Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-24

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These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of mcdl.
cal Investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the llu.
man cancer infection Is to he found
In meat. 1t Is no longer held TO he
possible that cancer or n tendency to
cancer can he inherited. The infec'
ton Is due always to an active agent
taken In some way into the system.
The meat of cattle afflicted with "lum-
ny jaw" would he such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
of the trust, week by week. many cn..
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
tho slaughter houses.
And yet there can be no question to
man who desires to live that Is OF
greater Importance than this. The OF.
eratiOns OF those slaughter houses nrc
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 Gun 60 there and be enter.
tainetl with q fake exhibition Of fakc
slaughterlng conducted a. u public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing.
The real work no ono ever secs but
the employees.
What becomes Of the diseased cat.
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
converted into fertilizer. Who secs
the burning? Who knows that 1t Ia
done or how II Ii done? Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All we know
10 "os suupy INV IN CuuceTs tuut
many cattle have "lumpy jaw;" that
"lumpy jaw" Is communicable and that
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet. tho leading
medical journal Of Europe, sent man
to Chicago to Investigate. 80 far as hs
could, the slamghtering processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with reve.
lati0n that should have called for gov.
crnment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanltary. That the work was done
In hurried, careless. sllpshod way;
that there was no tolerable Inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
Of the world was menaced by these
conditions. TO this scathlng indct.
ment from great medical nuthorlty
no serious defense was ever made.
subsequently. there appeared In
jamestown, n. Y, II remarkable book,
'"l'he Dark Side OF the Beef Trust"
apparently written by an expert, sup.
plementing the charges of tho Lancet
ana enforcing them with such details
rs could hardly have been supplled by
anything but personal knowledge. The
whole process OF manufacture In the
trust houses was followed with minute
care and the charge was explicitly
made that carelessness rcigncd every.
where; that I'm. .,ufe pr.Iillcts were ha.
bitually sent out for consumption: TINT
meat lit only for destruction was ha.
bitually worked up with spices and
drugs to disguise Its taste aud sold TO
the public.
TO this extraordinary array of spe.
cltic assertions no answer was ever
made.
Here. theI, are two witnesses that
solemnly declare that 'he conditions in
the trust slaughter houses arc exactly
such as would allow the meat OF
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out as
food.
Suppose that we take of the matter
the most charitable view possible.
Suppose we assume that the trust gen.
tlemen are most scrupul0us about all
the ways In which they make money.
suppose we forget about the soldiers
pOIsOIed by embalmed beef, the games
Of gouge aIa robbery practiced by the
trust refrigerator car lines, the manip.
ulati0n OF thousand markets for
profits, the tribute levied by. this com.
blnatl0n upon all households In the
country. Let us forget that they are
law'brcakers and money-mad and as
sumo that not one of them would |
touch a cent Of questionable profits.
Still this question stares Us In the
face: How do we know what becomes
Of the "lumpy jaw" cattle?
How do the trust gentlemen know?
Their employees are employed to
make much money for tho trust gen-
tlemen. How do we know the ways
In which the money Ia made?
How do the trust gentlemen knowi
Here 10 stream of the most terrible
Infection passing daily within q few
Inches Of the nations food supply.