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

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packers at present working In their
plants.
Many Of these men were participants
in the preparation of the poisons, the
bad food. the impure meat. and the
canned confidence games foisted upon
the public by the packers.
Most suspicious sign Of all, most OF
the men who took the civil service ex.
animation for the position Of govern.
ment meat inspector under the new law
are now working In the big Chicago
packing houses Of the Beef Trust for
500 per month. while the Jobs they
are % anxious to All will only pay
them SS3 per month!
The whole scheme Il too transparent
not to be easily seen through.
The present employees Of the packers
will probably continue to be the EN-.
ployes Of the packers In the future.
only that the government will pay the
greater part Of their salaries.
The Beef Trust will be more secure
than ever. II can
Dope.
Poison.
Swindle.
Adulterate.
Nisbrand.
And do ae II likes with all Of tn
products.
II can sell all the
CAncerous,
Lumpy jawed,
TubePeulsr.
And otherwise diseased meat that II
likes, without let or hindrance,
Because the inspector will he chosen
from among the Beef Trusts trusted
employees.
Lumpy. jaw cattle are now cut NJ for
food with the permission Of the author.
tiles, tho surface ulcers alone being re.
moved before the carcass 10 sliced for
the market
With = corps Of Beef Trust .inspec.
tors the fate Of the public will be worse
than II ever was.
The Chicago Tribune. which will
not be accused BY anyone OF being an
enemy OF the Beef Trust. after calling
attention to the fact that only q out
Of 10 meat product inspectors had
zone to work under the new law. said
on Tuesday. Sept. II, 1915: 1T will
10 necessary to hold another examina'
tion before the full complement OF l20
men can be installed. and II II doubt
ful II Y sufiicient number will be avail
able for duty when the new law eoes
Into effect Oct. ]. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions al
the plants principally. and Mr.. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab
lishments. They will inspect the trucks
rooms. hangers. tables, pipes and floors
Sixty.five OF those who took the exam
inati0n recently passed but only TWEEN
ty-seven reported for duty. This IL ac
counted for by the fact that Of those
who passed number are now EN-
plOyed In the packing houses NJ 500
a month. The salary Of an inspector Il
but $ss.33 u month";
Several foreign governments would
do we'll TO send secret investigators
here To ascertain the kind OF meats eX
ported 20 their countries. According Ia
all accounts several OF their represent
atives are very friendly to the Beef
Trust. So markedly 50 that comment
upon the fact has quite decided and
positive tone.
The Reef Trust Is happy over Its VIC
tory In the matter OF labels.
1t IL free to sell veal for chicken and
horse meat for corned beef.
II can feed the people what It likes
and make them pay for what they do
not want.
The new government law has fallen
down already on the labels as II has In
other details.
The labels on the canned goods Of the
Beef Trust will continue 10 lie
The Chicago packers who have been
defraudng the public put up hard
fight against the enforcement of the
provisions OF the new law which re-
quires them 10 state plainly on their
labels Just what their cans contain,
judging from the following dispatch
10 a Reef Trust paper the Beef Trust
has won Us point.
The swlndling and poisoning Of the
public Is 10 continue.
Here IL the telegram giving ~ the
facts;
washington, p,,ac.,,- sept. G.AAftcr
numerous conferences between .Secre-
tary Wilson, Or. Melvin, chief Of the
bureau Of animal industry, snd about
forty representatives of the various
imeat packing houses, the problems
(which have arisen over the question of
llabels which, under the law, irust be
put upon meat products, have been set
tied To the satisfaction Of an concern.
ed. What probably VAS the last con
ference was held al the Department Of
Agriculture to-day and the packers an.
nounccd that they at once would pre-.
pare the labels by Oct. !, when the law
goes into effect
Throughout the discussions Secretary