Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-24
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 sufIcIcnt ore.
cautions are taken to prevent contami.
nation7
How do the trust gentlemen know
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that IL. their busi.
ness; they will manage II as they ses
ut. Whose affair IL II, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat II We are
poisoned by trichinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 10 dull 40
We are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous pcrils involved In the meth.
DDS Of this monopoly. and. therefore,
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the United
States Is supposed TO keep I'M insp,:tor
upon meat intended for export and 10
place upon It an official stamp certify.
Ing that 1t Is fit Cor food.
II. then, these arc the methods In
regard to export beef. about which
there Il nominal inspection. what do
you suppose arc the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there IL no inspection nt all?
Whywa the Beef Trust allowed to 10
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent Il?
Why arc the laws ipcrt against this
criminal organization? Why Ii q man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing a nvc.dollar check and these men
10 free for swindling a natiouf
Why do we contribute our doljap
year utter year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are We content to have our
food prepared for u In secret under
conditions TINT to any sane mind CT.
tainly suggest fraud and treacheryi
We arc not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies arc simple enough.
Az to the 'lumpy Jaw" tho tubercv.
losis and the cancer, put a stop to pri.
vatc slaughtering. Lot all the slaugh.
tering Of food animals be done By the
State In the light Of day. without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for oil. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
Tho cities and towns run their slaush.
ter houses under medical inspection. :,
But In England tho people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat.
And we need not worry about the OBJ.
lection that publicly owned slaughtsr
houses IRE IN invasion OF the private
rights Of business. When Il comes to
life and death there are NO private
rights Of business. No man has q right
to saved profits that he makes By
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back bcause sOlne gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State will
not allow You to 90 around with small.
pOx or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house. although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger, smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. IL the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera Il can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, q million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case Ia ut least % clear
as In the other.
Health Department Bulletin, Dec,
%, 1905:
AT the Union Stock Yards the fol.
lowing have been condemned and de.
str0yed:
"2s0N cattle. weighing l4s.soa
pounds:
1856 hogs, weighing 4O.475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5.O24 pounds.
"l5 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep, weighing 260 pounds.
"rwenty-one cattle, nine hogs and
5,O24 pounds cut meats were con.
demned after Oassing) government In
spectlon."
Health Department Bulletin. Novem.
Der 20. 1905:
"Condemnations Of unat food during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards. 8s.78S
pounds Of cattle. hogs. calves and sheep
AT retail markets 88.7S9 pounds OF
beef. ham and poultry"
The Beef Trust will he stopped, no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press aud fake committees composed
OF experts" try to save 1t.
Thirty years ago, according to the
Chicago Health Department, the ma.
jority Of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now. thanks to the
Beef Trust, the great majority Of ths
E>s,ple who die are adults, the avera0e
age OF the deceased having increass1
from infancy In 1875 to 81 years y
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