Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-01-06

upon meat intended for export and to
place upon 1t an official stamp certify.
Ing that 1t is fit for food.
have here before me letters written
by former employees Of the trust assur.
Ing me that the Federal inspections 2 is
Il farce. The inspectors inspect moth.
Ing. say these letters. They sit read
ing or smoking with their pockets full
Of tags. which are handed out rs they
are required. One man tells me that
he used to get fifty ut II time. reach
ing his hand into the inspectors
pocket.
II. then. these are the methods In
regard to export beef. about which
there II nominal inspection. what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. on
which there II no inspection at nll?
Why is the Federal inspection allow.
etl to he indlffercntY Well. why In cv.
erything about this subject 40 rotten ?
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 20
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent It!
Why nre the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why II II mnn
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing a five.dOllar check ana these men
go free for swindllng 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 us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger
tainly suggest fraud and trcaclery?
| 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 ana the cancer, put stop to pri
vate slnughtering. Let nll the slnugh
tering OF food animals he done by thu
state In the light Of day, without IN!
Of this dark lantern business. on eq,in
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
The cities and towns run their slaugli
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 slaughter
houses are IN invasion Of the private
rights OF business. When II comes t.
life ana death there are no private
rights of business. No man hos righ
to saved profits that he makes b!
spreading disease. We have gone tO'
far on the rOad to public sanitation 4
turn back bcause some gentlenian
profits are threatened. The State vii
not allow you to go around with small
pox or to conceal scarlet fever In YOU
house, although each may be strict!
your own affair. Compared with can
Ger, smallpox and scarlet fever ar
nothing. II the state can take radica
measures to stamp out cholera II caI
take radical measures to stamp on
cancer, million times worse thai
cholera. II 1t can provide pest house
for public safety It can provide slaugll
ter houses for public safety. And 1t
duty In the one case Is ut least as clea
as In the other.
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