Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-06
A Writer Holds This Awful Organization
Responsible for the Spread
Of Cancer
And Also Says that 1t Is Guilty of
Spreading tuberculosis and
Other Diseases.

How do we know that sufficient pre-.
are taken to prevent contami.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen knovf
They inform us that what goes ON
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that is. their bust.
ness; they will manage It as they eco
ft. Whose affair is II, then. II the
nation cats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trlchinac, IL cancer In.
creases?
Other countries nre not 70 dull 40
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perlls involved in the meth.
DDS Of this monopoly, and, therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
TO quiet their objections the Unitsd
Suites Is supposed to keep an inspector
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon It IN official stamp certify.
Ing that It Ii At Tor food.
II, then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef, about which
there is nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there Is no inspection at ail2
Whyw was the Beef Trust allowed to 60
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent Il?
Why nre the laws ipert against this
criminal organization? Why Is a man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing fivc-dollar check and these men
60 free for swlndllng q nation?
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
hOarvis2
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind cor.
tainly suggest fraud and treachery7
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
AZ to the 'lumpy jaw" the tubercu.
losis and the cancer, put stop to pri.
vate slaughterlng. Let all the slaush.
tering 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 and towns run their siaugh.
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 an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When It comes to
life and death there ore no private
rights Of business. No man has right
70 saved profits that be makes BY
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back because some gentlemau'a
profits are threatened. The State will
not allow you to 60 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 can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera II can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, Q million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case is at least as clear
as In the other.
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
%, 1905:
AT the Union Stock Yards the fol.
lowing have been condemned aud do.
stroyed:
"2soA cattle. weighing l4ss24
pounds:
1856 hogs, weighing 4O.475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5,O24 pounds.
10 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep, weighing o60 pounds.
"Twenty-One cattle, nine hogs and
5,O24 pounds cut meats were con.
demned after DassinG government In.
spectlon."
Health Department Bulletin, Noven,.
ber 20, 1905:
"CondemnatlOns Of unfit food during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards, OS,703
pounds OF cattle, hogs, calves and sheep.
"At retail markets Co., ,730 pounds Of
beef, ham and poultry"
The Reef Trust will be 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
Daeole who die are adults, the averaOs
age Of the deceased having increased
from infancy In 1875 to 81 years Ia
1905!