Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-24
The General Public Has a Fine 0ppor.
tunity to Get All It Wants
Of L,
Health Department Finds Cattle in
Trust Coolers with Tuber.
culOsis Trimmed Out.

honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of country. Is It any
better to poison the food supply? II
Is time that the public mind should
develop conscience in this direction "
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1905 /:
"The total amount of meats con.
demned during the period was 1.343, ,343
pounds. or the principal causes Of
condemnation. 81 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, ~ per cent for
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin. Dec. o.
1905: "a total Of 147,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
(during the past wcek) under the su.
pcrvislOn Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludcs 4,0S3 pounds Of government-in-
spectcd cut meats shipped from pack
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
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Health Department Bulletin, Novcm.
Der IL. 1906:
although the condemnation and dc.
struction Of food supplies unfit for
human consumption during the past
three mOnths-sincc the resumption of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
by order Of the COMMISSIONER have
reached Immense proportions, much un.
1T food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
clllties for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 81 parts
Of beef carcasscs, 3 hogs and O cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED by
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"rhc total stock yards condemna tions
amounted to 176.SOS pounds"
parts Of beef carcasses
In other words II has been and In
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumOrs and let the rest Of
the carcass 20 to the people for food |!
And yet We call ourselves civilized.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
III, 1905:
"The department has made a new
ruling In regard to 'lumpy jaw or
actlnOmycotic animals. Hereafter all
animals that show, on post.morteIn
examination, a degeneration Of the
lesion, with cavity formation, contain.
ing pus, will be condemned and Dc.
strOyed.
Heretofore only those with a gen.
eral infection were destroyed"
Health Department Bulletin. Nov.
30, 1905:
"StOckyards inspection Of meats for
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order Of the Commissioner Of
Health on Aug. Z, ult., with two de-.
partment inspectors employed. On
Oct. Z three additional inspectors were
put to work, and Oct. 10 authority
was given by the Finance Committee
OF the city council for the employ.
ment Of six more.
"Between Aug. Z md Nov. 30 a
grand total Of 2,1Sl,l97 pounds Of
food supplies were condemned and de-
strOyed as unwhOlesOme, diseased or
otherwise unit for human food"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10, 1905:
Following Is a summary Of unfit
food condemned and destroyed during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards-202 cat.
tie, weight l52,5O0 pounds; 3G2 hogs,
weight 5S,S3S pounds; 10 calves,
weight SO pounds; 12 sheep, weight
255 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats.
Total, 231 $3.50 pounds.
AT city retail markets-lS,03 ,03O
pounds Of fish; 80 calves, 4 hogs. g.
900 pounds; 2 cattle. l sheep, 033
pounds of poultry aud dressed meats
and vegetables, 1.40l pounds. Total,
2l,114 pounds.
Aggregate condemnatiOns Of unfit
food during the week, 252,444
pounds"
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The Reef Trust will be investigated
by the next Legislature.
And what showing up there will
be-!
The investigation Of the insurance
by the New York Legisla.
ture will not be a circumstance to 1t.
Chicago's multi-millionaires grown
rich selling disease and poison to the
people will get their just dues then.
The Chicago Newspaper Trust can.
not save them.
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The Eagle will keep up Its fight on
he cattle and packing people until the
'ale Of animals afflicted with cancer
md tuberculosis IL stopped entirely.