Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20

1T. Whose affair Is 1t. then. II the
nation eats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trlchinnc, II cancer In.
crcascs?
Other countries nrc not SO dull rs
we arc about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous pcrlls involved In the meth.
ods Of this monopoly, and, therefore,
try to exclude American meats.
TO quiet their objections the United
States Ii supposed to keep an insl' -:tOr
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon 1t an official stamp certify.
ing that It Is Ht for food.
have here before me letters written
by former employees Of the trust assur.
Ing me that the Federal inspection II
farce. Tho inspectors inspect moth.
Ing, say these letters. They sit read.
Ing or smoking with their pockets full
of tugs. which are handed out Us they
are required. One man tells me that
he used to got fifty ut n time, reach
Ing his hand into the Inspectors
pocket.
If, then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef. about which
there II. nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. on
which there IL no inspection ut all?
Why IL tho Federal inspection allow.
cd to be indifferent? Well, why IL cv-
| erything about this subject 40 rotten?
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 90
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent 1t?
Why nrc the laws inert against this
| criminal organization? Why In man
sent to prison for Ave years for forg.
| Ing Il fivc-dOllar check and these men
go free for swindling nation!
| Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are We content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind GER
tainly suggest fraud ana treachery!
We are not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies nre simple enough.
AS to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu'
losis and the cancer, put stop to pri'
vate slaughterlng. Let all the slaugh
tering Of food animals be done by the
state In the light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
Tho cities and towns run their slaugh
ter houses under medical inspection
But In England the people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat.
And we need not worry about the oh
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are I'M invasion Of the private
rights of business. When 1t comes tC
life and death there are no private
rights of business. No man has right
to saved profits that he maE"s by
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation fd
turn back bcause some gentlenia"'
profits are threatened. The State viii
not allow you to 90 around with small
poX or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house. although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can
Ger, smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. If the state can take radical
measures Ia stamp out cholera 1t can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, n million times worse than
cholera. II it can provide pest houses
for public safety it can provide slaugh'
ter houses for public safety. And It's
duty IN the one case Is at least as clear
| as In the other.
IGae@
Old world people who wish to keeT
track of the Beef Trust can obtain The
Chicago Eagle of Trubncr & Co., Lon
don; Faggard & Taylor, Liverpool
james Duffy X Co., Dublin; r. G. n i,
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