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

be sold by the consent Of the law after
they have been branded on the quarters
Of beef or mutton or pork. marked
with the condemned tag and returned
to the owner. The latter Is not forced
to destroy them. He may sell them
and the only thing required Is that he
furnish monthly statement. under
oath, rs to the disposition Of the
meat"
"Where does this meat 60 which has
been condemned and redeemed BY the
owners?" asked DR.. Klebs.
''1n answering this question I should
open up new field Of discussion" an.
swered DR.. Jaques.
"That Ii easy to answer" replied
DR.. Klebs. 1T goes to the American
consumer. II can't 60 to the foreign
market"
DR.. Jaques further stated that the
system Of having the inspection made
in the interest Of the owner and the
producer to enable them to sell their
products In foreign markets was wrong.
1.-THE inspector should have the power
to render the condemned meat absolute.
~ UNIT for food and not return It to
the owner. The problem Of meum and
tuum enters into It. n II IL my meat
for sale Ii In good for you to eat. That
IL the idea Of ownership.
'"rhe present method II this: For
several years It was possible to pass
under the law six sorts Of meat infect.
ed with tuberculosis. It has stopped
one way and now only allows II to pass
In i've ways instead Of six. The meat
being returned to the owner to sell II
he 10 chooses throws the whole work
Of inspection Of beef for city use on
the city health department. In March
last the city destroyed 307.271 pounds
Of meat. In March. 1905. there was no
inspection. The bacllli Of tuberculosis
will attack the steer out on the range
where he gets all the needed air. What
will the same bacilli do to the confined
inhabitant Of the cityf"
~
The Beef Trust continues to spread
Tuberculosis, cancer and other diseases
with impunity.
One fact that escapes general atten.
ton IL that the intestines, blood. llv.
er, heart and lights Tor lungs) Of IN
animal are already used before the
carcass proper gets to the inspector.
This includes also what II known 10
the gut fats, out Of which lard, suet
table oils and various other things
are made.
A. soon a. beef IL killed, Il 10
hung up BY the heels and disembow.
eled.
All Of the "innards" are hauled
away.
Even the blood IL received into .
receptacle and carried on to be
made into blood sausage. beef extract
and the like.
The intestines are carried to the
sausage rooms to be used ~ castings.
The stomach goes elsewhere to b
used 40 tripe.
The liver. lights. heart ETC., and
ready market.
And. mind you. every bit Of these
portions OF the 'critter" are used
whether II 10 suffering from cancer.
tuberculosis. lumpy Jaw. or any other
disease.
The carcass after Ito "innards" are
removed 10 swung along and carried to
another place where the inspectors pass
upon 1t or pretend to pass upon Il.
DR.. @. ]. Whalen, the efficient Health
Commissioner Of Chicago. reported the
condemnation Of nearly four million
pounds of meat during the four months
ending December 80. 1906.
Now s. per cent Of these 1900, 900
pounds were found to be afflicted with
tuberculosis.
Every ounce Of these 1000, 1000
pounds belonged to the main carcass
and had passed government inspection.
What about the hearts. livers, lights,
intestines, fats, blood, trlpe and other
inside belongings Of these tuberculosis
cattle from which 4,OOO00O pounds Of
tuberculosis and cancerous meat were
found and condemned?
They were sold to the people and
eaten us food!
%ST
Remembering that 1t was always the
habit to use the carcases Of cancerous
or lumpy jawed cattle after the can
GERS We're cut out, the public Is prob
ably getting fuller dose OF lumpy
jawed cattle for food than ever. On
the very day that the city discontinued
its Inspection and condemnation, the
Commissioner of Health of Chicago Is
sued the following remarkable lnstruc
lions In his bulletin Of December 30
1905:
"rhe Commissioner has Issued the
following instructions to the chief In
spector at the Union Stock Yards:
awhile .,tinomycosls Ii usual,
confined to the head, and may be sale
In one sense to be localized disease
and while some inspectors condemn
only the part involved. I believe It Il
safest and most practicable to condemn
the entire carcass wherever the acti
nomycotic abscess opens into thu
mouth. pharynX. larynx or any part o.