Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-06

human consumption"
"'rhe presence of a sick or diseased
animal In a slaughter house should
place the establishment under suspicion
as one In which such animals are
for human consumption.
Any unsOund meat or carcass found In
a slaughter house or In market should
be assumed as being there for SALE"
Notwithstanding its apathy and as
poor as the city inspection Is ut the
Stock Yards because of the very small
number of inspectors. the government
inspection Is worse. In fact the govern.
ment inspection Is farce as Is proven
by the following extract from the Chi.
cagO Health Department report for the
week ending September -, 1906:
"rhe Department Inspectors at the
Union Stock Yards condemned and de
stroyed 05,6Os pounds Of meats. or
this amount 11,545 pounds were con.
demned by the Department Inspectors
after having been passed by other In.
spectors."
The "other inspectors" are the gov.
eminent inspectors.
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II Mayor DUNES administration de-
stroyed over 100000 pounds Of can.
cerous and tuberculous meat In I'VE
months, by the inspection work Of
only eleven inspectors, how many bill.
lions Of pounds Of cancer and tuber-
culOsis were fed to the people during
the years that there WINS no city In.
,pectionf
The pure food laws will, VI course.
be enforced against some pour little
grocer. But against the Bee: Trust,
neverl
How many tuberculosis or lumpy Jaw
cattle have been released from quar-.
antinc' by order Of the Health d.
partmcnt.
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What object can the members of tho
Beef Trust have In opposing the I'LL
nOls pure food laws ana wanting them
amended?
During the week ending Sept 8 the
few city meat inspectors at the Union
Stock Yards condemned and destroyed
SS.Os8 pounds Of meats The food In
spectors In the "loop district con.
demned and destroyed 47,S62 pounds
Of unfit fOOdstuffs.
4 million pounds OF bad meat sold
outside the loop district were eaten by
the people. No inspection.
The Beef Trust continues to spread
Tuberculosis, cancer and other diseases
with impunity.
One fact that escapes general atten
ton Ii that the intestines, blood. liv
er, heart and lights Tor lunss) Of an
animal are already used before the
carcass proper gets to the inspector.
This includes also what 10 known 40
the gut fats. out Of which lard, suet
table oils and various other things
are made.
A soon % a beef IL killed, II 10
hung up BY the heels and dissmbow.
eled.
All Of the ''innards" are hauled
away.
Even the blood 10 received into Q
receptacle and carried Oh to be
made into blood sausage, beef extract
and the like.
The intestines are carried 10 the
sausage rooms to be used a. casings.
The stomach goes elsewhere 10 be
used AZ tripe.
The liver. lights, heart ETC., ind Q
ready market.
And. mind you, every bit Of these
portions of the "critter" are used
whether 1t Ia suffering from cancer,
tuberculosis, lumpy Jaw. or any other
disease.
The carcass after Its "innards" are
removed Is swung along and carried to
another place where the inspectors pass
upon 1t or pretend to pass upon 1t.
DR.. q. ]. Whalen, the efficient Health
Commissioner Of Chicago, reported the
condemnation Of nearly four million
pounds of meat during the four months
ending December 30, 1905.
Now IS per cent Of these 100000
pounds were found to be afflicted with
tuberculosis.
Every ounce Of these 100000
pounds belonged to the main carcass
and had passed government inspection
What about the hearts, llvers, lights
intestines, fats, blood, tripe and Othel
inside belongings Of these tuberculosis
cattle from which 100000 pounds o.
tuberculosis and cancerOus meat were
found and condemned?
They were sold to the people ant
eaten as food!
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] Remembering that 1t was always tn
habit to use the carcases of cancerOu
or lumpy jawed cattle after the can
GERS were cut out. the public IL prob
ably getting q fuller dose Of lump,