Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-14

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10000. 1887 81
'From 1886 to 1900 the figures arc
missing.
These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of mcd'-
cnl investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu.
man cancer Infection Il to be found
In meat. It Is no longer held to be
possible that cancer or a tendency to
cancer can be inherited. The lnfcc
tion Is due always to an active agent
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lum-
ny jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust, week by week, many cat-
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
the slaughter houses.
And yet there Gun be no question to
a man who desires to live that is OF
greater importance than this. Tho or.
eratlons Of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider In allowed to glimpse whnt
goes Oh there. No representative Of
tho public ever gets behind that cur.
tain. You can 70 there and be enter.
tained with a fake exhibition of fake
slaughtcrlng conducted as public
| spectacle. That amounts TO nothing.
The real work no one ever sees but
the employees.
| What becomes OF the diseased cat.
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
converted into fertilizer. Who sees
the burning? Who knows that 1t II
done or how 1t Is done? Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All We know
IL that "lumpy law" is cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaw" that
"lumpy jaw" Is communicable and that
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical journal of Europe, sent man
to Chicago to investigate, so far rs hc
could, the Strengthening processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with reve.
latiOn that should have called for gov.
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
{ unsanitary. That the work was done
In a hurried. careless. slipshod way;
that there was no tOlerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
of tho world was menaced by these
conditions. To this scathlny lndlct'
ment from a great medical authority
! no serious defense was ever made
Subsequently, there appeared In
jamestown, N. Y, a remarkable book
'"rhe Dark Side Of the Beef Trust y
apparently written by IN expert, sup
plementing the charges OF the Lancet
anu enforcing them with such details
; as could hardly have been supplied 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 rcigned every
. where; that impure pr,a,ucts were Ia
bitually sent out for consumption; tim,
meat tit only for destruction was ha
bitually worked up with spices and
, drugs to disguise Its taste aud sold tc
the public.
To this extraordinary array Of spe
clfic assertions no answer was eve!
, made.
Here. then. are two witnesses tha
, solemnly declare that the conditions II
the trust slaughter houses are eXactl!
such as would allow the meat O
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out NJ
!, food.
Al Suppose that VIC take of the matte
, the most charitable view possible
!, Suppose we assume that the trust gen
4 tlemen are most scrupulous about q!
) the ways In which they make money
suppose we forget about the soldier
. poisoIed by embalmed beef, the . re
D of gOuge aha robbery practlced b. til,
7 trust refrigerator ear lines, the M, min
3 ulatlOn of a thousand markets TO
D profits, the tribute levied nv this com
3 binatlon upon all househ ,ls In tn
, country. Let US forget that they ar
, law. w.brcakers and money-mad nnd as
3 sumo that not one of them wOul'
5 touch a cent Of questionable profits.
2 Still this question stares US In tn
8 face: How do we know what become
8 Of the ''lumpy jaw" cattle?
8 How do the trust gentlemen know
3 Their employees are employed t
make much money for tho trust gen
1 tlemen. How do we know the way
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