Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-12-23

What kind of government inspection
have we been getting of late in the
matter of beef. pork and other food
products
What sinister influence is at work to
poison the people of Chicago in the in
terest of corporate monopoly?
II it is the Beef Trust, the people
should drive ii out Of the State!
In one year the people Of Chicago
would have served on their tables
T.i4I.3l6 pounds Of diseased meats,
fish. poultry aud vegetables IL 1t were
not for the activity Of the city health
inspectors.
According to the report Of DR..
Charles J. whalen. Health Commits.
sioner. the government inspectors have
been derelict in their work and for
years Chicago markets have been vend.
ing stuff that Is unfit to eat.
In one week. ending Nov ~. this
is what the city inspectors condemned
and destroyed:
Two hundred and eleven cattle. o..
$50 pounds: III hogs. 126.662 pounds:
forty sheep. 1.41O pounds: three calves.
$50 pounds: fourteen quarters Of beef.
6.3SS pounds: total weight, 232.O99
pounds.
Condemned and destroyed after pass
ing government inspections: Fourteen
quarters of beef. 63SS pounds: four
cattle. I. 4aT pounds: total weight. 1855
pounds.
inspectors in the loop district con.
demned and destroyed 3l.s5o pounds
of meats. fish. fruits and vegetables.
Three lots of hams and bacon.
weighing 1925 pounds We're condemn.
ell by the inspector ut the wholesale
markets before : o'clock n. m. This
material had been sent to Chicago
from ST. Louis and Omaha, having
been rejected there.
Suit has been entered against eight
markets for violating of the ordinance
which forbids the hanging or exposing
Of dressed meats on the street.
Or. Whalen sums up the results
achieved by his department from the
time city inspection was resumed as
follows:
Since Aug. the weekly condemna.
tons of unfit food have averaged 1871.
300 pounds of meats, fish. poultry. etc.
and 23.l pounds OF fruit and vege.
tables. which. II maintained for the
year. would make an aggregate Of
7.I41.3lG pounds Of meat, etc. and Of
1.20l.20O pounds of fruits and vege.
tables condemned and destroyed as un.
Mt for human food.
The principal causes of meat con-
dcmnation were tuberculosis, "lumpy
jaw" hog cholera. immaturlty, and
emaclatlon; OF fish. faint and stale.
ness. and of fruit and vegetables, rot.
tenness.
Under date Of Nov. II the chief meat
inspector NJ the Union stock yards re.
ports TO the director Of the laboratory
that las a result of the activity Of the
city meat inspectors In condemnlng.
tanking, and destroying emacated and
tuberculosis cattle In the coolers
after they had been passed by the gov.
eminent inspectors, the packers are ad.
vising shippers not to send such AMI
mails into this market.
The condemned food has been found
not only in the stock yards, but in pri
vate markets and the big cold-storage
warehouses. 1t has been found IN tran
sit from other big meat packing cen
tors and In rare instances already pre-
pared for the table.
DR.. Whalen says the city has biz
problem TO crush out this immoral ant
dangerous traffic ana he will resort 4
every legal resource to bring his cru
SADIE to successful end.
How many Congressman have w
who are not controlled by the Bee
Trust;
The Beef Trust has raised the prlc,
of shoes by raising the price of hides
Governor Douglas of Massachusetts
Is large manufactures of shoes. IL
heads delegation OF the Boot AM
shoe Manufacturers 10 appeal 10 tn
President 10 remove the duty on hides
so that they will be cheaper Thl
country produces more hides than
needs 10 shoe its people; but the Bee
Trust controls these hides,
The Beef Trust raises the price O
hides.
This raises the price OF leather an
this IN turn
Raises the the price OF shoes.
So the Beef Trust IL becoming tn
oppressor Of the poor In the matter Q
food and raiment,
%e
The Beef Trust iniquity must ceas
To secure more extended food II
spection for Chicago, six OF the prinl
movers of the Consumers League cal
ed upon Commissioner Of Health VIII
len. They offered the services OF
corps OF skilled inspectors. Dr. Whi
len agreed to cooperate with III
league.
While they declare the work they
il efficient, the members OF the leagu
assert more men are needed,
The committee which called on ID
Whalen was composed OF the follow
ing: Miss Jane Adams, Mrs. Brya
I athrnp Inruelia lie Rev. HHFrl,