Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-15

a great portion OF the "lumpy Jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed az sound" by the inspect
Ors IL sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to the Chicago Tribune. 1t.
Louis prohibits both the slaughter and
sale Of "lumpy jaw" cattle In that city,
and Kansas City, while It permits the
Strengthening Of such cattle, prohibits
the sale Of the beef.
Tint Chicago has become the "dump.
Ing ground for practically all the
''lumpy jaw" beef In the country was
revealed yesterday by food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head Of "lumpy
jaw" cattle. OF these only small
fraction Is condemned az UNIT for con.
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out, Ii sold for prime beef,
and brings the retailer as good prices
as tho best beef.
This Ii possible by reason Of the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys Is part Of
"lunlpy jaw" steer or not. II the In.
spcctors pass an infected animal. after
the post.mortem inspection. the beef Is
placed In the cooler and sold Just as
any other beef. or course the attitude
Of Health Commissioner whalen and
others IA that the locally infected cattle
are not generally unfit for food.
Out Of a total days slaughter Of 100
head of "lumpy jaw" and otherwise in.
footed animals yesterday only twelve
carcasscs were condemned after post.
mortem inspection. This means that Mt
IN average weight Of 100 pounds each
there will bc sold In Chicago during
the next few days at least 10000
pounds Of "lumpy jaw" beef. How
much Of the same kind Of meat IA
shipped into Chicago from Kansas City
and other places where Its sale Ia pro.
hibitcd would bc difficult to estimate,
but the quantity Ii undoubtedly large.
In most Of the Eastern cities ordi.
nnnccs are In force prohibiting the sale
of meat from animals with actin0my-
COSTS. the scientific name for 'lumpy
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains as the
only large market where that class Of
cattle may be slaughtered and sold with
profit.
The average weekly receipts Of cattle
ut the stock yards arc 10000 head, and
among these always arc found from
100 to 200 animals infected In one
way or another.
The infected ones arc tagged by the
inspectors and corralled, and 1t Is these
that are slaughtered. During slaugll.
terlng hours four inspectors IRE on
duty, and every part OF each carcass Ia
Examined. DR.. Charles Worcester, gov.
ernmcnt Inspector, DIR. J. G. Lelth. State
inspector. and DR.. w. J. Wiesen and
DIR. w. g. Mason, city inspectors. the
latter two working under orders from
Chief Food Inspector "Fish" Murray,
nre tho men detailed to look after the
interests Of the consuming public.
Tho inspectors work on the theory
that "lumpy jaw" IL not necessarily In
furious to the beef, provided the In
fectlOn Is local. Carcasses found In
fcctcd with tuberculosis or general
"lumpy jaw" are condemned. Bruises
and sores are not considered sufficient
cause for condemnation.
Il This weeks slaughter-with the &c
. tual, evident lumpy jaw section cut Out
. will be on sale In the coolers Of the
plant this morning, the beef being sold
on bids. Because dealers know thu
character Of the meat they refuse t.
/, pay az high prices as the packers ash
|, for their beef. although the best car
1 cases Of "lumpy Jaw" bring from
, to cents pound. Sound beef may b
: bought Wholesale for cents u pound.
The present city inspectors have beel
on duty since last March, when Fish
Murray, who then was meat inspect
or, was called Off the work by the Com
missioner of Health, under instruction
from the Mayor, because he was "to'
. aggressive In cOndemning lumpy jaw
y CATTLE"
The live stock men declared that Muir
ray was incompetent and asked tn
!. Mayor to send inspectors who were vet
8 erinarians. Mayor Dunno compiled wit
/. the request, and Chicago Ia eating NOR
3 ''lumpy jaw" than ever.
ri 49,
I'll One hundred and sixteen articles pro
:, duced by the Beef Trust In Chicag
: have been examined and condemned b.
the honest pure food commissioners o
tie State Of North Dakota. Every ON
NJ them was condemned because
! contained q poison ana was therefor
= detrimental to the public health. Lac|
Of space alone prohibits 10 from print
ing the list and the names OF th
Q houses shipping the stun.
y ~A
81 The spirits Of thousands OF POI
y boys who went ont b hght for u
United States In the Spanish.Amer
can war. must hover over the fortune
. Of the Bret Trust In q demand II
" vengeance
e These Thousands were killed BY d
o "embalmed hsef" Of the Beef Trui
and by the poisons used In the maksu
Of their Beef Trust rations.
Neither the bullets Of the epaniard
. or the tsrrors Of the Cuban climst
did any havoc b The American soldis