Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-18
A Writer Holds This Awful Organization
Responsible for the Spread
Of Cancer
And Also Says that It Is Guilty of
Spreading tuberculosis and
Other Diseases.

How do we know that sufficient nra-
cautions are taken to prevent coutamI.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen knowf
They Inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair: that Is, their bus,.
ness ; they will manage IL as they see
fit Whose affair Is II. then. IL the
nation cats diseased meat. II we are
poisoned by trichinae, IL cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not so dull as
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
inonstrous perils involved In the meth.
obs Of this monopoly. and. therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the United
States Is supposed to keep an lnsp.stor
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon II an official stamp certify.
ing that 1t Is nt for food.
If, then. these are the methods In
regard to export beef. about which
there Is nominal inspection. what do
you suppose arc the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. on
which there is no inspection at all?
Wbywns the Becf Trust allowed to &c
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent it?
Why are the Mws inert against this
criminal organization? Why Is a man
sent to prison for five years for rOrg.
Ing a hvc.tlollnr check and these men
90 free for swindling a nation:
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards!
Why are we content TO have our
food prepared for us In secr.t under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and treacl,ery!
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies nre simple enough.
As to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu-
lOsIs ana the cancer. put stop tO pri-
vate slaughtering. Let all the slaugh-
tcrIns OF food animals be done by the
State In the light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business. on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England.
The cities ana towns run their slaugh.
ter houses under medical Inspection.
but In England the people do not care
to be 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 to
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has a right
to saved profits that he makes by
spreading disease. We have gone too
far OH the rOud to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentlenau's
profits are threatened. The State will
not allow you to go 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 and scarlet fever are.
nothing. II the State eau take radical
measures to stamp out cholera II can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer. u million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And ito
duty In the one case Is ut least as clear
us In the other.
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Health Department Bulletin. Dec.
23, 1905:
AT the Union Stock Yards the fol-
lowing have been condemned and de-
strOyed:
"2sOh cattle, weighing i4s,soi
pounds:
1850 hogs, weighing 4O,475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5,O2i pounds,
40 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep, weighing 26O pounds.
"Twenty-one cattle, nine hogs and
5,O24 pounds cut meats We're con-
demned after passing) government IN.
spectiOn."
Health Department Bulletin, Noven,-
ber %. 1905:
"CondemnatlOns Of UNIT food during
the week:
"At the Union Stock Yards. s,7O3
pounds Of cattle, hogs, calves and sheep.
AT retail markets 66,730 pounds OF
beef, ham and poultry"
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The Beef Trust will he stopped. no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
Of experts" try to save 1t.
Thirty years ago, according to the
Chicago Health Department. the ma.
jority Of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust, the great majority OF the
people who die are adults, the average
age Of the deceased having Increased
from infancy In 1875 to 81 years In
1908!