Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-12-30

Chicago Manager esr
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon It an official stamp certify.
ing that IL IL fit for food.
have here before mo letters written
by former employees of the trust ass,ir.
Ing me that the Federal inspection IL
II farce. The inspectors inspect moth.
Ing. say these letters. They sit read
Ing or smoking with their pockets full
Of tags. which are handed out ~ they
are required. One man tells me that
H. used to get fifty at n time. reach.
Ing his hand into the inspectors
pocket.
IT. then, these are the methods II,
regard to export beef. about which
there Is nominal inspection. what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. Oh
which there II no inspection ut all?
Why II the Federal inspection allow.
el to liz Indifferent? Well, why II cv.
erytlllng nlOut this subject No rotten!
Why was the Beef Trust allowed 10 20
on year after year violating the law
ana no attempt made to prevent III
Why IRE the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why II u man
sent to prison for five years for fOrg.
Ing fivc.tlOllar check and these men
60 free for swindling u nationY
Why do we contribute our dollars
year inter year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why arc we content to hive our
food prepared for IN In secret under
conditions that to amy sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and trcncheryY
We arc not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
AZ to the "lumpy JAW" the tutcrcn.
losis ana the cancer. put n stop to pri.
vatc Strengthening. Let all the slaugll.
tering Of food animals he done by the
State In the light Of day. without any
Of this dark lantern business. on equal
terms for all. There IRE very few
private slaughter houses In England
The cities and towns run their slaugh-
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to In poisoned In their meat.
And We need not worry about the oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are IN Invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When II comes tn
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has right
to saved profits That he mnk"s by
spreading disease. We have gone ton
fur on the rOnd to public sanitation IN
turn, bnck bcnuse some gcntlemn,. =
profits are threatened. The State will
not allow you to 20 around with small.
pOX or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house. although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can
Ger. smallpox nml scarlet fever IRE
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera II can
tnke radical measures to stamp out
cancer, u million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety II can provide slnugl-
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case IL ut least ~ clear
as In the other.
Tint the overwhelming sentiment Of
the general public Is In favor Of an
immediate settlement of the traction
question and opposed to any further
parleying, humbug and buncombe over
the impossible fad, immediate mu-
nicipal ownership" Is now plain to
all who have eyes to see and ears to
hear.
That prospective candidates for the
Council In next springs election, as
well rs the party leaders on both sides
who are possessed OF wisdom, discre-
ton and the ability to get In touch with
the public pulse, are aware of this Is
evident from the preparations already
being made for that election.
II the traction question should by
any policy OF delay and dilly dallying
be still unsettled by the time the next
Aldermanic election In held, that cleo
ton will show cOnclusively what Il tre-
mendOus revulslOn In public sentiment
In regard to this question has taken
place since the last Mayoralty cam
paign.
The people have had their eyes Open
cd since last April
They have witnessed the pitiful ef-
forts of an honest but misdirected and
lily informed man whom they elected
on the platform Of immediate munici.
pal ownership of the street railways
to keep pledges which he made In good
faith, but which he found himself alb.
sOlutely unable to carry out. \,
The people have found that the trac.
tlOn question has been played with
simply to make campaign buncombe,
that they have been hoodwinked, that
they have been made to suffer physl,
cal discomfort and untold financial l(ss