Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-15

The following Is taken from the Bul.
ctin of the Chicago Health Department,
August II:
''rhcrc were no city meat inspectors
stationed at the Union Stockyards dur.
ing the first seven months of 1905. The
rity inspectors ut the yards this year
have condemned BOD 3S pounds of
food.
"rhc total condemnatlons of unfit
foods In the 1905 period were 453,051
pounds. Tho total cOndemnations for
the 1906 period. including the lnspcc.
ton of the yards. aggregate 4.3O6.0i3
pounds. an Increase Of 3,SJ?,0S6
pounds"
Remember the Beef Trust when you
are clccting candidates for the Iegls-
laturc this year.
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The number of dead and diseased
hogs shipped by tho Beef Trust and
sold as food Ii something awful.
Numbers Of hogs die In the cars In
transit to the Beef Trust; their bodies
are often eaten by the other hogs ana
their pet disease transmitted by them
to the human race.
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The Beef Trust has ruined many
prosperous small business. The hide
industry, the boot and shoe trade, the
sheepskin tanners, the leather tanners.
the wool pullers. the wool trade. the
vegetable market, the poultry bust.
ness. the retail meat markets, the
Wholesale meat markets, the soap
trade-all these and many more have
been swallowed up by this awful
ieviathan. How much longer will the
people stand 1t?
How much longer will the American
people put up with diseased food?
People who think that they get good
meat are invited to read the follow.
Ing clipped from the live stock report
Of tho Chicago Daily News, January
o, 1906:
equality Of offerings was not good
1t was such as the trade usually looks
for on Tuesday. with til. Wisconsin,
shipments largely predomlnating. II
was not the absence Of good finished
stun that made the slow market, how
ever, as the buyers were generally
looking for low-prlced cattle. Ship
pers had only a few orders Mt most
and the great percentage Of them
were for plain finished cattle. Since
the ending of the western season there
has generally been as good demand
for the commOner sorts OF cattle a!
for the better priced steers. A few
toppy kinds have reached 1925 thl'
week, but they are as scarce as til,
proverblal hens teeth"
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We do not see any quotations II
the dailies on trichina hogs.
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All the rotten old beef Trust lobby
lists, consisting of crooked lawyers
castoff politicians and scarecrOw states
p'.~ ere Vatting ready. But when tn
Illinois Legislature meets thes,
worthless will be pointed out 80 that b.
who runs may read.
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People must remember that the cit,
had only eleven inspectors at work Of
cattle, hogs, sheep and provisions
Necessarily their work must hav
been very incomplete when there wer
100000 cattle a week to inspect. tn
berculosis and cancer are bound to b
shipped to all quarters as food.
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Reef Trust cold storage 10 a bal
thing. Yet 1t Is popular Just now. TIL
rotten food turned out In the shape O
diseased poultry from Beef Trust rO0st
Is thus touched upon by Health Com
missioner Whalen, OF Chicago. In hi
annual report:
"COld storage Ia one OF our presen
necessities, but 1t IL evident that
has been shamefully misused BY dis
honest men. While certain article
Of food are better after more or les
prolonged storage. certain fruits ant
vegetables spoil no soon after remOva
from the cold storage as to give ,
very unfavorable impression.
again, poultry or game 10 oftel
stored In an undrawn condition and 4
afterward sold To the public. Attention