Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-03

What kind Of government inspection
have we been getting Of late In the
matter of beef, pork and other food
products?
What sinister influence Is Mt work to
poison the people Of Chicago In the in
serest of corporate monopoly?
II 1t is the Beef Trust, the people
should drive II out Of the state!
In one year the people Of Chicago
would have served on their tables
T.i41.316 pounds Of diseased meats.
Ash, poultry and vegetables II 1t were
not for the activity Of the city health
inspectors.
According to the report Of DR..
Charles ]. whalen. Health Commits.
sioner, the government inspectors have
been derelct in their work and for
years Chicago markets have been vend.
Ing stun that IL unfit to eat
In one week, ending Nov. 1S. this
10 what the city inspectors condemned
and destroyed:
Two hundred and eleven cattle. o..
$50 pounds; III hogs, 126,662 pounds:
forty Sheep. 1.410 pounds; three calves.
$50 pounds: fourteen quarters Of beef.
6.3SS pounds; total weight, 232, 900
pounds.
Condemned and destroyed after pass.
ing government Inspection: Fourteen
quarters Of beef. 6.3SS pounds; four
cattle. 1.407 pounds; total weight, 1885
pounds.
inspectors in the "loop district con.
demned and destroyed 1850 pounds
Of meats. fish, fruits and vegetables.
Three lots Of hams and bacon,
weighing 3,825 pounds. were condemn.
Cd by the inspector ut the Wholesale
markets before 8 o'clock a. m. This
material had been sent to Chicago
from st. Louis and Omaha, having
been rejected there.
Suit has been entered against eight
markets for violating Of the ordinance
which forbids the hanging or exposing
Of dressed meats on the street.
DR.. whnien sums up the results
achieved by his department from the
time city inspection was resumed 81
follows:
Since Aug. Z the weekly condemna
lions of unnt food have averaged 1877.
800 pounds Of meats. nsh. poultry. etc.
and 100 pounds Of fruit and vege
tables. which, II maintained for thu
year, would make an aggregate Of
7.l41,818 pounds Of meat. etc., and Of
1901 200 pounds Of fruits and vege
tables condemned and destroyed % IN
at for human food.
The principal causes Of meat con
demnation were tuberculosis, lump!
Jaw" hog cholera, immaturity, and
cancellation; Of Dish. "taint" and stale
ness. and Of fruit and vegetables, rot
tenness.
Under date Of Nov. II the chief mea
Inspector at the Union stock yards n
ports to the director Of the laborator!
that "as a result Of the activity Of tn
city meat inspectors In condemning
tanking. and destroying emaciated an,
tuberculosis cattle In the coolers
after they had been passed BY the gov
eminent inspectors, the packers are I'D
vising shippers not to send such AMI
mails into this market.
The condemned food has been f0un'
not only In the stock yards, but in pr
vate markets and the big cOld.st0rag
warehouses. It has been found in tran
sit from other big meat packing cen
tors and In rare instances already pre-
pared for the table.
DIR. Whalen says the city has bi
problem to crush out this immoral an
dangerous traffic, and he will resort (
every legal resource to bring his cru
sade TO a successful end.
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The beef trust 10 aiming to contrc
the next legislature.
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OF what use is the Illinois Pur
Food Law. when millions OF chickens
turkeys and geese are kept In col
storage within the State for years
with their entrails undrawn? Thes
Beef Trust delicacies are said TO b
responsible for much sickness and tel
fble disease.
The price OF shoes is going up b
order of the Beef Trust. 1t has CO..
nered the hide market.
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Do not vote for any man for III
legislature who Is not known to b
an enemy OF the Beef Trust.
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How many Congressman have "
who are not controlled by the Bee
Trust;
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The Beef Trust owned Legislator
OF Illinois passed law limiting IA
liability Of any corporation taking
human life to $1,000. And the peopl
sit supine and permit this sort Q
thing.
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The Beef Trust lobby would loo
well in the hands of mob.
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TIE Beef Trust has raised the prlc
OF shoes by raising the price Of hides