Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-04
A Writer Holds This Awful Organization
Responsible for the Spread
Of Cancer
And Also Says that It Is Guilty of
Spreading tuberculosis and
Other Diseases.

How do we know that sufficient pr..
cautions are taken to prevent coutsml.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen knowp
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own AFFAIR; that is, their busi.
ness; they will manage It rs they see
ut. Whose affair Is II, then, II the
nation cats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trlchinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 40 dull %
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perIls involved In the meth.
ods Of this monopoly, and, therefore,
try to exclude American meats.
TO quiet their objections the United
states Is supposed to keep an insp.stoe
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon II an official stamp certify.
Ing that It is fit Tor food.
As tucus tuese uTe tue LuetuOOS ID
regard to export beef. about which
there Is nominal inspection, what do
you suppose IRE the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there Is no inspection ut ALT
Whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 20
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent 1T
Why IRE the laws ipert against this
criminal organization? Why is man
sent to prison for i've years for fors.
Ing a hve.dollar check and these men
20 free for swindling u nntion2
Why do we contribute our dollars
year nfter year to swell unnecessary
hOartls?
Why nre we content to have our
food prepared for 10 In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and trcachcry3
We are not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies IRE simple enough.
AZ to the 'lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
losis and the cancer, put stop to pri.
vate slaughterlng. Let all the slaugli-
tering Of food animals be done BY the
State In the light Of day. without any
of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for oil. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England.
The cities nnd towns run their slaugh.
ter houses under medical Inspection.
| n,,t a., E,,vlo ,6 tl,o ,,ar,,lo Ia moi an -
to be poisoned In their meat.
And We need not worry about the OBJ
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are an Invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When II comes to
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has right
to saved profits that he makes BY
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur OH tho road to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State will
not allow you to 60 around with small.
pox or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house. although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger. smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera It can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, a million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t Gun provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And lts
duty In the one case is ut least as clear
| M In the other.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
%. 1905:
"At the Union Stock Yards the fol-
lowing have been condemned aud de-
stroyed:
"esOM cattle. weighing lAs,s24
pounds:
1850 hogs. weighing 4O.475 pounds.
-"Cut meats weighing 5,O24 pounds.
40 calves, weighing $50 pounds.
~ sheep, weighing 200 pounds.
'"rwenty.one cattle, nine hogs and
5,024 pounds cut meats were con.
demned after passing) government in.
spectiOn."
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Health Department Bulletin. Novem.
ber %. 1905:
"COndemnations of unit food during
the week;
AT the Union Stock Yards. S,703
pounds Of cattle, hogs, calves and sheep.
AT retail markets 66,730 pounds of
beef, ham and poultry"
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The Beef Trust will be stopped, no
nnlier how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
OF experts try to save it.
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Thirty years ago, according to the
;'hicago Health Department. the ma.
iority of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust, the great majority of tue
people who die are adults. the average
age Of the deceased having increased
from infancy In 1875 to 81 years in
1906!