Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-20

How DO We know that sufficient ope.
cautions are taken to prevent contami.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen knovS
They inform Us that what goes %
behind the walls Of their plants y
their own affair; that ID, their busl.
ness; they will manage II a. they -
1T Whose affair IL It. then, II ths
nation eats diseased meat, II We are
poisoned by trichinae, II cancer IN
creases?
Other countries are not 10 dull -
we are about these things. Othee
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perils involved in the meth
dds Of this monopoly, and, therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the Unitsd
States Is supposed to keep an inspsctoe
upon meat intended for export and -
place upon It an official stamp certify.
Ing that It IL At Tor food.
II, then, these are the methods in
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 Mt all
Whywas the Beef Trust allowed to -
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent IT.
Why are tho laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why Ii q man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
ing a Hve.dollar check and these men
20 free for swlndling a nation?
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for 10 In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind cor.
tainly suggest fraud and treacheryi
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
As to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
losis and the cancer, put stop 10 pri.
vate slanghtering. Let all the slaush.
tering Of food animals be done By Tho
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 England
The cities and towns run their slaugh-
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people Do not care
to be poisoned In their meat
And we need not worry about the Oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughtse
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When It comes 70
life and death there are NO private
rights Of business. No man has right
10 saved profits that he makes By
spreading disease. We have gone too
far ON the road to public sanitation to
turn back because some gentlemau'a
profits are threatened. The State win
not allow you to 60 around with small.
p0x 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. II the state can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera Il can
take radical measures to stamp ont
cancer, Q million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slaugl.
ter houses for public safety. And it,
duty In the one case 10 at least a. clear
a. In the other.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
%. 1905:
"At the Union Stock Yards tho fol.
lowing have been condemned and de-
str0yed:
"ssOM cattle. weighing l4s,s24
pounds:
1855 hogs, Weighing 4O,475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5,O24 pounda
"l5 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep, weighing 28O pounds.
"'wenty-One cattle, nine hogs and
5,O24 pounds cut meats were con-
demned after Dassing) government In.
spectlOn."
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Health Department Bulletin. Novsm.
Der %. 1906:
"Condemnations Of unAt food during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards. 88,70S
pounds Of cattle, hogs. calves and sheep
AT retail markets 66.7S8 pounds OF
beef. ham and poultry"
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The Reef Trust will be stopped, NO
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and 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 tho
pasple who die are adults. the average
age of the deceased having increase
from infancy In 1875 to 81 Year, u
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