Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-01
A Writer Holds This Awful Organization
Responsible for the Spread
Of Cancer
And Also Says that It Is Guilty of
Spreading tuberculosis and
Other Diseases.

How do We know that sufficient ~.
cautions are taken to prevent coutsus.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen know
They inform us that what eoee a
behind the walls Of their plants 4
their own affair; that is, their bQaa.
ness; they will manage II a. they -
tit. Whose affair Ii II, then, if ~
milton eats diseased meat, IL We ass
poisoned by trlchinae, II cancer -
creases?
Other countries are not 20 dull q
we are about these thingA Othse
countries understand very we'll IL
monstrous perlls involved In the metA.
ods Of this monopoly, and. therefore,
try to exclude American meats.
TO quiet their objections the Unitsa
states Is supposed to keep an insp,stoe
upon meat intended for export and b
place upon It an official stamp certify.
Ing that It Is ft t0r food.
IF, then, these arc the methods b
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 ut ALT
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to %
on year after year violating the Law
and no attempt made to prevent itr
Why are the laws ipert against THE
criminal organization? Why Ia a man
sent to prison for five years for fory-
ing fve-dollar check and these msa
90 free for swindling nation3
| Why do we contribute our dolla0
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are we content to have or
food prepared for US In secret undR
conditions that to any sane mind O..
tainly suggest fraud and treaci,eryi
We are not obliged to have taaD
things II we do not want them. Ths
remedies are simple enough.
AS to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercv-
losis and the cancer. put a stop to pei-
vate slaughtering. Let all the slaush-
terlng 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 Englanl
The cities and towns run their slaush-
ter houses under medical inspection
But In England tho people do not cars
to be poisoned In their meat.
And we need not worry about tne o.
lection that publicly owned slaughtse
houses arc IN invasion Of the privats
rights Of business. When It comes b
life and death there are no prIvats
rights Of business. No man has risi,e
to saved profits that he makes b
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation b
turn back bcause some gentlemauS
profits are threatened. The State win
not allow you to 60 around with slnall-
pOx or to conceal scarlet fever In y0ue
house, although each may be strictlo
your own affair. Compared with can
Ger. smallpox and scarlet fever aso
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera Il cas
take radical measures to stamp oue
cancer, a million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaush-
ter houses for public safety. And 4.
duty In the one case Is ut least as clear
as In the other.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dee.
%, 1905:
"At the Union Stock Yards the fol-
lowing have been condemned and ID,
stroyed:
"2S0h cattle. weighing I4s,s24
pounds:
1850 hogs, weighing 4O,475 pounds
"Cut meats weighing 5,O24 poundx.
10 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep, weighing 2G0 pounds.
"Twenty-one cattle, nine hogs and
5,O2i pounds cut meats were con-
demned after passing) government In.
spectlon."
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Health Department Bulletin, Noveas-
Der %, 1905:
"COndemnations of unfit food durlns
the week.
AT the Union Stock Yards, 6s,71s
pounds Of cattle, hogs, calves and sheep.
AT retail markets G6,739 pounds Ut
beef, ham and poultry"
The Beef Trust will be stopped. us
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees compOse1
Of experts" try to save 1t.
~
Thirty years ago, according to tio
Chicago Health Department, the ma
jority of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now. thanks to tho
Beef Trust, the great majority Of ~
[@ssple who die are adults, the avera0
age of the deceased having increass1
from infancy In 1875 to 81 years =
1Q00l q.