Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-24

tfave we been getting of late In the
matter of beef. pork and other food
,prvluCte?
What sinister influence is at work to
POISON the people of Chicago in the in
srcst of corporate monopoly?
IL II is the Beef Trust. the people
should drive IL out of the State.
In one year the people of Chicago
would have served ON their tables
S.i41.3i6 pounds of diseased meats.
dsh. poultry and vegetables IL 1t were
not for the activity Of the city health
inspectors.
According to the report Of Dr.
Charles ]. whalen. Health Commits.
eioner. the government inspectors have
been derelict In their work and for
gears Chicago markets have been vend-
iug stun that Is unfit to eat.
In one week. ending Nov. iS. this
"a what the city inspectors condemned
and destroyed:
Two hundred and eleven cattle. o.
$50 pounds: III hogs. I2G.GG2 pounds:
forty sheep. 1.410 pounds: three calves.
80 pounds: fourteen quarters OF beef.
6.3SS pounds; total weight, $4,000
pounds.
Condemned and destroyed after pass.
ting government inspection: Fourteen
quarters Of beef. G,3Ss pounds: four
cattle. 1897 pounds: total weight, 1856
pounds.
Inspectors in the "loop district" con.
iemned and destroyed 3I.s5O pounds
II meats. fish, 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 st. Louis and Omaha. having
6een rejected there.
Suit has been entered against eight
markets for violating Of the ordinance
which forbids the hanging or exposing
OF dressed meats on tho street.
DR.. whalen sums up the results
achieved by his department from the
time city inspection was resumed as
follows:
Since Aug. the weekly condemna.
lions Of unfit food have averaged 49,.
700 pounds Of meats, fish. poultry. etc.
and 23.l0O pounds OF fruit and vege-
tables. which, II maintained for the
gear. would make an aggregate Of
7.i4l.3iG pounds Of meat, ETC., and Of
I,o0I 300 pounds OF fruits and vcge.
tables condemned and destroyed as un.
at for human food.
The principal causes Of meat con.
domination were tuberculosis, "lumpy
Jaw" hog cholera, immaturity, and
.emaciation: Of fish, "taint" and stale
'uess. and Of fruit and vegetables, rot
iepncss.
Under date Of Nov. II the chief mea,
Inspector at the Union stock yards re-
ports to the director Of the laboratory
,that las n result Of the activity OF the
city meat inspectors In condemnlng
tanking, and destroying emaciated and
tuberculosis cattle In the coolers
after they had been passed by the gov
ernment inspectors, the packers are ad
visins shippers not to send such AM
mails into this market.
The condemned food has been founi
not only in the stock yards, but In pri
vate markets and the big cold-storag'
warehouses. II has been found in tran
sit from other big meat packing cen
tcrs and in rare instances already pre-
pared for the table.
DR.. Whalen says the city has n bi!
problem 10 crush out this immoral ant
dangerous traffic, and he will resort Z
every legal resource to bring his cru
sade to a successful end.
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The beef trust Is aiming to contro
the next legislature.
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or what use is the Illinois Pur
Food Law, when millions of chickens
turkeys and geese are kept in coll
storage within the State for years
with their entralls undrawn? Thes
Reef Trust dellcacles are said TO b
responsible for much sickness and tel
sble disease.
The price OF shoes is going up b.
order Of the Beef Trust. 1t has col
aeyed the hide market.
DO not vote for any man for tn
legislature who Is not known to b
an enemy OF the Beef Trust.
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How many Congressman have W
who are not controlled by the Bee
Trust?
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The Beef Trust owned Legislator
of Illinois passed a law limiting til
liability Of any corporation taking
human life 10 5000. And the peopl
sit suplne and permit this sort &
ching!
The Beef Trust lobby would loo
well in the hands Of mob.
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The Beef Trust has raised the pric
AZ shoes BIZ raising the price Of hide