, 1870-10-21
THE BEEF WE EAT.

TO ,je Editor Of The CHICAGO Tribune:
!: i recent Fs!s to tht EniLn Stock Yarls dc
yGtenc.t the facts shall here r.l,tr, and suS-
spstrd the remarks shall mike uphn them. Ny
ctapcron was gentleman VIM is well acGu1iatctl
ii tlc yards AMI informed upon Ril matters, even
10 the slightest detail, relating IN the varied n1i
cxtturiye lncH Of trade carried ou in that i'm
4ccAst sIucl cnlIeJtuI
The information uhta,uetl is therefore reliable
and trustworthy: he*itirs. the sI,cctacl|s Wilt
ntsss-1 myself wcui1 not enlg khock the stnst-
htittcS OF The humanitarian, Int disgust aNt man.
sts thr htbMachs Of ans lr=< sensitive Creatures
sz.Et t'lr rejected: s'.ak cs L1Fye ''"i~'Fis1''
u tie meat upon which The ge".l pecile ui Cal
To N, inq"ts. whert Dies saia r'Ict..c.l stock
IO." he tcpIic,'. IT, ka-zl- si'ttI+ aul
y se!d out t. lata' markets MY nrer re c!ts-E
tt1r e4s1d families a:t1 ho'rs- EuolsS&t rthnt
IL put IN tu wnrS oft LEX. ha:- All tn" stock
mt cnluts nh tl.e.: .aEisis c4.ctuliy assutle.
M. that wt.z IL nn1t tos salt'tn.M Ea-: s su.!
nv Il. e tu.:l1>t1aH men - IL c& keA IT tFA;tcrs
,f1c.l teIe >a;rfx. ain have It N'lt.'s Al a'as T."
:ltt.zie street ior sat-" stn".iac i: fr,at III 4
<e.: ~: *S-"r:s:F Isncess ,,'w gr.,,s on. Ta"s |
ileiaAtc- tut III thnt cRT-h,al III HOGS 1u:t said.
sac 4liur5 kans. tlsrs. aht1 c,trsIes. Ths 1nr'l
I:,s'- wntt,ra to isny th"re wh:c1 : 1e sntrress
rej-rt, 1hty arc mostly incis Of SHELL rfa'ls ~ho
nuy j Fl = hoEs each: In: tncls name t. ieHi'n-
there tsrg perhaps over my such s1rA&css tn the
-ars:s.' iEgu.rctl WHttAer b.. saia not consider
| the cN1nGnt$stna men. 10 whom nloss ~ tre seSK
tnaes cs.sss'est equally culranle ris1 inc wi. M
hike IN The commission men. IL sail h: consff
10 60 difference In thr mnral character nf the
! ~. Intersections. 1!c though; no'h dt.z-scrtai
aIul knanrtui-elr I'D !. ....
.-s1.ts.' il. for the ,.srihuancc VI tals saat.ein
iasr Il sri tnesc rig:y fc.s~ ans ssscs. snip
.t.rs snt farmers wnu'A not bring thsHt ft.
t;cp,icmrn3 comnsr,nn men. how much q! m
t. tu.-7 II 1t lpe true, there lS q responsibility
| .c:tirr uron von which thc citizens Of ChicnG1
| now .:e,l ur,f ron tn discharge The writer i"
l. to with e 4'S Stsh3 9'0 an II
and respectable men; hct, II ny fsleal:
cnarsc d trr., that you arc ,esponsie ior r, ~ y
aST Ss csn S ~i,n n' ns iae w. TIC ct
.rnS. nsr The sufferers hy ihtse rcf4roES rtac
:.eea, un ~. in9Ftorc you e cxe:t YOUR t.ess tn
,.atNu nt hundred Ecu alll d:fyts every irssI
xr,1,tr from lhc Earts- yon h1re it In you
:, wrr Ia enry.cs this sc7adalous abuse. anil V.
Shall this los.hsame food still he tnFet4l slr'a NJ
,au it 1T. fs.Isl:.s that all thts's tous Of ptcH
avs ihcse so.s-tusEt1 hes; thus. 80 Oh sut!s
-:v. $. ths os}, I'D oN:n. an rEllhlls !-ao:iie
.,-rnwnv cows with warn-on1 teeth anil santle
t,3re; 1hnse @tTa!utta, lamr, aul tcF:tash nn1nc
| .h,,sr Texas skeletons, with hhrns kn0tk"'f ON
~ ,:ullt,i rut h!g clot Of nu:r h'ooa stn1d.n
Z thr ravt1y where the horn had hcco. anil wh:c
i,a:nlts;ss liEe eh:aen liver when tn; aa!a.t a
skinned norstro:lues are 10 Se caien ny the cit
!. zryf al Chicago:
. Can Il he rassih1c that all OF that de!oymty
disease. aci corruption ia to he still rauted OF
IKE Was Of wratn upou This .'cvntcA ely: Wh:
{ has Chicago loEc, That tie great Northwest,
= vch m thrifty. hcalthy, ~c,fssssl ssoeS, sn1u'
fn.ce down IFS threat all Of It's stlu&ed, runte'
T. sl.srasesi. AMI crippled stcce7
Farmers, IT cE-sIisets, shippers. contml7;tc
y | tnat, butchers, alive pTs,;rs:s in the name
coz. mat, .!ecrtny-in The s.a7+ nj stet-tv-tn Il
ta,ie Of Cod aill h,i'sautf f-:agatu.t tats lao
4 crnts 7u, ,ls,naahle outrage: lfthc tAw viii Il
II akr II rri.:.f. t'nltxts ne %oetsty ihf* It ltnT
1r.rr1rs. Il ssa,,1r a.at ~i1s b:cnl him VIA liz:
K, T.. fErh stuff vii, tclo'''s trSnHiy.
i A LDvEH OF Coon REEF.
= CEieaEo, De:. 70, is.e.