Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-17
The General Public Has a Fine 0ppor.
tunit to Get All It Wants
Of L,
Health Department Finds Cattle In
Trust Coolers with Tuber.
culOsis Trimmed Out.

honor-even murder--to poison the
water supply Of country. Is It any
better to poison the food supply? 1t
Is time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
pnrtment Bulletin. November 4, 1905:
"rhc total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1.343,34
pounds. OF the principal causes of
condemnation. s. PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, ~ per cent for
actinomycosls--lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
%SlA
Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o.
1905: "a total of 147,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
(durlng the past wcck) under the su.
pcrvislon Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In
cludcs 4,0S3 pounds Of governmental.
spccted cut meats shipped from pack
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
~SA
Health Department Bulletin, Novem-
ber II. 1905:
although the condemnation and dc.
struction Of food supplies unfit for
human consumption during the past
three montlls--sincc the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
by order Of the Commissioncr---hav
reached immense proportions, much un.
lit food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
pntliologic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cllitics for microscopic laboratory OK.
animation have not yet been restored.
| "rhe Union Stock Yards city inspcc.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
OF beef carcasses, . hogs and q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
TIE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'The total stock yards condemnations
amounted to 17d.SOS pounds
| "Parts of beef carcasses !"
| In other words II has been and IL
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubcrcular tumors ana let the rest Of
the carcass 20 to the people for food |!
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
~6A
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10. 1905:
"The department has made a new
ruling In regard to 'lumpy jaw or
actin0mycotlc animals. Hereafter all
animals that show, on post.mOrtcn
examination. n degeneration Of the
lesion, with cavity formation, contain.
Ing pus. will be condemned and de-
strOyed.
Heretofore only those with a gen
eral Infection were destroyed"
6A
Health Department Bulletin, Nov.
30. 1905:
"Stockyards inspection Of meats for
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order Of the Commissioner of
Health on Aug. Z. ult., with two de-
partment inspectors employed. On
Oct. Z three additional inspectors were
put to work, and Oct. 10 authority
was given by the Finance Committee
Of the city council for the employ
ment Of six more.
"Between Aug. and Nov. 30 a
grand total OF 2,7Sl,l07 pounds of
food supplies were condemned and de
strOyed as unwhOlesOme, diseased or
otherwise unfit for human food"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10, 1905:
Following Is summary of unfit
food condemned and destroyed during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards-202 cat
tie, weight l52,5O0 pounds; 3G2 hogs,
weight 5S,S3S pounds; 10 calves,
weight Gl5 pounds; II sheep, weight
255 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats.
Total, 23l,330 pounds.
AT city retail markets-lS03O
pounds of fish; 80 calves, 4 hogs, o.
800 pounds; = cattle, ! sheep, 933
pounds of poultry ana dressed meats
and vegetables, l.40l pounds. Total,
21,1l4 pounds.
Aggregate cOndemnatiOns of unfit
food during the week, 252,444
pounds"
~GlA
The Beef Trust will be Investigated
by the next Legislature.
And what showing up there will
be!
The investigation Of the insurance
companies by the New York Legisla-
ture will not he circumstance to 1t.
ChicagO's multi-milllOnaires grown
rich selling disease and poison tO the
people will get their just dues then.
The Chicago Newspaper Trust can
not save them.
~
The Eagle will keep up Its fight on
the cattle and packing people until the
sale Of animals afflicted with cancer
and tuberculosis 10 stopped entirely.