Chicago eagle., 1906-03-31
The General Public Has a Fine 0ppor.
tunity to Get All It Wants
Of L,
Health Department Finds Cattle in
Trust Coolers with Tuber.
cu1Osis Trimmed Out.

Tuberculosis IL becoming epidemic.
The Beef Trust products AFFLICTED with
can be sold without let or
when past inspection"
The school management committee Of
the Board Of Education took active
steps to prevent children afflicted with
tuberculosis from attending school. A
report drafted by superintendent
Cooley and DIR. Il. ID. Dudley was adopt.
ell. which provides that when teacher
suspects that any child is affected with
the disease 1t shall be made known
to the superintendent Of schools by the
principal. After the parents Of the
child are notified the pupil will lie ex.
amined by medical inspectors Of the
child study department. Parents will
be given permission to have their fam.
lily physician present ut the examine
ton.
The poor children who got the tuber-
culosls from meat must suffer.
We can see from the Health Depart.
mcnt reports that State and govern
ment inspection does not prevent tuber-
culosls beef from getting into the cool.
ers from which the public IL served.
The statement that there IRE $1,000
consumptlves In Chicago was made Mt
the annual meeting Of the Visiting
Nurse Association by Mr.. Arthur Adds,
chairman Of the tuberculosis commit.
tee. DIR. Sachs spoke. urging drastic
action by the Board Of Health to stamp
out the disease.
Tuberculosis Is a Beef disease.
1t Is not hereditary.
1t is not contracted from impure air.
1t Is contracted by eating bad meat
sold by sordld and consclenceless men
who think more Of dollars than they
do Of human lives.
II any of your relatives have tuber.
culosis you know who to blame.
The homes saddencd by the deaths
Of husbands, wives, fathers, mothers,
brothers. sisters. sons ana daughters,
The people poverty stricken by con.
sumption,
Know who Is guilty!
There II n day Of reckoning for these
barons Of blood and tyrants Of the
Trust!
The Chicago Eagle will keep upon
their track until Europe as we'll ns
America will be too hot to hold them
Tho Beef Trust may control govern
ment inspection.
But the Insignificant number Of city
Of Chicago inspectors-only II In al
although now strangely discontinued
was still sufficient to call attention L
horrible facts.
The following from the Chlcngt
Health Department Bulletin Of Octo
Der %. 1905, speaks for itself:
The city inspectors ut the Uniof
Stock Yards condemned "FIvE CAT
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED ny
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS
'"Tliey also condemned and destroyed
3,O03 pounds Of cut meats shipped from
st. Louis and Kansas City, having
passed government inspection ut thOs'
Places"
This shows the sort Of government
Inspection we have.
II a few Of the governmental Omls
slOMs are rectified how many thOus
ands are not?
How many homes In Europe ant
America arc Mt this moment harbOrinl
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle
The above report Of the Health Com
missioner speaks Of meat hanging II
the coolers Of trust houses, with tuber
cular tuniors trimmed out" ready I,
be cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3,035. 900 pounds O.
food condemned In 1905 by Chicag'
Health Department inspectors, DR.. c
]. Whalen, Health Commissioner, say
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF TIL
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED o!
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan)
American Medicine December %
says: 'One stands aghast at the crlml
nal cupidity which will induce men t
attempt TO sell such dangerous foods t
an unsuspecting community. 1t Is nov
In order to go n step farther and flint
out who Is responsible for this mora
obllqulty.
"'It Is well known that cOmbina
tions Of the larger meat dealers hav
existed In the past to the end Of rails
ing the price OF food stuffs beyond tn
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry In
always been In protest against the IN
creased cost Of living, but here for tn
first time are the combinations whlc
control the food supply, brought into
direct relation to public health.
"It is high time that this matte
be taken out Of the class OF minor OF
fenses AND THE DEALERS THEM
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN TIL
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Eve
IN war, when all kinds Of brutality ar
sanctioned, 1t Is the height Of dis
hOnOr-even murder-tO poison til
water supply Of country. Is II an
better to poison the food supply?
Is time that the public mind shoul,
develop conscience In this direction
Speaking of Beef Trust tuberculosi
read the following from the Health DE
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1909