Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-14
4 Writer Holds This Awful Organization
Responsible for the Spread
Of Cancer
And Also Says that It Is Guilty of
Spreading Tuberculosis and
Other Diseases.

How do we know that suficient pre.
cautions are taken to prevent contami.
nation3
How do the trust gentlemen knowf
They inform us that what goes on
behind tho walls Of their plants y
their own aifair; that Ii, their busl.
ness; they will manage It a. they 80
At. Whose affair is It, then, II ths
nation eats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned BY trlchinae, II cancer in
creases3
Other countries are not 20 dull -
we are about these things. 0thse
countries understand very well the
monstrous perils involved In the meth.
ods Of this monopoly, and, therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the Unihsd
States IL supposed to keep m inspector
upon meat Intended for export and to
place upon II an official stamp certify.
Ing that 1t IL at for food.
II, then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef, about which
there Ii nominal inspection, what do
you suppose nre the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there 10 no inspection at all3
whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 60
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent Il?
Why are the laws ipert against this
criminal organization? Why IL man
sent to prison for fivc years for fors.
Ing q Hvc.dollar check and these men
90 free for swindling nation7
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for ~ In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and trcacheryi
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
Al to the ''lumpy jaw" the tubercu-
losis and the cancer, put stop to pri.
vate slaushtering. Let oil the slaugh.
teriug Of food animals be done BY the
State In the light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
The cities and towns run their slaugh-
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat
And we need not worry about the oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business When II comes 70
life and death there are no private
rights OF business. No man has a right
% saved profits that be makes BY
spreading disease. We have gone too
far ON the road to public sanitation 10
turn back because some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State wili
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.
Ger, smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera II can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, q million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case is at least % clear
% In the other.
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
q. 1905:
"At the Union Stock Yards the fol.
lowing have been condemned and de-
strOyed:
"2sOM cattle. weighing l4s.s2a
pounds:
1850 hogs. Weighing 40,475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5.O24 pounds.
10 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep, weighing 200 pounds.
"Twenty'one cattle. nine hogs and
5,0A pounds cut meats were con-
demned after passlnO government In
spection."
Health Department Bulletin. Novem.
ber 20, 1905:
"Condemnations OF UNIT food during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards. GS.783
pounds Of cattle, hogs, calves and sheep.
AT retail markets 68,730 pounds Of
beef, ham and poultry"
The Beef Trust will be stopped. no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
of experts" try to save 1t.
Thirty years ago, according to the
Chicago Health Department, the ma.
jority OF the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust. the great majority of tic
people who die are adults, the average
age of the deceased having increased
from infancy In 1876 to 81 years In