Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

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 at work to
poison the people Of Chicago In the in
terest OF corporate monopoly?
II IL il 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
S.141. 316 pounds Of diseased meats.
fish. poultry and vegetables IL 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 derelict in their work and for
years Chicago markets have been vend-
ing stun that Is unfit to eat.
In one week. ending Nov. IS. this
IL what the city inspectors condemned
and destroyed:
Two hundred and eleven cattle. o..
$50 pounds; I'll hogs, 126662 pounds;
forty sheep, 1.4lO pounds; three calves.
$50 pounds: fourteen quarters Of beef.
6,3SS pounds; total weight, 232 900
pounds.
Condemned and destroyed after pass.
ing government Inspections: Fourteen
quarters OF beef. '6.3SS pounds; four
cattle. 1.497 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 3,625 pounds. were condemn.
ed by the inspector Mt the wholesale
markets before s 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.. whalen sums up the results
achieved by his department from the
time city inspection was resumed as
follows:
Since Aug. Z the weekly condemna.
lions Of unfit food have averaged 1877.
900 pounds OF meats, fish. poultry, ETC.,
and 23.1OO pounds Of fruit and vege.
tables, which, II maiptained for the
year. would make an aggregate OF
1.14l,3l6 pounds Of meat. ETC., and OF
1901 200 pounds OF fruits and vege
tables condemned and destroyed a. un
DIT for human food.
The principal causes Of meat con
demnaton were tuberculosis, 'lumpy
Jaw" hog cholera. immaturity, and
emaciation: OF fish, "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 re
ports to the director Of the laboratory
that "as a result OF the activity Of thu
city meat inspectors In condemning
tanking. and destroying emaciated an'
tuberculosis cattle In the coolers
nfter they had been passed by the gov
eminent inspectors, the packers are nd
vising shippers not to send such anl
mails into this market.
The condemned food has been foun,
uOI ouly III thG StoNn s"hoS, o"s o." ~
vate markets and the big cOld-storag
warehouses. 1t has been found in tran
sit from other big meat packing cer
tcrs 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 or,
SADIE to successful end.
The beef trust is aiming to contrt
the next legislature.
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OF what use Is the Illinois Pul
Food Law, when millions Of chicken
turkeys and geese are kept in co
storage within the State for year
with their entrails undrawn? The
Beef Trust delcacles are said to
responsible for much sickness and 10
rlbe disease.
The price OF shoes is going mp
order OF the Beef Trust. II has co
uered the hide market.
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DO not vote for any man for Il
legislature who Is not known 10
an enemy of the Beef Trust.
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How many Congressman have '
who are not controlled by the BE
Trustf
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The Beef Trust owned Leglslatu
OF Illinois passed law limiting q
liability OF any corporation taking
human life to $1,000. And the peop
sit supine and permit this sort
thing.
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The Beef Trust lobby would 10,
well In the hands of a mob.
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The Beef Trust has raised the pri
Of shoes by raising the price of hide
Governor Douglas Of Massachuset
Il a large manufacturer Of shoes. ]