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The Meatpacking Industry of Chicago at first did not seem like too bad of a place to live and embark on the American dream, until the employee met the labor conditions. Since the primary goal as a boss, or Robber Baron, of an industry was production and profit, their focus was not on wasting money to clean up the conditions of the work area. Jurgis saw the meatpacking industry he had been hired at as a newfound success, and he was amazed by the economic prosperity and the structure of the building. Initially, he was blinded by the industry's presentation, rather than the actual conditions. "No tiniest particle of organic matter was wasted in Durham's. Out of the horns of the cattle they made combs, buttons, hairpins, and imitation ivory; out of the shin bones and other big bones, they cut knife and tooth brush handles, and mouthpieces for pipes" (Sinclair, 51). The tactic of using every little bit of organic matter to make essentials, was a common solution to increasing production and product for the industry. The truth that Sinclair uses about every part of the cattle going to waste was sickening and a moment of true repulsion for the audience. .
In this moment the reader found themselves pondering what they are eating from our current meatpacking industries. Sinclair's use of diction drastically became more and more extreme throughout the story and it gave the audience a significant amount of imagery to what these factories were like. The most appalling and horrifying moment to the audience concerning the food was the bones in the tank. ".All but the bones of them has gone out to the world as Durham's pure leaf lard."(Sinclair, 122) Sinclair's motivations of being as ruthless with the truth of the meatpacking industry was not only to exemplify the disgusting meat, but to expound the savagery and ruthlessness of the hierarchy in the industry. The head of these factories also limited the workers to extremely low wages, and since they were often scat workers or unskilled workers, it was easy to do so.
