Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-03

murder-to poison the
water supply of a country. Is It any
,etter to poison the food supply? II
Is time that the public mind should
1evelop conscience In this direction"
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
partment Bulletin. November 4, 1905:
"The total amount Of meats con.
iemned during the period was 1.3i3,343
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
81 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, ~ per cent for
actinomycosis--lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. 0.
1905: ~ total Of 147,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past week) under the su.
pcrvlsion Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludcs 4,0S3 pounds Of government-in.
spectcd cut meats shipped from pack
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
bcr II, 1905:
"Although the condemnation and de.
struction Of food supplies unit for
human consumption during the past
three months-slncc the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August ult..
by order Of the Commlssioner-have
reached Immense proportions, much un.
1t food still reaches the market Only
such animals and meats as show grOss
pathologIc conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye. are now condemned. Fa.
cllitics for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs and q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
''rhe total stock yards condemnation
amounted to 17G.SOS pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses y
In other words II has been and Il
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumOrs and let the rest Of
the carcass 70 to the people for food
And yet we cnll ourselves civilized.
Health Department Bulletin. Dec
10, 1905:
1.-THE department has made q new
ruling In regard to 'lumpy jaw o.
actinOmyc0tlc animals. Hereafter nj
animals that show, on pOst.morten
examination, q degeneration Of th'
lesion, with cavity formation. contain
ing pus. will bs condemned and dc
strOyed.
Heretofore only those with q gen
sral Infection were destroyed"
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Health Department Bulletin. Nov
80. 1905:
"stOckyards inspection Of meats 10
Chicago retail markets was resume,
by order Of the Commissioner o
Health on Aug. Z. ult.. with two de
partment inspectors employed. o.
Oct. Z three additional inspectors wer
put to work, and Oct. 10 authorlt,
was given by the Finance Committee
Of the city council for the employ
ment Of six more.
"Between Aug. Z and Nov. 30
grand total Of 2,78l,107 pounds o
food supplies were condemned and dc
stroyed as unwh0lesome, diseased o
otherwise unit for human food"
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Health Department Bulletin. Dec
10, 1905:
"FOllOwlng Is a summary of unh
food condemned and destroyed durini
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards-292 cat
tie, weight l52,5O0 pounds; 3G2 hogs
weight 5S,S3S pounds; 10 calves
weight Gl5 pounds; ~ sheep, weigh
255 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats
Total, 23l,33O pounds.
AT city retail markets--1S,03,
pounds of fish; 80 calves, hogs, .,
900 pounds; = cattle, ! sheep, Oh
pounds of poultry and dressed meat
and vegetables, 1,40l pounds. Total
2l,l14 pounds.
aggregate c0ndemnatlOns of unfi
food during the week, 252,44-
pounds"
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The Beef Trust will be Investigate,
by the next Legislature.
And what showing up there vii
be!
The investigation of the Insurance.
companies by the New York Legisla
ture will not be a circumstance to II.
Chicago's multi-millionaires grow
rich selling disease and poison to tn,
people will get their just dues then.
The Chicago Newspaper Trust can
not save them.
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The Eagle will keep up Its fight OF
the cattle and packing people until th
sale Of animals afflicted with canoe
and tuberculosis 10 stopped entirely.