Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-23

How dO VIC know that sufficient ire
nrc taken to prevent contaml.
nation2
How do the trust gentlemen knowi
They inform us that what goes On
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that IL, their busi-
ness; they will manage It A. they 80
At. Whose affair Ii II, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II We arc
poisoned by trichlnae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 10 dull -
we nre about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perlls involved in the meth
ods Of this monopoly, and, therefore,
try to exclude American meats,
To quiet their objections the Unitsd
States is supposed to keep an insps:toe
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon 1t an official stamp certify.
ing that 1t Is ut 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 ALT
whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 20
on year after year violating tho law
aud no attempt made to prevent It?
Why nre the laws inert against this
criai,ai organizatIoni Why Is man
scut 70 prison for five years for forg-
Ing u iivc-dollnr check and these men
z, free for swindling n nation?
Why dp W. contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
Iourls?
Why are wc content to h1vc cne
food prepared f'r ~ IN secret n"|r
conditions tlIat 10 nny s,n" mini 'cr.
tnlnly suggest rsnud ana trss,clmry?
We are not obliged t. have these
things II we do MT want them. Tie
remedies are simple c;,Oug',.
Az to tho "lumpy Jaw" III" tWlHrrD.
losis and the cancer. i'It u atop ~ prl-
vate slaughtering. I.ci nll the sDaug''.
tering Of food animals L. dome ly tl'a
State In tho light II dny. wIt'UN't any
Cf this ,lar!s lmntrr,, business. on eQnal
terms COR M,i. There nrV very few
private slaughter lmuScs IN England.
Tic cities nnl towns run their slaugh.
tor houses u,micr nw;li,s,l inspection.
hut IN Eisin,th the in'otlc dD not care
to le ir.iso,i,sl IN their meat.
AMI wc necd u I worry nlOut the oh.
jrctlln tint publicly owned slaughter
inu u.ra nrc M i.,vnslom " the private
rights OI huslvess. When II comes to
life n,Ml death t,,crc n,v no private
rights Of i,,sli,cs.. NJ uian has right
TO saved profits tliut l@ makes BY
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur on the road to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State will
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
cor, smallpox and scarlet fever ars
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera It can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer. q million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide siaugh
ter houses for public safety. Aud its
duty In the one case is at least as cleaI
as In tho other.
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Thanks to the Beef Trust methods
cancer numbered 1,101 victims In Chi
cago In 1905, or o. more than In 100,
an Increase Of tho rate per 10000 ol
population Of 2.03 per cent.
The Increase In deaths from cance
, In Chicago in 1905 over the averag'
, for the decade ended In 1904 was 10.
per cent, and over the average rate O
the decade ended In 1884 was 34.l pc
cent!
One of the most cunning and dcs
perate deeds Of the Beef Trust wai
the defeat, by Beef Trust methods, o.
the attempt Of the secretary Of agrl
culture to secure 1876 additional mea
inspectors for Chicago. The secretar!
asked for $135, 900 to pay for 1856 In
I spectors to inspect meats going to Eri
rOpe--not meats for Americans, TO
? anything Is good enough for us. Til
Congressional Committee, possibly un
: der Beef Trust hypnotic influence, Onl,
appropriated $4,000. So the Euro
peans are In almost as great danger a
l. ourselves.
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The pure food laws viii, Of cours'
. be enforced against some poor it'll
. grocer. But against tho I'ec: Irus
n never!
AS
+ Tho Beef Trust Is sending money INF
J. Germany to stir up strife ard Tor,
Q the government to permit the Import;
Q tlon OF Its meats.
:, ~SA
II Mayor Dunne's administration IL
:. stroycd over a.000.0O0 lounds Of ca'
- cerous ana tulecu.ous meat In Nv
months. by tho inspection work {
? only eleven Inspectors. how many bl
q lions of pounds OF cancer aud tube
!. culosls were fed to the people durlu
. the years that there was no city Y
,pectioAf