"There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage; there would come all the way back from Europe old sausage that had been rejected, and that was mouldy and white-it would be dosed with borax and glycerin , and dumped into the hoppers and made all over again for home consumption [...]"(The Jungle Upton Sinclair, 131)

    As America moved forward in technological and economical advances, the benefits of the working class moved backwards. Big businesses and trusts were backed by government, and strikes were crushed mercilessly. However, there was a group who strived to improve the class, and Upton Sinclair and his novel helped contribute to its causes.