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

ago that Chicago business associations
deplOred the attacks on the Beef Trust
because they were Just A. guilty them.
selves.
An Investigation Of the Reef Trust
by the Illinois Legislature II the only
thing that will stop that awful ,rust.
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Why does not the Attorney General
Of Illinois get after the beef Trust
on the following points:
Antitrust Law violated.-It IN vio-
lntIng the trust laws Of Illinois by par.
ceiling out territory between subortiin.
ate concerns.
In being nm organization In restraint
OF trade besides violating every de-
tail Of the Antitrust law.
Fraud In Products Sold-MilliOns Of
pounds Of beef. pork, mutton, sausage
ana other products have been sold un.
der false names ana false representa-.
lions, containing materials other than
those represented to the buyer.
Fraud In eeef SOli--Mlllions Of
pounds Of inferior beef have been sold
to government and private consumers.
Killing Independent Conservative
Beef Trust has organized and still Is
organizing fake independent com.
panies as n final desperate measure
to crush competitors who refuse to
buy Of the trust.
Rebates to Dealers-In every town
mt least one principal dealer gets a
secret rebate In consideration Of his
agreement to buy no "outside" or In.
dependent beef, pork or mutton.
Secret Service MethOds-Canvass.
ers are sent out In the guise OF dis.
trlbutOrs to secure the names OF per.
sons buying independent beef.
Crushing COmpetitOrs--Reef Ia sold
at cost and below until independent
competitors are driven out.
How many lumpy-jaw cattle are
slaughtered by the Beef Trust every
day and fed to the peoplef
The Eagle feels highly compliment.
Ell over the way it's reading matter Ia
stolen and reprinted without credit.
But II feels sorry that the able editors
who steal II cannot give II a wider
circulation than they do. Az the Eagle
reaches Its readers at least twenty.
four hours earlier than the principal
purlOiners, the thefts are easily reCOg.
nlzed.
The Beef Trust counts upon slecting
a majority Of the Illinois delegation "
Congress next year.
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Hogs that go to England and the
United States are not examined for
trichina. All hogs for Germany,
France and Austria are Some escape,
though.
The Reef Trust win get its deserts
before many years roll by. The Trust
press cannot hide the truth from the
people. Little by little they will learn
the facts, and when they do wal ! up.
you will hear IN explosion.
Why Ia Illin0is sfraid to tackle the
Beef TrustH
Thanks to the Beef Trust methods,
cancer numbered l,l9l victims In Chi
cago in 1908, or G7 more than In 1904
an increase of the rate per 10000 OF
population Of 2,93 per cent
The increase in deaths from cancer
In Chicago In 1905 over the average
for the decade ended In 1904 was 1O.l
per cent, and over the average rate OF
tho decade ended in 1884 was 34.1 pes
ceuv,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-20

destroyed 2.704.OSS pounds Of meat. AZ
being UNIT for food; all Of which
would have been sold In the city Of Chi.
cago. and for which the purchaser
would have paid first-class prices"
"From these ngures It II very evident
that inspection by the city Of all food
products Il Of untold value. not only
from financial but from a sanitary
and hygienic standpoint"
'"rhe following will show how neces.
sary city inspection is ut the Union
Stock Yards:
"rhe city meat inspectors have con.
demned In the coolers and on the cut.
ting floors AFTER PASSING GOV.
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
"125 cattle. cause, actlnomycosis.
'D7 cattle, cause, emnclatiOn.
'o4 cattle. cause, tuberculosis. EVIL.
dence Of disease having been trimmed
| out.
10 cattle, cause, dOwners.'
".1 sheep. cntlse, pneumonia.
"04 hogs, cause, pyaemia and tubercu.
losis.
AZTEC pounds Of cut meats shipped
from 1t. Louis, Omaha. etc, for can.
ming. This meat was sour and Shiny"
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Reef Trust apologists say that most
OF the criticism of their methods IL
due to dramatic license" IL there
any dramatic license" In the condem.
nation Of over 3,OOO.OOO pounds Of beef
containing tuberculosis In the short
space Of three months? Ia there any
dramatic license" about official health
department reports?
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II people want to find out what the
daily press of Chicago Is like let them
investigate its columns for three
months. The Eagle has been fighting
the Reef Trust since October last. II
fought the Trust months before the
jungle" was printed, rs our readers
know. But the daily papers We're too
busy printing Reef Trust ads to help
the cause OF Pure Food.
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Remember the Reef Trust when you
are voting for candidates for the Leg
islature.
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The Illinois Legislature must inves.
tlgate the Beef Trust.
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The Reef Trusts unclean packing
plants must be torn down.
"rhe inspectors at the Union Stock.
yards condemned and destroyed 80
cattle, 26S hogs. 13 sheep, 80 Gales,
1866 pounds Of sausage, STA pounds
of cut meats-a total of 1OsOS4
pounds. Bulletin of the Chicago
Health Department, week ending
July 2lst.
The Beef Trust must 60.
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II the Reef Trust 10 no immaculate
why ID It that packers forming one sec.
tiOn Of 1t pleaded guilty In Pennsyl
vania to the charge OF selling impure
products aud were fined; that another
act, OF packers belonging to II are now
under indictment In Lexington. Ken.
lucky, for the same offense; that the
Pure Food Commissioner Of North Da.
kota, In his report, openly names sew.
eral Chicago packers. and tells how
they adulterated food?
The Trust press Of Chicago carefully
eliminates from the reports of the Chi
cagO Health Department which 1t pub
fishes, all reference to the cOndemnn.
ton of tubercular and cancerous
cattle ut the Union Stock Yards. The
aim OF the Trust press Is to keep the
people In ignorance of true, but awful,
conditions which menace their health.
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The Reef Trust has caused a big
raise In the price Of shoes. The a..
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-20

legged beef trust controls incidentally
tile domestic hide market. which Con.
grcss closed practically for the benefit
Of the beef trust by clapping duty Of
/ Is per cent al valorem on foreign
hides. The alleged beef trust. accord.
Ing to Associated Press dispatches,
now also controls the domestic tanning
industry. Hence the beef trust fixes
now the cost Of the leather. the raw
| material out Of which shoes are made,
and hence II controls both the prices
OF shoes In the domestic market and
In the export shoe trade. built up ~
great expense by our shoe manufac
| turers.
Furthermore, II Is common knowl
edge that the domestic price Of butter,
eggs. butterine. dressed poultry. the
grains, fruits, vegetables. apples, pota
toes and probably other foods Ia rexu
lated largely by the same trust OF cor
| poratiOns.
This Ia logical and unavoidable NJ
present. 1t ~ due In part to special
privileges OF lower rates In the ship.
ping. private refrigerator lines. i'm
mensc grain elevators and cold.storag e
plants scattered ut the strategic points
and In part, no doubt. to the sheer
brutal force Of unlimited millions Of
dollars: n power welded by few per
sons whom society does not hold per.
sonally responsible ut present.
With the beef Trust Cnllsting Its
trusted employees rs government meat
inspectors, the outlook for pure food
Is pretty gloomy.
The following Is taken from the Bul.
letln OF the Chicago Health Department,
week ending July IA:
1.-THE inspectors ut the Union Stock
Yards condemned and destroyed IS cat.
tie, 17G hogs, 80 calves, ~ sheep, 1890
pounds of ham ana cut meats. making
total Of Sl,6OS pounds"
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The following from the Bulletin OF
the Health Department for month OF
May: "rhe meat inspectors ut the
stockyards condemned and destroyed a
total Of 4sl,795 pounds Of beef, pork,
veal and mutton"
The Beef Trust must be stopped!
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weekly reports to the daily newspapers
with great regularity and has done 30
for years. The daily papers with won
derful regularity have always care
fully eliminated from the report all
references to stock yards conditions
before publishing the same.
Commissioner Whalen has a chance
to make a national reputation for him.
self by throwing all Of his energy into
the campaign against the Beef Trust.
The people have no faith In government
Inspection. and even II they had, II
does not protect Chicago or Illinoisans.
Government inspection only covers
meats intended for shipment to other
States or to foreign countries. The
people are watching this thing closely
ana will not be fooled all of the time.
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Chicago Is the dumping ground for
lumpy jaw cattle. The Beef Trust
thriyes.
The people will demand that the ILL
nois legislature investigate the Beef
Trust.
<SA
The discovery of tons Of rotten
canned goods and decayed material in
tended for food in the possession OF
Chicago business hOllhes. bears out the
Eagles declaration made some time
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-20

eased meat condemned In one week BY
n mere handful Of inspectors. How
much diseased meat gets out Of the
yards the Lord only knows!
But II 15i.13G pounds Of diseased
meat Is condemned by few inspectors.
the reader can easily imagine how much
unit food IL placed on the market.
Secretary Wilson says that the gov.
crnment will enforce the meat bill In
Its entirety.
Now that may be all right In Its way.
but the fact remains that government
Inspection has been a failure In the
past.
And the only relief that the public
can hope for Ia n rigid Investigation by
the Illinois Legislature.
The Legislature must investl gate this
awful trust. for the health OF tho PEG.
pie NJ Chicago. Illinois and the whole
country II at stake.
The eyes Of the whole country will
be turned on the Illinois Legislators.
and II they fail to do their duty In
protecting the lives Of the nation they
Will be branded as towards.
The Illinois Legislature must do Its
duty and stop the worst menace To our
public health that We have got.
The Beef Trust can now laugh ut the
law. hut there IL a day Of reckoning
coming.
The Illinois Legislature has a duty
to perform, and 1t must do II.
The Beef Trust must be stopped!
II people knew what the
Turtle soup,
Chicken soup,
Clam chowtler. and
Other soups sold by the Reef Trust
were made Of they would he surprised
az well as disguised.
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Notwithstanding the fake govern.
ment inspection which gives the Beef
Trust II clean bill Of health. the few
city meat inspectors ut the Union Stock.
yards condemned and destroyed llG..
8oO pounds Of food. This includes. he.
sides the cattle, calves, hogs and sheep
usually condemned, four barrels OF sau.
sage meat, one barrel Of beef hams
and fifty-three dozen cans of meat.
This from the report Of the Chicago
Health Department for the week end.
Ing Sept. %, 1905.
The Reef Trust IL still selling light.
weight canned goods.
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The daily papers are as careful to
omit all reference to the Beef Trust
as they are to omit all reference to
violations Of the law by certain dc.
partment stores.
Don't vote for any candidate for the
Legislature who IL not an enemy Of,
the Beef Trust.
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Bust the Beef Trust;
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The Beef Trust IL sending money into
Germany to stir up strife aud force
the government to permit the importa.
ton OF its meats.
The Chicago Beef Trust house which
pleaded guilty In Pennsylvania to the
chnrge OF selling poisonous and adul.
terated sausages, was fined on two
charges.
Talk about government inspection!
We take the following from the last
annual report Of DR.. Charles j. Whalen,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-20

'"'" """"t S"'''HV"s "SiWctlon!
We take the following from the last
annual report Of Dr. Charles j. Whalen,
Commissioner of Health of tho city of
Chicago. The facts speak for them
selves.
AT tho Union Stock Yards during
the last five months of the year, seven
inspectors (five Of whom were appoint.
cd In NOveMber) have cOndemned aud
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-20

Remembering that 1t was always the
habit to use the carcases of cancerous
or lumpy jawed cattle after the can.
GERS were cut out, the public IL prob.
ably getting q fuller dose of lumpy
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-05-24
Notice of EleCtiOnfOr Bonds
for Sewerage.

GEORGIA COBB COUNT "
by virtu of an order OF the Mayor and Coun
ell of the city OF Marietta, as authorized by an
act of the General Assembly of the state of Geor-
ga, there will be held AT the court house. in said
city, between the hours of a. M. and p. M on
Saturday, the 10th day of June, 1906, an election
by the qualified voters OF said city to determine
whether or not sewerage bonds shall be issued by
the city of Marietta, in the sum OF $25, 600 Said
bonds to be twenty-five (25) in number, of the
sum Of 1000 each, and numbered consecutively
from TO % inclusive, aggregating tue sum of
$4,000; and to draw interest at the rate of per
cent per annum, payable semi-annually, on such
dates as may be fixed by the Mayor and Council;
the principal OF said bonds to mature at the expi-
ration of thirty years Said bonds shall be issued
in the name of the the city of Marietta and shall
be known and designated as Marietta Sewerage
Bonds said bonds to be sold by the Mayor and
Council for not less than par and the proceeds to
be used for the purpose Of purchasing, establish
ing, maintaining, building and acquiring sys-
TEN of sewerage for the city of Marietta
All persOLs favorIDg the issuance of said bonds
shall have printed on their ballots "For Bonds;'
and those opposed to the issuance of bonds shall
have printed on their ballot, against Bonds"
The principal and interest of said bonds to be
paid by taxes levied therefor as provided in the
act authorizing said election. This MAY Il, 1906
E. p. D0BBS, Mayo" City Marietta.
w J. BLACK Clerk
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-05-24
NATURE OF AN OATH.

Some thirty years ago case was
on trial before the judge of a court
in city in which, among the
numerous witnesses for the de-
Tense, was a shiftless looking col
ored man named Jones, who was
to testify as to an allbi, says the
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
He was finally called and the
usual oath was about to be admin
istered when the attorney for the
prosecution arose and addressed
his honor, suggesting that Mr..
Jones be Intercepted as to his
understanding of the solemnity of
an oath. The judge, therefore.
asked the witness if he understood
the nature of an oath, to which he
replied: Eyes, sab. y
Well said his honor, what
is it?"
To which Mr.. Jones Immediately
replied, "Why, when you tell q
lie, stick to it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-05-24
Local Items.

There are 14,455 weeklies published
IN the United States. The dailiss num-
Der 2,2l5, Total number of newspapers
and periodicals, 20,485.
preacher announced that he would
discuss family scandal from his pull
pit, and as a result every seat in the
church was filled long before the time
for church service, many standing in
the aisles. and look of satisfaction
was on the face Of all present. The
shrewd master of the flock then pro-
ceeded to discourse on Adam and Eve
and the serpent.
That the PLAIN people of this
country have vast amount of
money in the savings institutions
and trust companies has been
made evident within the past
few days. The Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company wanted $50, 100000
fol- Is months on it's notes, and
the whole amount was taken in two
hours. The question arises, where
did the money come from? The
answer is, from the savings banks.
They have plenty Of money to loan
OH gilt-edged securities.
Give the young and struggling q
word of encouragement when you
con. YOU would not leave those
plants in your window boxes with
out water nor refuse to open the
shutters that the sunlight may fall
upon them, but you would leave
some human flower to suffer from
want of appreciation or sunlight of
encouragement. There are few
hardy souls that can struggle along
on stony soil-shruhs that can wait
for the dews and sunbeams, vines
that climb without kindly train
ing-but only O few. Utter the
kind word when you can see that
it is deserved.
An exchange tells the following j:
A very poor man applied for men,
bership in very exclusive church.
They hardly liked to turn him
down, so requested him to take
the matter to The Lord in prayer
and come again. In about two
months he showed up. They
questioned him as to what reply,
If any he had received, aud he
said: The Lord told me not to
get discouraged. He said He had
been trying to get into that church
for seven years, but had not sue
ceeded."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-05-24
Notice Of Election
To the qualified voters of the civ .,
worth VI

10 the qualified voters of the city Of A.
worth. VI &C
Notice is hereby given by the Nav,
and Council Of the city of Acworth, "a
pursuant to an ordinai ce Only adon+ag
on the 4th day OF May, 1905, that on P tG1
9th day of June, 1905, an election Nil; 11
be held in said city, at which win ~
submitted to the qualified voters of so;s
city for their determination, the o p~le
ton whether bonds shall be issned Ug 81
said city, amounting to seventeen tbn1
sand dollars, principal, for the nnrno Ou,
of procuring funds for the establisbiUss'
building, maintaining and operatino
system of wsterworks for said citv srS
bonds amounting 20 five thousand an1
five hundred dollars, principal. for 4 tba
purpose of establishing, building. moi
tanning and operating system Of eioo
trio lights in said city. All of said honSa
to bear date of the day of Go0o
to be issued in denominations of ~
hundred dollars each, to bear interest ~
the rate of five per cent. per ANN
payable semi-annually, on the first do.
of June and December in each voos
both principal and interest to be nsTa
BILE in gold coin of the United States ~
the present standard weight and fine
ness, and the principal of said watar
works bonds to be payable as follows,
Five hundred dollars on the first dav of
December in each year from the WOO
1909 to the year 1920 both inclusive And
one thousand dollars on the first dav NJ
December in each year from the vasr
1921 to the year 1881 both inclnSiva
When said water works bonds will bo
fully paid off and the electric Iiobt
bonds to be paid one thousand dol}ara
December LIST, 1882, fifteen hundred 6oI
lars December LIST, 1888, fifteen hundred
dollars December lst, 1884 and fifteen
hundred dollars December lst, 1885
when said electric light bonds are to be
fully paid off.
Those desiring to vote in favor of said
issue OF bonds for said water works in
said city will do SO by casting ballots
having written or printed on them the
words ''For water works and bonds,
and these desiring to vote against said
water works bonds will have written or
printed on their ballots against water
works bonds" Those desiring to
vote for said bonds to be used for estab.
fishing said system of electric lights in
said city will have written or printed on
their ballots "For electric lights and
bonds" and those desiring to vote
against said electric light bonds will
have written or printed on their ballots
against electric lights and bonds"
Each voter will express his wishes
with reference to each set of bonds by
one ballot.
The election will be held at the coun
Gil room, the usual place, in said city on
the date named, between the hours of S
o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m. This
May 9Th, 1905. E. W. Lemon, Mayor.
III. NJ. Putnam, CLERK.
D. Fl Collins, 7. J. Lunsford,
a. j. Durham, r. e. Mcmillan,
Fl NJ. Williams, Aldermen.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-05-24
YELLOWSTONE MUCH CHANGED.

Yellowstone National Park has
been 80 greatly changed by UNDER
ground disturbances following the
recent San Francisco earthquake
that guides and tourists say it will
be necessary for the government
to make new maps of 1.-The wotders
contained therein.
The park season opens on May l.,
and the first party OF tourists to
pass through has just arrived in
Cody. They say the more promi-
nent features are greatly changed.
Especially is this true of the gey-
sers, which are making wonderful
displays. "Old Faithful" which
never had varied in it's eruptions,
has changed from an intermittent
to regular geyser and is III almost
continuous action, the flow of wa
ter being many times above nor
NAL Many others almost equal
it.
Geysers supposed to be extinct
for hundreds of years have broken
out afresh and are throwing
streams of hot water high in the
air. 1t is believed that hundreds
of elk and other wild animals have
left the park and gone into the
forest reserve adjoining New
Springs are making their appear
ance in every direction.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-05-24
In the District Court of the United
States for the Northern District of
Georgia,
Re: J. L. Turner & Company
pnS,l-L 1son =. DID,.

La Re: J.. L. Turner & Company,
Bankrupt, No. 1863 in Bankruptcy.
A petition for discharge having been
filed in conformity with law by the above
named bankrupt, and the Court having
duly ordered that the hearing upon the
said petition be he'd May Goth, 1905, at
10 o'clock m, at the United States Dis
trirt Court room, at Atlanta Ga notice
is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons in interest to appear at
the time and place named and show
cause, If any they have, why the payer
of said bankrupt for discharge should
not be granted. This 18th day of May,
A. D., 1905. w. c. CARTER,
Clerk
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-05-24
GEORGIA-Cobb County.

To all whom it may concern: Mary
G. A. Chalker having in due form an
Piled to me for permanent Letters Of
Administration on the estate of J. T
Chalker, sr., late OF said county de
ceased, this is to cite all and sing ulal
the creditors and next of kin of J T
Chalker, ST., to be and appear at my of
nee on the first Monday in June next
and show cause, if any they can, wby
permanent administration should not be
granted to Mary G. A. Chalker or some
mt and proper person on J. T. Chalkers'
estate. Witness my official signature OF
office. This 3rd day of Nav, 1905.
JOHN AWTREY, Ordinary
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-05-24
Bay Oil From the Barrel,

Don't pay $3.50 gallon for canned
oil, which ought to cost but so cents a
gallon. Ready-mixed paint is half oil
and half paint. Buy oil fresh from the
barrel, and add it to the L. & NJ. Paint
which is semi-mIxed.
When you buy l.. & NJ. Paint you get
full gallon of paint that won't wear
of for 10 or rs years, because L. s. NJ.
Zinc hardens the L, & NJ. White Lead
and makes L & NJ. Paint wear like
iron.
gallons L. & NJ. mixed with 3 gal
Ions Liuseed Oil paint moderate sized
house.
Actual cost of I, & NJ. about s1.2o
per gallon.
Sold in the north. east, south and
west.
G S. Andrews, Ex-Mayor, Danbury
Conn. writes: Painted my house Is
years ago with L. & NJ Looks we'll to.
day" Sold By CAN'T & Hodges.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-05-24
Letter to CAN'T 4 Hodges, Marietta
Georgia.


Dear Sirs: Messrs. Leachman & Ed
elm, Grafton, w. Va, had been selling
paint, which they thought well of
and this had occurred.
They had sold customer Is gallons
OF it to paint his house, A few years
later, they sold the same man Devoe
lead-and-zinc the same number of gal
Ions to paint the same house. He had
gallons left.
The point of the tale is: IL gallons
Devoe paints an l8.gGllon house.
Do you want to sell it?
OF course, that isn't all.
Why does IL gallons Devoe go as far
as 10 gallons of other paint? Because
it is all paint. all true, no sham, and
full measure.
Do you want to sell it?
But that isn't all. Devoe lasts long.
or. No, no you haven't got to wait
ten years to find that out. Ten thou.
sand people know it. We've got their
names. Our agents know them they
think heap of Devoe. There's no diff.
ficulty in showing your towuspeople
what to expect of Devoe. $40 will
paint SIS house and the painful last
twice as long.
DO you want to sell it,
Yours truly,
Z. w. DEVoR 81 Co,
% New York