Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-30

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Here ID stream Of the most terrible
infection passing daily within Q few
inches Of the nations food supply.
How do we know that suflicient Pre-.
cautions are taken to prevent contaml.
nation7
How do the trust gentlemen knowf
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants y
their own affair; that ls. their bust
ness they will manage It as they 80
At. Whose affair II II, then. II the
nation cats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trichinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 20 dull %
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perils involved In the meth
ods Of this monopoly, and, therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the Unlte6
States is supposed to keep an inspsctor
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon It an official stamp certify.
ing that 1t Is fit for 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 all?
whyw was the Beef Trust allowed to 60
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent II?
Why are the laws ipert against this
criminal organization? Why IL man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
ing n fvc.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 treachery2
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 stop to pri-
vnte 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.
The 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 OBJ
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When It comes 70
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has 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 will
not allow you to 20 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 It can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, a million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case is at least az clear
as In the other.
Thanks to the Beef Trust methods,
cancer numbered l.10l victims In CHI
cago In 1905, or 81 more than In 1904
an increase Of the rate per 10000 Of
population Of 2.03 per cent.
The increase In deaths from cancer
In Chicago In 1905 over the average
for the decade ended In 1904 was 1O.1
per cent, and over the average rate Of
the decade ended In 1854 was 34.1 per
cent!
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One of the most cunning and des-
perate deeds Of the Beef Trust was
the defeat, by Beef Trust methods, OF
the attempt of the secretary of agri-
culture to secure 135 additional meat
inspectors for Chicago. The secretary
asked for $l35,0OO to pay for 135 in
spectors to inspect meats going to Eu-
rope--nOt meats for Americans, for
anything Is good enough for us. The
Congressional Committee, possibly un-
der Beef Trust hypnotic influence. only
appropriated $4,000. So the Euro
peans are In almost as great danger 40
ourselves.
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The pure food laws will, Of course,
be enforced against some poor little
grocer. But against the Bee: Trust,
never!
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The Beef Trust Is sending money into
Germany to stir up strife and force
the government to permit the impOrta.
tiOn Of Its meats.
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II Mayor Dunne's administration de-
strOyed over 100000 pounds Of can
cerous and tuberculous meat In Ave
months. by the inspection work Of
only eleven inspectors, bow many bill
lions OF pounds Of cancer and tubse'
culosis were fed to the people during