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abbielives!
26th March 2007, 03:53
some free market types i am debating are claiming Upton Sinlair lied about the conditions in the meat plants
http://www.mises.org/freemarket_detail.asp...der=articledate (http://www.mises.org/freemarket_detail.asp?control=511&sortorder=articledate)
http://www.mackinac.org/print.asp?ID=4084

Does anyone know where i can find info about the plants of that time?
please?

Hampton
27th March 2007, 00:00
I would look for the Neill-Reynolds report which was done because of the book. It looked into the factories and gave accounts of what they saw. I couldn't find a copy in the few minutes I was looking for it but it might be online somewhere.

chimx
27th March 2007, 01:15
wiki briefly discusses it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Inspection_Act

Nothing Human Is Alien
27th March 2007, 21:11
http://www.freepeoplesmovement.org/fpm/page.php?232

CodeAires
28th March 2007, 14:57
That books was horrifically disgusting. I'm glad he wrote it.