Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-22

IRE taken to prevent contami.
natiOn2
How do the trust gentlemen know
They inform us that what goes o.
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that Is. their bust.
ness; they will manage II as they 80
fit. Whose affair Is II. then, II the
nation cats diseased meat, II we arc
poisoned by trichinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 10 dull -
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perils involved In the meth.
DDS Of this monopoly, and, therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the United
States Is supposed to keep IN inspector
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon II an official stamp certify.
Ing that It Is fit Tor food.
II. then. these are the methods In
regard to export beef, about which
there Is nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. ON
which there Is no inspection ut ail7
whyw was the Beef Trust allowed to 60
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent ~
Why are the Mws ipcrt against this
criminal organization? Why Is man
sent to prison for five years for f0rg.
Ing a fvc.dollar check and these men
20 free for swlndling natlon7
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
hOartis?
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and treachery7
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
As to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu..
losis and the cancer, put q stop to pri-
vate slaughtering. Let all the slaugh.
tering Of food animals be done by the
state In tho light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business. OH equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England.
The cities and towns run their slaugh-
ter houses under medical Inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to he poisoned In their meat
And we need not worry about the OBJ.
jaction that publicly owned slaughter
houses are I'M invasion Of the private
rights of business. When II comes to
life and death there are NO private
rights Of business. No man haS 4 right
to saved profits that he makes By
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State vii!
not allow you to 60 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. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera II can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, q million times w0rSe than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide siaugh.
ter houses for public safety. Aud its
duty In the one case Is ut least a. clear
as In the other.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
%, 1905:
AT the Union Stock Yards the fol-
lowing have been condemned aud de-
str0yed:
"2sOH cattle, weighing l4s,s2A
pounds:
1850 hogs, weighing 4O.475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5,024 pounds.
80 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep, weighing 26O pounds.
"rwenty-One cattle, nine hogs and
5,024 pounds cut meats were con-
demned after passing) government In.
spectiOn."
Health Department Bulletin. Novem-
Der 20, 1905:
"COndemnations Of unAt food during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards, sos
pounds Of cattle. hogs, calves and sheep.
AT retail markets 66,730 pounds OF
beef, ham and poultry"
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The Beef Trust will be stopped, no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
Of experts" try to save 1t.
Thirty years ago, according to the
Chicago Health Department, the ma.
jority of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust, the great majority Of the
people who die are adults, the averaGD
age Of the deceased having incrsass1
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