Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-07
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 murder---to poison the
water supply Of a country. Is Il any
better to poison the food supply? II
ls time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
rcad 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. or the principal causes Of
condemnation. s5 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS. ~ per cent for
actinomycosis--lumpy jaw--and 4 per
cent for hog cholera.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o.
1905: "a total of 1i1.00O pounds of
meats was condemned and destroyed
(during the past wcek) under the gu
pcrvislon Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In
cludcs l.9S3 pounds Of government-in.
spccted cut meats shipped from pack.
ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
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Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
Der II, 1905:
although the condemnation and de-
structiOn Of food supplies unit for
human consumption during the past
three mOnths-since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult..
By order Of the C0mmissl0ner-have
reached immense proportions. much un.
1T food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cllltlcs for microscopic laboratory OK.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec-
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs and q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
TIE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"rhc total stock yards condemnation
amounted to l76,s0S pounds"
'Parts of beef carcasses !"
In other words II has been and II
the practice TO cut out the cancers ana
tubercular tumors ana let the rest ~
the carcass go 10 the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
Health Department Bulletin, Dec
10, 1905:
"The department has made n new
ruling In regard to 'lumpy jaw OF
actlnOmycOtic animals. Hereafter all
animals that show, on post-mortenl
examination, a degeneration OF the
lesion, with cavity formation, contain
Ing pus, will be condemned and do
strOyed.
Heretofore only those with a gen
eral infection were destroyed"
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Health Department Bulletin, Nov
30, 1905:
"Stockyards inspection Of meats for
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order OF the Commissioner OF
Health on Aug, Z, ult., with two de-
partment inspectors employed. On
Oct. three additional inspectors were
put to work, and Oct. 10 authority
was given by the Finance Committee
Of the city council for the employ.
ment of six more.
Between Aug. and Nov. 30 a
grand total of 2,7Sl,l97 pounds OF
food supplies We're condemned and de-
strOyed as unwholesome. diseased or
otherwise unfit for human food"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10, 1905;
"FOllowing is summary OF unfit
food condemned aud destroyed during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards--292 cat.
tie, weight l52,5O9 pounds; 362 hogs,
weight 5S,S3S pounds; 15 calves,
weight Gl5 pounds; IL sheep, weight
300 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats.
Total, 23l $3.50 pounds.
AT city retail markets-1S,93 800
pounds of fish; 80 calves, hogs. o.
900 pounds; . cattle, sheep, a33
pounds Of poultry and dressed meats
and vegetables, 1,40l pounds. Total,
21,1l4 pounds.
Aggregate cOndemnatiOns of unfit
food during the week, 252,444
pounds"
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The Beef Trust will be investigated
by the next Legislature.
And what a showing up there will
be!
The investigation Of the insurance
companies by the New York Legisla-
ture will not be a circumstance to ii.
ChlcagO's multi-millionaire grown
rich selling disease and poison to the
people will get their just dues then.
The Chicago Newspaper Trust cam
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
a MI t,,havcr,Iooi, Ia otnpnnI antiral.,