Chapter 14

Prompt 1

      This chapter goes in to detail, explaining what kind of things that were being made in the factory that Jurgis was working in, and being sold. The items being produced were made of disgusting things, and were still being sold and consumed by people. "There would be meat tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers had tramped and spit uncounted billions of consumption germs... But a man could run his hand over these piled of meat and sweep off handfuls of the dried dung of rats. These rats were nuisances, and the packers would put poisoned bread out for them, they would die, and then rats, bread, and meat would go into the hoppers together..." 

      That was just one example of the kinds of things they put into their "Grade-1", "meat" products. While what the companies were making was practically poisoned meat, it was pretty smart, because it brought them in more money which is all  that they wanted. It's terrible to think that this stuff was actually sold and people ate it...