Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-05-26

oath, as to the disposition Of the
meat"
"Where does this meat 60 which has
been condemned and redeemed by the
UwiersI" asked DR.. Klcbs.
"1n answering this question I should
open up Il new field Of discussion" an.
swered DR.. Japues.
"That Is easy to answer" replied
Dr. Klcbs. 1T goes to the American
consumer. 1t can't go to the foreign
market"
Dr. jacques further stated that the
system OF having the inspection made
In the interest Of the owner AMI thu
producer to enable them to sell their
products In foreign markets was wrong.
"llIe inspector should have the power
to render the condemned meat absolute.
~ unfit for food and not return 1t to
the owner. The problem Of meum aud
tuum enters into II. II 1t Is my meat
for sale Is Il good for you to eat. That
Is the Idea of ownership.
".rle present method Il this: For
several years 1t was possible to pass
under the law six sorts Of meat infect.
cd with tuberculosis. 1t has stopped
one way ana now only allows 1t to pass
In five ways instead Of six. The meat
being returned to the owner to sell IL
lle No chooses throws the whole work
OF Inspection OF beef for city use ON
the city health department. In March
last the city destroyed 3G7.21l pounds
Of meat. In March. 1905, there was no
Inspection. The bacllli OF tuberculosis
will attack the steer out on the range
where he gets all the needed alr. What
will the same bacilli do to the confined
lnhabltant Of the city?'
~
Milk Fed Chickens. 4 correspondent
asks II milk IL proper food for chick
ems. All authorities say not. No fowl
will live on fiuid food. Chickens have
gixxartls which alone proves that nature
intends them to he eaters Of grain and
other hard foods which need crushing.
MIX Is utterly unfit for poultry and Il
likely to give poultry what It gives to
numerous human beings-tuberculos
MIX II the food OF calves and animals
horn alive. But not Of any animal tina,
Ii Matched.
The Chicago Reef Trust house which
pleaded guilty In Pennsylvania to the
charge OF selling poisonous and ndul.
terated sausages. was fined OH two
charges.
>eA
Illinois "a not Only the headquarters
Of the Beef Trust, hut the people OF
Illinois are Its principal victims.
%SA
How can the people got any sort of
fair play from the Illinois Legislature
II the officers of 1t are In the employ of
the trusts?
Beef Trust ap0lOgists say that most
OF the criticism of their methods Is
due TO dramatic license" Is there
any dramatic license" In the condem
nation of over 3.OOO.OOO pounds of beef
containing tuberculosis In the short
space of three months? il there any
dramatic license" about official health
department reports?
%EA
Government inspectors only lnspec,
meats intended for foreign countries
but II there Is q suliciency of Govern
ment meat inspectors ut the Stock Yards
why was 1t that such a howl was made
by the Department OF Agriculture II
January when the application for add
tiOnal inspectors was cut down?
The following special telegram wa,
published In the Chicago Tribune Janu
AIRY 10, 1906:
Washington, ID. c., Jan. 1S.-(Spe
cial. 1.-The house committee on appro
priatlons has attempted to deal blow
to the Chicago meat trade by refusin.
all but $4,000 of the $l35,OCO appro
priations for which Secretary of Agrl
culture Wilson asked In order to NEE
the demand for inspectors. The small
sum which 1t recommended the hOus,