The Jungle
The jungle
What were the conditions of the factories as des by Upton Sinclair
What were the conditions of the factories as des by Upton Sinclair
The industry sells spoiled meat by filling it with pickling chemicals to rid it of rotten smells. Bones from rotten ham are replaced with a hot iron. They label all meat as their finest meat. There used to be three qualities of mean but now they label all meat, even rotten pieces, as the best quality. Dead rats, who died from poison, end up in piles of meat and are processed with the meat. People are forced to work long hours in unsanitary and suffocating conditions. They are often forced to handle and breathe in noxious chemicals.