Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-28

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These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of mcdi-
cal investigation hns been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu.
man cancer infection il to be found
In meat. II IL no longer held to be
possible that cancer or a tendency to
cancer can be inherited. The infec
ton Is due always to an active agcpt
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lum-
ny jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust, week by week, many cni.
tie afflicted with "lumpy Jaw" What
becomes Of them?
don't know; you don't know; no.
body knows outside of the precincts Of
the slaughter houses.
And yet there can be no question to
a man who desires to live that is Of
greater Importance than this. The op.
erations Of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider Ia allowed to glimpse what
goes on there. No representative Of
the public ever gets behind that cur.
tain. You can 20 there and be enter.
tained with a fake exhibition Of fake
slaughtering conducted as a public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing.
The real work no one ever sees but
the employees.
What becomes Of the diseased cat.
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
converted Into fertilizer. Who sees
the burning? Who knows that It II
done or how It Ia donep Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All we know
is that "lumpy law" is cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaws" that
"lunpy Jaw" is communicable and that
cancer frIghtfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical Journal Of Europe, sent man
to Chicago to investigate, 10 far as he
could. the Strengthening processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with a revs.
latlOn that should have called for gov.
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanitary. That the work was done
In 4 hurried, careless. slipshOd way;
that there was no tOlerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
OF the world was menaced by those
conditions. To this scathlng lndlct.
ment from great medical authority
10 serious defense was ever made.
subsequently. there appeared In
Jamestown. n. Y, a remarkable book.
'"rhe Dark Side Of the Beef Trust"
apparently written by an expert, sup
plemcnting the charges OF the Lancet
an,. enforcing them with such details
rs could hardly have been supplied by
! anything but personal knowledge. The
whole process Of manufacture In the
trust houses was followed with minute
care and the charge was explicitly
made that carelessness reigned every.
where; that i'm. ..ure pi..icts were ha.
bltually sent out for consumption; tina /
en Al ,tsrr Ion 4.
bitually worked up with spices ana
druss to disguise Its taste and sold to
the public.
To this extraordinary array OF spe.
clfic assertions no answer was ever
made.
Here. then, are two witnesses that
solemnly declare that the conditions In
the trust slaughter houses are exactly
such as would allow the meat of
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out as
food.
Suppose that We take Of the matter
the most charitable view possible.
Suppose we assume that the trust gen.
tlemen are most scrupulous about all
the ways In which they make money,
Suppose we forget about the soldiers
polsonad by embalmed beef. the games
OF g0uge ana robbery practiced by the
trust refrigerator car lines. the manip'
ulati0n OF thousand markets for
profits, the tribute levied by this CON-
binatlOn upon all households In the
country. Let us forget that they are
law-breakers and money-mad and as.
sumo that not one OF them would
touch a cent Of questionable profits.
Still this question stares us In the
face: How do we know what becomes
Of the "lumpy jaw" cattle?
How do the trust gentlemen know
Their employees are employed to
make much money for the trust gen.
tlemen. How do we know the ways
In which the money Ia made?
How do the trust gentlemen know
Here Is a stream OF the most terrible
infection passing daily within few
inches Of the nations food supply.