Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-28

would have no standing as party to Q
suit TO enJon the Chicago health de-
partment from condemning carcasses
passed by the state and government
inspectors. "This opinion" said Sec.
rotary lritcharl Of the health depart
ment, strengthens the city's claims
10 be- supreme In the inspection OF
meat"
The Reef Trust must 70.
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The number Of members Of the pres.
ent Legislature controlled by the Beef
Trust is known to man.
Remember the Beef Trust when you
are nominating candidates for the
Legislature this year.
The number Of dead and diseased
hogs shipped by the Beef Trust aud
sold 40 food IL something awful.
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Numbers Of hogs die In the cars In
transit to the Beef Trust; their bodies
are often eaten by the other hogs and
their pet disease transmitted by them
to the human race.
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The Beef Trust has ruined many a
prosperous small business. The hide
Industry, the boot and shoe trade. the
sheepskin tanners, the leather tanners,
the wool pullers. the wool trade. the
vegetable market, the poultry busi.
ness. the retail meat markets, the
wholesale meat markets, the soup
trade-all these and many more have
been swallowed up by this awful
leviathan. How much longer will the
people stand It?
How much longer will the American
people put up with diseased food?
People who think that they get good
meat IRE invited to read the follow.
Ing clipped from the live stock report
of the Chicago Daily News, January
o. 1908:
equality Of offerings was not good.
1t was such rs the trade usually looks
for on Tuesday. with the Wisconsin
shipments largely predominating. II
was not the absence Of good finished
stun that made the slow market, how
ever, as the buyers were generally
looking for low.priced cattle. Ship
pers had only a few orders mt most
and the great percentage Of them
were for plain finished cattle. Since
the ending of the western season there
has generally been as good Il demand
for the cOmmOner sorts Of cattle al
for the better priced steers. A few
tOppy kinds have reached 1925 THU
week, but they are a. scarce as thu
proverbial hens teeth"
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We do not see any quotations Il
the dailies on trichina hogs.
All the rotten old Beef Trust lobby
lists. consisting OF crooked lawyers
CASTOR politicians and scarecrow states
uass. 80 getting ready. But when tn
Illinois Legislature meets thes'
worthless will be pointed out SO that N
who runs may read.
People must remember that the cit
had only eleven inspectors ut work d
cattle. hogs, sheep and provisions
Necessarily their work must hay
been very incomplete when there wer
, 100000 cattle week to inspect. III
berculosis and cancer are bound to b
, shipped to all quarters as food.
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Beef Trust cold storage II ba,
thing. Yet it Is popular Just now. Tn
rotten food turned out In the shape q
diseased poultry from Beef Trust rOOst
Is thus touched upon by Health Com
missioner Whalen, Of Chicago, In hi
annual report:
"Cold storage Is one OF our presen
: necessities, but 1t Is evident that
has been shamefully mlsused by dis
honest men. While certain article
, Of food are better after more or les
/ prolonged storage, certain fruits an
vegetables spoil so soon after remOva
| from the cold storage as to give
! very unfavorable impression.
] again, poultry or game IL ofte
. stored In an undrawn condition and
. afterward sold to the public. Attentio