Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-20
The General Public Has a Fine 0ppor.
tunity to Get All It Wants
Of Il.
Health Department Finds Cattle In
Trust Coolers with Tuber.
culOsis Trimmed Out.

honor-even murder--to poison the
water supply Of a country. IL It any
better to poison the food supply? II
is time that the public mind should
develop conscience in this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
rend the following from the Health De
partment Bulletin. November A, 1905:
"rhe total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1,343,3 ,343
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. s. PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, II per cent for
ctinomycosis--lumpy jaw--nnd per
cent for hog cholera"
Health Department Bulletin. Dec. 0.
1906: "A total Of 147,00O pounds Of
meats wns condemned and destroyed
during the past weekly under the su.
pervlsion Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 4,0s3 pounds Of government.in.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
bcr II, 1906:
although the condemnation and de-
struction Of food supplies unfit for
human consumption during the past
three months--since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
by order Of the CommisslOner--have
reached immense proportions, much un.
fit food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
pathologlc conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cillties for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses, hogs and o cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED by
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"The total stock yards condemnations
amounted to 176,S0S pounds"
"Parts of beef carcasses
In other words It has been and n
the practice to cut out the cnncers and
tubercular tumors ana let the rest Of
the carcass 20 to the people for food !
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
Health Department Bulletin, Dec
10. 1906:
"The department has made a new
ruling In regard to 'lumpy jaw OF
actinomycotic animals. Hereafter al
animals that show, ON pOst.mortem
examination, a degeneration Of the
lesion, with cavity formation, contain
ing pus, will be condemned and do
strOyed.
Heretofore only those with q gen
sral infection were destroyed"
Health Department Bulletin. Nov
80, 1905:
"stockyards inspection Of meats fol
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order Of the Commissioner ol
Health on Aug. Z, ult., with two do
partment inspectors employed. Or
Oct. Z 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. Z and Nov. 30 q
grand total of 2.7S1,197 pounds Of
food supplies We're condemned and de
strOyed as unwholesome, diseased Of
otherwise unfit for human food"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec
10, 1906:
Following is a summary Of unfit
food condemned and destroyed during
the week:
"At the Union Stock Yards-292 cat
tie, weight l52,5O0 pounds; 362 hogs
weight 5s,s3s pounds; 10 calves
weight Gl5 pounds; ~ sheep, weigh,
255 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats
Total, 23l $3.50 pounds.
AT city retail markets-lS,9 ,93C
pounds of fish; 80 calves, 1 hogs. g,
900 pounds; cattle, sheep, 93a
pounds of poultry and dressed meats
and vegetables, 1,49l pounds. Total
2l,ll4 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 showing up there will
be!
The investigation Of the insurance
companies by the New York Legisla'
ture will not be a circumstance to 1t.
Chlcagos multi-millionaires grown
rich selling disease and poison to the
people will get their just dues then.
The Chicago Newspaper Trust can
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
and tuberculosis 10 stopped entirely.