Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-03
The PUBLIC HEALTH
A Prominent Chicago Physician, Addressing
the Chicago Medical Society, Arraigns
Stock Yards Conditions.
He Predicts an Upheaval Among
the People Unless Things
Change.

1nsanitary conditions in the stock
yards were severely censured by DIR.
Arnok c. Klebs In lecture on "Con.
sumption and the Home" given In the
Public Library under the auspices of
the Chicago Medical Society.
'Some day these insanitary condl.
lions out ut the stock yards will cause
q great upheaval in Chicago" he said.
''They are directly responsible for n
great deal Of the tuberculosis now
prevalent In Chicago, and firmly
believe that one Of the greatest strides
that can be made towards stamping
out this terrible disease IL to bring
about proper conditions at the stock
yards"
The Beef Trust will find II hard
% get resting place when the peo.
pie Of this country rise against II.
% they surely will. The people Of the
whole world are crying for Its exter.
minatiOn.
~6A
10 tuberculosis any better for the
people this year than II was last year:
In another column will be found ex.
tracts from the Health Department an.
nual report and weekly bulletins. Do
you think that In the face Of these doc.
uments and the facts they contain that
the city can refuse to continue the In.
spection and condemnation OF tuber.
culosis and cancerous cattle at the
Stock Yards?
How many concerns make fancy lard
for culinary use out Of hogs that die
Of cholera?
How many thousands Of carcases
have the city inspectors condemned that
were found hanging In coolers with the
tuberculosis trimmed out?
Where does all the meat that ar.
sives at the Stock Yards at night
come from7
Whose packing house was II that the
chief meat inspector went into al De-
cember 80 last with orders to arrest
the President Of the concern for steal
Ing cattle that had been tagged and
condemned?
Did not the President Of this con.
seru surrender % condemned cattle
thst had been thus stolen and bidder.
away?
How many condemned hogs have been
cold as mess pork?
10 II, or Is II not so, that some OF
the cattle condemned by city inspec.
Aos~ hava taap fnurI r,tth that's M hnla
insides one mass OF corruption?
Ii II not true that the butchers AT
the yards are afraid TO cut some cattle
Nor fear Of contracting contagion them.
selves;
IL II true that many canned cattle
are now killed outside the city and their
carcases shipped In with tumors and
cancers still attached?
Why do Kansas City and other
points ship their tuberculous, lumpy
Jawed and cancer cattle to Chlcagoi
Why Is II that diseased cattle can
not be shipped 10 any point east OF
Chicagoi
Why Is II, and by whose orders was
II that after the city inspectors had
condemned 40 lumpy-jawed cattle
that they were "released"i
BY whose orders was 1t doney
Is there another city besides Chi,
cagO that will even allow lumpy.
1awed "critter" TO enter IT.
Is II not true that in st. Louis each
lumpy'jawed beast means a fine OF
$500, and that In Toronto, Canada, the
beast and even it's hide are destroyed
Ia view OF the fact that the Health
Department has officially stated that
s. per cent OF the meat condemned
BY the city was afflicted with tuber,
culosis. why have the city inspectors
been ordered to discontinue the work
Of condemnlng and destroying itI
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
-. 1905;
"a total Of 18s. .0O2 pounds OF meats
VOs condemned By the depa artment I'm.