Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-08

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These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of medl
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion TINT the origin Of the hu
man cancer infection is to be found
In meat. It Is 10 longer held to be
possible that cancer or tendency tC
cancer can be inherited. The infec
tion Is due always to an active agcp,
taken In some way into the system
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lum
ny jaw" would he such an agent.
There come to the slaughter house,
of the trust, week by week. many cn.
tie afflicted with "lumpy Jaw" wha,
becomes Of them?
don't know; you don't know; no
body knows outside Of the precincts Ol
the slaughter houses.
And yet there can be no question tc
man who desires to live that Is o!
greater Importance than this. The op
eratlons Of those slaughter houses arc
conducted behind closed doors. NC
outsider Is allowed to glimpse what
goes OH there. No representative oi
the public ever gets behind that cur
tain. You can go there and be enter
tained with fake exhibition Of fake
slaughtering conducted as public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing
The real work no one ever sees buI
the employees.
What becomes Of the diseased cat
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
converted into fertilizer. Who sees
the burning? Who knows that 1t Il
done or how II IL done? Nobody out
side Of the employees. All we know
is that "lumpy law" is cancer; thai
many cattle have "lumpy jaw;" thai
'lmmpy jaw" is communicable and tina,
cancer frlghtfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical journal Of Europe, sent a mar
to Chicago to investigate. so far rs Il,
could. the slanghtering processes Of tht
trust houses. He returned with rcve
lation that should have called for gov
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were mos
unsanitary. That the work was don.
In q hurried, careless. sllpshOd way
that there was no tOlerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the healtl
OF the world was menaced by these
conditions. 10 this scatiiing indlct
mcnt from q great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made
subsequently, there appeared IN
jamestown, N. Y, a remarkable book
''The Dark Side Of the Beef Trust
apparently written by an expert, sup
plementlng the charges Of the Lancet
ana enforcing them with such details
as could hardly have been supplied by
anything but personal knowledge. Ths
whole process of manufacture In the
trust houses was followed with minute
care and the charge was explicitly
made that carelessness reigned every
where; that impure pruuucts were ha
bitually sent out for consumpt ption; thu,
meat ut only for destruction was In
bitually worked up with spices aud
drugs to disguise Its taste and sold tc
the public.
To this extraordinary array of spe
cific assertions no answer was eve,
made.
Here, then. are two witnesses that
solemnly declare that the conditions iu
the trust slaughter houses are exactly
such as would allow the meat OF
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out ai
food.
Suppose that We take of the matter
the most charitable view possible
Suppose We assume that the trust gen
tlemen are most scrupul0us about al
the ways In which they make money
Suppose We forget about the soldiers
poisoned by embalmed beef. the games
Of gouge ard robbery practlced by the
trust refrigerator car lines. the manip
ulatiOn of thousand markets FOL
profits, the tribute levied by this com
bination upon all households In the
country. Let US forget that they arc
law-breakers and m0ney.mad ana as
sumo that not one of them would
touch cent Of questionable profits.
Still this question stares us In the
face: How do we know what becomes
Of the "lumpy jaw" cattle?
How do the trust gentlemen know
Their employees are employed Ia
make much money for the trust gen
tlemen. How do we know the ways
In which the money is made?
How do the trust gentlemen knOwt
Here 10 stream of the most terrible
Infection passing daily within . few
inches Of the nations food supply,