MEAT in Classic Quotes

1  And then there was the condemned meat industry, with its endless horrors.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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2  Those who were still older, and could reach the tables, marched about munching contentedly at meat bones and bologna sausages.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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3  It took a couple of hours to get them out of the way, and in the end Jurgis saw them go into the chilling rooms with the rest of the meat, being carefully scattered here and there so that they could not be identified.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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4  So in a trice the carcass of the cow would be cleaned out, and entrails would have vanished; it was Jurgis' task to slide them into the trap, calves and all, and on the floor below they took out these "slunk" calves, and butchered them for meat, and used even the skins of them.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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5  The people of Chicago saw the government inspectors in Packingtown, and they all took that to mean that they were protected from diseased meat; they did not understand that these hundred and sixty-three inspectors had been appointed at the request of the packers, and that they were paid by the United States government to certify that all the diseased meat was kept in the state.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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6  And then the visitors were taken to the other parts of the building, to see what became of each particle of the waste material that had vanished through the floor; and to the pickling rooms, and the salting rooms, the canning rooms, and the packing rooms, where choice meat was prepared for shipping in refrigerator cars, destined to be eaten in all the four corners of civilization.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3