Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-27
Government Meat inspectors Chosen from
Beef Trust Employees Under the
New Inspection Law.
Everything to Be Sold in Cans to
the Public Without Any
Restraint.

with a corps Of Beef Trust inspec.
Ssrs the fate Of the public will be worse
than Il ever was.
The Chicago Tribune, which will
not Be accused by anyone Of being an
eneGy Of the Beef Trust. after calling
attestioa to the fact that only q out
Of 40 meat product inspectors had
veue to work under the new law. said
On Tuesday, Sept II. 1906: 1T will
be seSesary to hold another examina.
tIea before the full complement Of 40
mea can be Installed. and II IL doubt.
fui II sufiiclent number will be avail.
abie fOe duty when the new law goes
inte effect Oct I. The new inspectors
viii look after sanitary conditions at
the plants principally, and Mr.. Cooley
piaced them where they could do the
NEST elective work In the four estab.
iisAnents. They will inspect the trucks.
rss0A hanger, tables. pipes and floors.
Nixty .nSe Of those who took the exam.
iaatlea recently passed but only TWEEN.
ySeven reported for duty. This 10 &C.
coanted for BY the fact that Of those
whe passed q number are now EN-.
pIeyed In the packing houses at 500
q month. The salary Of an inspector 10
bat SIS. 3 Q MONTH"
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A great portion Of the "lumpy jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed as sound" b. the inspect
ers IL sold and consumed In Chicago.
according to q recent article In the
Chicago Tribune. st. Louis prohibits
both the slaughter and sale Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle In that city, and Kansas
City. while It permits the slaughtering
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 by food inspectors.
At ore plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head OF "lumpy
Jaw" cattle. OF these only q ANAL
fraction IL condemned a. UNIT for con-
ausnptioa. The rest with the diseased
partn cut ont. Is sold for prime beef.
and brings the retailer as good prices
O the best beef.
This IL possible BY reason Of the fnct
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys II part OF a
''iumpy Jaw" steer OF not II the In.
spectors pass an infected animal, after
the post.mortem inspection, the beef II
placed In the cooler and nold Just m
any other beef. OF course the attitude
Of Health Commissioner Whalen and
others Ia that the locally infected cattle
are not generally unit for food.
Out Of a total days slaughter Of 12O
he'd OF "lumpy Jaw" and otherwise In
fected animals only twelve car
cases were condemned after post.
nsortem inspection. This means that at
an average weight Of 1900 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days at least l29,6OO
pounds Of "lumpy jaw" beet. How
susch Of the anne kind OF meat IL
shipped into Chicago from Kansas CITY
and other places where its sale Ia pro-
hib.ted would be difficult to estimate,
but the quantity In undoubtedly, large.
In most Of the Eastern cities ordi.
nAnnss are In force prohibiting the sale
q meat from animals with acunomy-
onG.s, the scientific name for :'lumpy
law" Thus Chicago remains a. the
oaiy large market where that class OF
cattle may he slaughtered and sold with
pesAt
The average weekly receipts Of cattle
at tha stock yards are 10000 head, and
ansas these always are found from
100 - 200 animals infected In one
way o. another.
Several foreign governments would
q ~ell 20 send secret investigators
were TO ascertain the kind Of meats ex
ported TO their countries. According L
all accounts several OF their represent
at1ves are very friendly 20 the Bee
Trust. So markedly 70 that cOmmen
upon the fact has quite a decided ant
positive tone.
The Beef Trust Is happy over Its vic
tory 10 the matter OF labels,
II can feed the people what II like
and make them pay for what they dc
not want.
The new government law has fallen
down already on the labels AS 1t has In
other details.
The labels on the canned goods OF th'
Reef Trust will continue 10 lie.
False labels On Beet Trust cannsI
goods have received government sane
tIcn. Witness:
Washington, ID. C., Sept. l3.~Canned
roast beef will continue 10 bear the
label Of roast beef" Notwithstanding
the fact that II really Is boiled beef
This was a decision rendered at con
ference to-day between Secretary vii
son and Senator Hopkins, OF Illinois
and Thomas r.. Wilson, general man
sger Of the Nelson Morris Packing
Company ~ Chicago.
Mr. Wilson explained that the meth
Cd OF preparing canned roast beef was
60 psrbOil the meat for fifteen minutes
and then put 1t In cans and subject II
u steam heat for three hours. Mr..