at their peak. They found the bad and the worst things about what they were researching. In “The Jungle” Upton talks about meat processing and how horrible it was.

                The factory was dirty, and all you hear was the screaming of the pigs. They allowed people to come and watch the processes the meat goes through. Women were crying and men were laughing nervously. The workers didn’t mind the sound or the smell, probably because they got used to it. Hogs were getting their throat slit. Other workers cut the hog into pieces, and each time the hog looks more like it does in stores. An inspector, who doesn’t really does his job, who stand there to add authority to the factory.

                Everything is dirty, the meat is placed on the ground where people walk, rat die and workers spit. Everything listed is used in packing the meat. Old moldy meat is made to look good and added to the fresh meat. They are packed and shipped to stores, were people are going to eat it. Nothing is wasted, the old skin on old hogs is used in head cheese, and they will reuse meat as they get it.

                Those conditions are bad and many people dies because of it. If someone blamed the factory, they would say it wasn’t their fault. In 1906 after this story was published they made food regulations, which limit what factories add to their food. Because of it food got fresher and less people got sick. Everything was cleaner and safer. It was a good thing that this story got published.