Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-30

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sFrom 1885 to 1896 the figures are
missing.
These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend of med'.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin of the hu-
man cancer infection Is to be found
In meat. II is no longer held 70 be
possible that cancer or n tendency to
cancer can he inherited. The lnfcc
tlon Is due always to an active agent
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "luin-
ny jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust. week by week. many cat.
tic afflicted with 'lumpy jaw" What
becomes Of them?
I don't know: you don't know: no.
body knows outside Of the precincts Of
the slaughter houses.
And vet there can be no question to
man who desires to live that Is o!
greater Importance than this. The op.
erati0ns Of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider Is allowed to glimpse what
goes OH there. No representative Of
the public ever gets behind that cur.
tain. You can 60 there and be enter
tained with a fake exhibition of fake
slaughtering conducted as public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing.
The real work no one ever secs but
the employees.
| What becomes Of the diseased cat.
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
converted into fertilizer. Who sees
the burning? Who knows that 1t Is
done or how II IL done? Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All we know
is that "lumpy law" IL cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaw;" that
"lumpy Jaw" IL communicable ana that
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical journal Of Europe. sent a man
to Chicago to Investigate, so far as hC
could, tho slamghterlng processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with a reve'
lation that should have called for gov,
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were mos,
I unsanltary. That the work was done
In a hurried, careless, slipshod way
that there was no tOlerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
of the world was menaced by these
conditions. To this scathlng indie.
ment from a great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made
Subsequently, there appeared In
Jamestown, n. Y, a remarkable book
"rhe Dark Side Of the Beef Trust
apparently written by an expert, sup
plementing the charges of the Lancet
ana enforcing them with such detail.
rs could hardly have been supplied by
anything but personal knowledge. The
whole process OF manufacture in tn,
trust houses was followed with minut,
care and the charge was explicitly
made that carelessnesS reigned every
where: that i'm .,are pro,iucts were ha
bitually sent out for consumption; tina,
meat tit only for destruction was ha
bitually worked up with spices ant
drugs to disguise its taste and sold L
the public.
To this extraordinary array OF spe
citic assertions no answer was eve!
made.
Here, then. are two witnesses tha
solemnly declare that the conditions II
the trust slaughter houses are exactl,
such as would allow the meat o
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out Al
food.
suppose that We take Of the matte
the most charitable view possible
Suppose we assume that the trust gen
tlemen are most scrupulous about al
the ways In which they make money
Suppose we forget about the soldier
poisoned by embalmed beef, the game
Of gouge aid robbery practiced by tin
trust refrigerator car lines, the manip
ulatlon of a thousand markets fO
profits. the tribute levied by this com
binatlon upon all households In tn
country. Let us forget that they ar
law-breakers and money-mad and as
sumo that not one OF them wOul'
touch a cent Of questionable profits.
Still this question stares us In tn
face: How do we know what become
Of the "lumpy jaw" cattle?
| How do the trust gentlemen know
| Their employees are employed 4
make much money for the trust gen
tiemeu. How do We know the way
/ A.. A.