Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-06
The General Public Has a Fine 0ppor.
tunity to Get All It Wants
Of i.
Health Department Finds Cattle In
Trust Coolers with Tuber.
culOsis Trimmed Out.

honor-even murler-to poison the |
water supply Of a country. Is It any |
better to poison the food supply? II
Is time that the public mind should
develop conscience in this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health DE.
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1905:
"The total amount Of meats con-
demned during the period was 1,343,343
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. S5 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, IL per cent for
actinomy mycosis-lumpy jaw--and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o,
1905: "a total of 141,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned ana destroyed
during the past wcek) under the st.
pervision Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludcs 4.0S3 pounds Of government.in.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
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Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
ber II, 1905:
although the condemnation ana de-
struction Of food supplies UNIT for
human consumption during the past
three mOnths--sincc the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
by order Of the COmmissioner--hav
reached immense proportions, much un.
lit food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cllitles for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs and cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
''The total stock yards condemnation
amounted to 170,SOS pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses!"
In other words it has been and In
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumors aud let the rest Of
the carcass 60 to the people for food
And yet We call ourselves civilized.
Health Department Bulletin. Dec.
10. 1905:
"The department has made q new
ruling In regard to 'lumpy jaw or
actinomycotic animals. Hereafter oil
animals that show, on post.mortein
examination, a degeneration Of the
lesion, with cavity formation, contain.
ing pus, will be condemned and de-
stroyed.
Heretofore only those with q gen.
eral Infection were destroyed"
Health. Department Bulletin. Nov.
80, 1905:
"stockyards inspection Of meats for
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order Of the Commissioner Of
Health on Aug. Z, ult., with two dc.
partment inspectors employed. On
Oct. Z three additional inspectors were
put to work, and Oct. 10 authority
was given by tho Finance Committee
Of the city council for the employ.
ment Of six more.
Between Aug. and Nov. 80 a
grand total Of 2,781,l07 pounds Of
food supplies were condemned and de.
stroyed as unwholes0me, diseased or
otherwise unfit for human food"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10, 1905:
FOLLOWING is summary Of unfit
food condemned and destroyed during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards-202 cat.
tie, weight l52,5O0 pounds; 362 hogs,
weight 5S,s3S pounds; Is calves,
weight Gl5 pounds; ~ sheep, weight
255 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats.
Total, 1880 pounds.
"At city retail markets-1S,93 900
pounds of fish; 80 calves, 4 hogs. o.
900 pounds; 2 cattle, sheep, 033
pounds of poultry and dressed meats
and vegetables, 1,401 pounds. Total,
2l,1l4 pounds.
Aggregate condemnations of unfit
food during the week, ?52,444
pounds"
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The Beef Trust will be investigated
by the next Legislature.
And what showing up there will
be!
The investigation of the insurance
companies by the New York Legisla-
ture will not be circumstance to it,
Chicago's multl-milliOnaires grown
rich selling disease and poison to the
people will get their just dues then.
The Chicago Newspaper Trust can.
not save them.
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The Eagle will keep up Its fight on
the cattle and packing people until the
sale OF animals afflicted with cancer
and tuberculosis Is stopped entirely.