Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-29

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These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend OF inetli.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu.
man cancer Infection is to he found
In meat. II is no longer held to be
possible that cancer or tendency to
cancer can he inherited. The infec'
tlon Ii due always to nm active agent
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with ''lu,n.
ny jaw" would be such IN agcnt.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust, week by week. many cat.
tie 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 can be no question to
a man who desires to live that Ii Of
greater Importance than this. The op.
erations Of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider In allowed to glimpse what
goes on there. No representative OF
the public ever gets behind that cur
tain. You cen 20 thcre and be enter.
tained with u fake exhibition Of fake
slaughtering conducted as public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing
Tho rcal 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 II Il
done or how II Ii done? Nobody out
side Of the employees. All We know
In that "lumpy law" E cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy Jaw" that
"lumpy Jaw" In communicable ana that
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical journal Of Europe, sent mar
to Chicago to Investigate. 10 far as hc
could, the Slamghtering processes Of tho
trust houses. He returned with reve
latiOn that should have called for gov
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanltary. That the work was done
In a hurried. careless. slipshod way
that there was no tolerable inspection
.. or sanitary supervision; that the health
Of the world was menaced by these
conditions. TO this scathing indlct
ment from great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made
Subsequently. there appeared IL
jamestown, n. y. remarkable book
"The Dark Side Of the Beef Trust,
apparently written by an expert, sup
plemcnting the charges Of the Lance,
ana enforcing them with such details
as could hardly have been supplied BY
anything but personal knowledge. Tn,
whole process Of manufacture In tn,
trust houses was followed with minut.
care ana the charge was expllcitl,
made that carelessness reigned every
where; that impure prOiucts were ha
bitually sent out for c0nsumpt ton; tina
meat ut only for destruction was ha
bitually worked up with spices ani
drugS to disguise its taste and sold b
the public.
To this extraordinary array OF spe
clhc assertions no answer was eveI
made.
Here, then. are two witnesses tina
s0lemnly declare that the conditions II
the trust slaughter houses are exactly
such as would allow the meat o.
"iMmpy jaw" cattle to be sent out al
food.
Suppose that we take of the matte
the most charitable view possible
Suppose We assume that the trust gen
tlemen are most scrupul0us about al
the ways In which they make money
Suppose We forget about the soldier
poisoned by embalmed beef, the game
OF gouge aud robbery practiced by tn
trust refrigerator car lines, the manip
ulation of q thousand markets To-
profits, the tribute levied BY this com
binatlon upon all households In tn
country. Let us forget that they arr
law'breakers and money.mad and az
sumo that not one Of them w0ult
touch cent Of questionable profits.
Still this question stares us In tn
face: How do we know what becomes
Of the "lumpy jaw" cattle?
How do the trust gentlemen know
Their employees are employed 4
make much money for the trust gen
tlemen. How do we know the way
In which the money is made?
How do the trust gentlemen know
Here Is a stream Of the most terrible
infection passing daily within a few
. Inches Of the nations food supply