The Upton Sinclair quote seems appropriate here: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not ..." ...Yet,

Upton Sinclair, who had previously run for governor as a Socialist, now set out to do so again as a Democrat.

Little was done, however, to improve the lives of packinghouse workers, whose misfortune had inspired Upton Sinclair to write the book.