Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-25

confined to the head, and may be said
In one sense to be O localized disease,
and while some inspectors condemn
only the part involved, I believe It IL
safest and most practicable to condemn
the entire carcass wherever the actl.
nomycotlc abscess opens Into the
mouth, pharynx, larynx or any part Of
the digestive or respiratory tract; O.
when the Emphatic glands are invol,
ed: or where there are actinomycotIc
tumors In the lungs; or when the 10.
sions have become generalixed, since
generalization In actlnomycosIs appears
to run a very atypic course. making
the detection Of all foci inside the
muscle very difficult; therefore, the en-.
tire carcass 10 to be condemned.
"'In cases where the actinomycotic
LESSONS are positively localized, the In.
fected part may be cut away aud the
remains Of the carcass used.
"These instructions apply only to
"lumpy jaw" There may bc other
reasons why you should want to con.
demn carcass, and It 10 then q mat.
ter Of judgment for you and your men
But you should never hesitate to con.
denim II you believe the animal to be
not ut for human food"
All pork for Germany IL examined
carefully for trichIna before exporting.
Pork for Great Britain Is never OK.
amined for trlchIna.
Hence the following figures may he
interesting:
In 1904 Great Britain imported from
the United States 7.570.45O pounds OF
canned pork, valued ut $77O,40S. and
l3,O00.05l pounds Of fresh pork, valued
at $l,9OO.s55.
In 1904 Germany imported from the
United States 4S,1OO pounds Of canned
pork. valued ut $4.S35 and NO FRESH
PORK WHATEVER. Germany protects
her people from plague.
The Beef Trust Is stlll causing the
deaths Of thousands Of people by the
selling of diseased meat.
No matter what few experts"
found or what some "buslness associa.
lions" saw In their investigations"
the fact remains that the Beef Trust
Is still ut the old stand.
A trust that will sell rotten, diseased
meat to people will not stop ut any.
thing to deceive the public.
Every day one reads In the daily pa.
pers about what some wise expert"
has to say about the awful untruths
told about the poor, innocent packers.
But the poor, innocent packers"
don't seem to have any experts" writ.
Ing for the Bulletin of the Chicago
Health department, for In Its report
FOR the week ending July Z, 1905, It
says that "the inspectors ut the Union
condemned and destroyed a
total OF 15l,l36 pounds of unit
meats"
oh, Yes; the Beef Trust Is being per-
151, 136 pounds OF rotten, dis.
sased meat condemned In one week by
4 mere handful Of inspectors. How
much diseased meat gets out Of the
Yards the Lord only knows!
But II 15l,130 pounds of diseased
meat Is condemned by few inspectors,
he reader can easily Imagine how much
unit food Is placed on the market.
Secretary Wilson says that the gov.
'rnment will enforce the meat bill In
Is entirety.
Now that may be all right In Its way,
nut the fact remains that government |
Inspection has been failure In the |
last.
Now the only relief that the public
AN hope for Is rigid investigation by
he Illinois Legislature.
The Legislature must investigate this
lwful trust, for the health of the PEG.
lie OF Chicago, Illinois and the whole
Ountry Is at stake.
The eyes OF the whole country will
70 turned on the Illinois Legislators.
lnd Il they fall to do their duty In