This has been going in China for many centuries and the needs of men will demand Us continuance. The mentality of the pig is probably so low that the cruelty is far less real than many people think. Besides the heavy layer of pork surrounding the pig from head to tail is so thick that a little rough handling probably hurts less than thought. It is also remarkable how little bruised pork one sees in the shops, showing that the supposed cruelty is hardly skin deep.
Certain pigs, however. do die in transit, and the pig must be subjected to some kind of cruelty before they can be of real service to man as food. Among the thousands of pigs shipped weekly, it would really be surprising if some did not die en route, not so There is a problem, however, that causes great concern north of the river. It has reference to the repair of the dykes in the lake regions. Unless the dykes are immediately repaired, it is said. hundreds of villages and towns and many ten thousands of people are threatened much from cruelty, from undetected disease.
And thus the story of cruelty to pigs goes on. The last chapter of it is not yet written and never. will be written as long as man's mouth waters for delicious pork chops and roasted steaks.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.