Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-17

What kind of government inspection
have we been getting Of late In the
matter OF beef. pork and other food
products?
what sinister influence is mt work to
poison the people Of Chicago In the in
terest of corporate monopoly?
IL it Is the Beef Trust. the people
should drive 1t out Of the State!
In one year the people OF Chicago
would have served on their tables
T.ii1.3i6 pounds Of diseased meats.
fish. poultry and vegetables II It were
not for the activity Of the city health
inspectors.
According to the report Of DR..
Charles ]. whaien. Health Commits.
eioner. the government inspectors have
been derelict In their work and for
gears Chicago markets have been vend-
ing stun that Is unfit to eat.
In one week. ending Nov. Is. this
IA what the city inspectors condemned
and destroyed:
Two hundred and eleven cattle. Dr.
$50 pounds; III hogs. 126,662 pounds;
forty sheep. 1,4iO pounds; three calves.
$50 pounds: fourteen quarters Of beef.
G.3ss pounds; total weight, 232.O90
pounds.
Condemned and destroyed after pass
ing government inspection: Fourteen
quarters Of beef. 63SS pounds; four
cattle. 1.497 pounds; total weight, 1855
pounds.
Inspectors in the ''loop district" con.
demned and destroyed 1850 pounds
OF meats. fish, fruits and vegetables.
Three lots Of hams and bacon.
weighing 3.625 pounds, were condemn.
cd by the inspector mt the wholesale
markets before o'clock a. m. This
material had been sent to Chicago
from st. Louis and Omaha. having
been rejected there.
Suit has been entered against eight
markets for violating Of the ordinance
which forbids the hanging or exposing
OF dressed meats on tho street.
DIR. Whalen sums up the results
achieved by his department from the
time city inspection was resumed ns
follows:
Since Aug. Z the weekly condcmna.
lions OF unfit food have averaged 1877.
800 pounds Of meats, fish, poultry, etc.
and y. pounds of fruit and vege
tables. which, II maintained for the
year. would make an aggregate OF
T.i4l.3i6 pounds Of meat. ETC., and Of
1901 100 pounds Of fruits and vege
tables condemned and destroyed rs un
Mt for human food.
The principal causes Of meat con
domination were tuberculosis, "luinpy
Jaw" hog cholera, immat,rity, and
cancellation; OF fish, "taint" and stale
ness. and of fruit and vegetables, rot
tenness.
Under date Of Nov. II the chief mea
inspector ut the Union stock yards re
ports to the director of the lab0rat0r!
that ''as a result Of the activity Of tn,
city meat inspectors In condemnlnG
thanking, and destroying emaciated ant
tuberculosis cattle In the coolers
after they had been passed by the gov
eminent inspectors, the packers are nd
vIsing shippers not to send such Uni
mails into this market.
The condemned food has been fOun
not only In the stock yards, but In pr
vate markets and the big cold-storag
warehouses. 1t has been found in traI
sit from other big meat packing Ger
t.rs and In rare instances already prt
pared for the table.
DIR. whalen says the city has a bi
problem to crush out this immoral an
dangerous traffic, and he will resort
every legal resource to bring his cr'
SADIE to successful end.
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The beef trust Is aiming to contr'
the next legislature.
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OF what use Is tho Illinois Pul
Food Law, when millions Of chicken
turkeys and geese are kept In co
storage within the State for year
with their entrails undrawn? Thel
Beef Trust delicacies are said to
responsible for much sickness and to
ribie disease.
The price OF shoes is going up
order Of the Beef Trust. II has co
nered the hide market.
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DO not vote for any man for Il
legislature who is not known to
an enemy Of the Beef Trust.
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How many Congressman have v
who are not controlled by the BE
Trust?
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The Beef Trust owned Leglslatn
OF Illinois passed law limiting d
liability OF any corporation taxing
human life TO 5000, And the poop
sit supine and permit this sort
thingl
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The Beef Trust lobby would loo
well In the hands of a mob.
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The Beef Trust has raised the pri
of shoes by raising the price OF hide