Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08

y great portion OF the "lumpy jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed as Sound" by the inspect
ors il sold ana consumed In Chicago,
according TO the Chicago Tribune. st.
Louis prohibits both the slaughter and
sale Of "lumpy jaw" cattle In that city,
and Kansas City. while 1t permits the
Strengthening of such cattle. prohibits
the sale of the beef.
That Chicago has become the "dump.
ing ground for practically all the
"lumpy jaw" beef In the country was
revealed yesterday by food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle. or these only n small
fraction Is condemned as UNIT for con-
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out. is sold for prime beef.
and brings the retailer rs good prices
ns the best beef.
This Is possible by reason Of the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys Is part Of
"lumpy jaw" steer or not. II the In
srcctOrs pass an infected animal. after
the I'ost.mortem Inspection. the beef n
plnced In the cooler and sold Just NJ
any other beef. or course tire attitude
Of Health Commissioner Whalen and
others Ii that the locally infected cattle
IRE not generally unfit for food.
Ont Of a total days slaughter Of 40
hcnd of "lumpy jaw" and otherwise IN.
fcctcd animals yesterday only twelve
carcasses were condemned after post.
norton inspection. This means That mt
I'm average weight OF 100 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days ut least 1D.0OO
pounds Of "lumpy jaw" beef. How
much OF the same kind Of meat is
shipped into Chicago from Kansas City
and other places where its sale In pro.
hibited would Ike difficult to estimate.
but the quantity In undoubtedly large.
In most Of the Eastern cities Ordi.
nanccs are In force prohibiting the sale
OF meat from animals with actirOiny'
COSTS. tho scientific name for ''lumpy
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains ~ the
only large market where that class OF
cattle may he slaughtered and sold with
profit.
Tho average weekly receipts Of cattle
ut the stock yards IRE 10000 head. and
among these always are found from
100 to 200 animals infected In one
way or another.
The infected ones are tagged by the
inspectors aud corralleti, and II II thesC
that are slaughtered. During slaugla'
tcrlng hours four inspectors are on
duty. and every part Of each carcass Il
Examined. DIR. Charles Worcester, gov
eminent inspector. DR.. J. &. Lelth. state
inspector. and DIR. w. J. Wiesen and
DIR. W. Z. Mason, city inspectors. the
latter two working under orders from
Chief Food Inspector "Fish" Murray
are the men detailed to look after thu
interests of the consuming public.
The inspectors work on the theor,
thut "lumpy Jaw" II not necessarily In
furious to the beef, provided the In
fcctlon IL local. Carcasses found In
fectel with tuberculosis or genera
"lumpy Jaw" are condemned. Bruises
ana sores are not considered suiiiclcn
cause for condemnation.
This weeks slaughter--with the ac
tual. evident lumpy jaw section cut OH
will 6e on sale In the coolers Of tn
plant this morning, the beef being sol,
on bids. Because dealers know tn
character of the meat they refuse Il
pay M high prices as the packers asl
for their beef, although the best car
casscs of "lumpy jaw" bring from
tn = cents u pound. Sound beef may b
bought wholesale for cents u pound.
The present city inspectors have bee
on duty since last March, when "Flsh
Murray, who then was II meat inspect
or, was called off the work by the Con
missioner of Health, under instruction
from the Mayor, because he was ITO
aggressive In cOndemning 'lumpy jaw
cattle"
The live stock men declared that Mul
ray was incompetent and asked tn
. Mayor to send inspectors who were ve
5 erinarlans. Mayor Dunno complied wit
the request, and Chicago is eating nor
! "lumpy jaw than ever.
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One hundred Nnd sixteen articles PR
, iluccd by the Beef Trust In Chicas
have been examined aud condemned b
the honest pure food commissioner q
the State of North Dakota. Every on
of them was condemned because
: contained poison ana was therefor
detrimental to the public health. lac
of space alone prohibits us from prin
Ing the list and the names OF I'll
Q houses shipping the stun.
~
> The spirits of thousands Of pO'
. boys who went out to fight for h
United States In the Spanlsh.Amei
can war. must hover over the fortuna
9 of the Beef Trust In demand Il
y vengeance
Q These thousands were killed by Il
u "embalmed heef" Of the Beef Tru
}, and by the p0isons used In the maker
Of their Beef Trust rati0ns.
Neither the bullets Of the Spaniar'
Q or the terrors Of the Cuban china
did any havoc to the American soldle