Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-14

How do the trust gentlemen knowf
Here Is q stream of the most terrible
infection passing daily within few
inches of the nations food supply.
How do we know that sufficient pre-
cautions are taken to prevent contaml.
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 busi.
ness; they will manage 1t as they see
fit. Whose affair II It, then. II the
nation cats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trichinne, II cancer In.
creases? -
Other countries nre not 40 duh N
we are about these things Other
countries understand very we'll The
monstrous perils involved In the meth
ods of this monopoly, and, therefore.
try to exclude American mcats.
To quiet their objections tho United
States IL supposed to keep an inspsseoe
upon meat intended for export and 10
place upon II an official stamp certify.
ing that 1t Is fit for food.
II, then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef, about which
there IL nominal inspection, what do
you suppose IRE the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there Is no inspection ut all?
why was the Beef Trust allowed 10 go
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent Il?
Why IRE the laws Lpcrt against this
criminal organization? Why Is man
sent to prison for five years for fbrg-
ing a .iivc.dollar check and these men
60 free for swindlins a nation?
Why do We contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
lioards?
Why nre We content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind ccr.
talnly suggest fraud and treHchcry3
We are not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies arc simple enough.
Az to tho "lumpy Jaw" the tubcrcti.
losis and the cancer. put a stop to pri.
vate slaughterlng. Let all the slaugil-
tering of food animals bc 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 slaueh.
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 OBJ
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are IN invasion Of tho private
rights Of business. When It comes b
life ana death there are no private
rights of business. No man hns right
to saved profits that no makes By
spreading disease. We have gone too
far OH the road to public sanitation to
turn back bcnuse some gentlcmaN's
profits IRE 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 and scarlet fever arc
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera lt can
take radical measures to stamp out
; cancer, a million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaugh-
} ter houses for public safety. And IL
duty In the one case Ii Mt least as clear
as In the other.
49,
Thanks to the Beef Trust methods.
cancer numbered l,10l victims In Chi
cago In 1905, or 07 more than iu 1904
an increase OF the rate per 10000 Of
population Of 2.03 per cent.
; Tho increase In deaths from cancer
, In Chicago In 1905 over the average
. for the decade ended In 1904 was l0l
. per cent, and over the average rate OF
, the decade ended In 1884 was 34.l per
cent!
One of the most cunning and des-
perate deeds Of the Beef Trust was
, the defeat, by Reef Trust methods, Of
the attempt Of the secretary Of agrI-
culture to secure 13J additional meat
. inspectors for Chicago. The secretary
asked for $l35,OO0 to pay for 1876 In
spectors to inspect meats going to Eu-
rOpe-nOt meats for Americans, for
anything Is good enough for us. The
Congressional Committee, possibly un-
der Beef Trust hypnotic influence, only
appropriated $4,000. So tho Euro
peans are In almost as great danger IN
i ourselves.
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The pure food laws will, of course.
a be enforced against some poor little
: grocer. But against the Bee: Trust,
q never!
J. &SA
The Beef Trust Is sending money Into
!. Germany to stir up strife and fOr,s
0 the government to permit the impOrta-
Q tiOn Of Its meats.
~
T. Mayor Dunnes administration de
@ stroy.l over 100000 pounds Of can
= cerous and tuberculous meat In 6vs
months. by the inspection work ol
/? only eleven inspectors, how many bill
o lions of pounds Of cancer and tubss
!. culosis were fed to the people durinl