Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

What kind Of government inspection
have we been getting Of late In the
matter Of beef, pork and other food
products?
What sinister influence Is Mt work to
poison the people Of Chicago In the In
terest Of corporate monopoly?
II 1t is the Beef Trust, the people
should drive 1t out Of the State!
In one year the people Of Chicago
would have served on their tables
T,141,316 pounds Of diseased meats.
fish. poultry and vegetables II 1t were
not for the activity Of the city health
inspectors.
According to the report Of DR..
Charles J. whalen, Health Commits.
siouer. the government inspectors have
been derelict In their work and for
years Chicago markets have been vend.
ing stun that IL unfit to eat.
In one week, ending Nov. IS. this
II what the city inspectors condemned
and destroyed:
Two hundred and eleven cattle. o..
$50 pounds; III hogs, 128.062 pounds;
forty sheep. 1.41O pounds: three calves.
80 pounds: fourteen quarters Of beef,
0y3sS pounds; total weight, $1,000
pounds.
Condemned and destroyed after pass.
ing government inspection: Fourteen
quarters Of beef. 8,3SS pounds; four
cattle. 1.407 pounds; total weight, 1855
pounds.
inspectors in the "loop district" con.
demned and destroyed 1850 pounds
Of meats. fsh, fruits and vegetables.
Three lots Of hams and bacon,
weighing 3,625 pounds. were condemn.
Cd by the inspector ut the wholesale
markets before 8 o'clock a. m. This
material had been sent to Chicago
from 81. Louis and Omaha, having
been rejected there.
Suit has been entered against eight
markets for violating Of the ordinance
which forbids the hanging or exposing
OF dressed meats on the street.
DR.. whalen sums up the results
achieved by his department from the
time city inspection was resumed 10
follows:
Since Aug. z the weekly condemna.
lions Of unit food have averaged 1877.
800 pounds Of meats, fish. poultry, etc..
and 23,lOO pounds Of fruit and vege-
tables, which, II maintained for the
year. would make an aggregate Of
7.i4l.3i6 pounds Of meat. etc., and Of
1901 200 pounds Of fruits and vege.
tables condemned and destroyed a. un.
1T for human food.
The principal causes Of meat con.
demnation were tuberculosis, ''lumpy
Jaw" hog cholera, immaturity, and
cancellation; Of fish, "taint" and stale.
ness. and Of fruit and vegetables, rot
tenness.
Under date OF Nov. II the chief meat
inspector ut the Union stock yards re-
ports to the director Of the laboratory
that "as a result Of the activity Of the
city meat inspectors In condemning
tanking. and destroying emaciated and
tuberculosis cattle In the coolers
after they had been passed by the gov
eminent inspectors. the packers are ad
vising shippers not to send such AMI
mails into this market.
The condemned food has been found
not only In the stock yards, but In pr
waite markets and the big cOld-storag'
warehouses. It has been found in tran
sit from other big meat packing cen
tors and In rare instances already pre-
pared for the table.
DIR. Whalen says the city has bii
problem to crush out this immoral ant
dangerous traffic. and he will resort t
every legal resource to bring his cru
SADIE to successful end.
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The beef trust Is aiming to contro
the next legislature.
OF what use Is the Illinois Pur
Food Law, when millions of chickens
turkeys and geese are kept in colt
storage within the State for years
with their entrails undrawn? Thes
Beef Trust delicacies are said to b
responsible for much sickness and tel
rible disease.
Inc price VI suoes ~ soHhs VIZ "
order of the Beef Trust. 1t has col
nered the hide market.
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DO not vote for any man for tn
legislature who II not known to
an enemy OF the Beef Trust.
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:. How many Congressman have "
who are not controlled by the Bee
Trust!
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The Reef Trust owned Legislator
OF Illinois passed a law limiting tn
liability OF any corporation taking
human life to $1,000. And the peOpl
sit sup!ne and permit this sort Q
thing!
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The Beef Trust lobby would loo
well In the hands Of mob.
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The Beef Trust has raised the prlc
of shoes by raising the price Of hides
Governor Douglas Of Massachusett