Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-01-13

upon meat intended for export AMI to
place upon It an official stamp certify.
ing that 1t is fit for food.
have here before Inc letters written
by former employees of the trust assur-
Ing me that the Federal inspection Is
Il farce. The inspectors inspect moth
ing. say these letters. They sit read
ing or smoking with their pockets full
of tags, which arc handed out as they
are required. One man tells me that
he used to get fifty ut time. reach
Ing his hand into the inspectors
pocket.
II, then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef, about which
there il nominal inspection. what do
you suppose nrc the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. on
which there II no inspection ut all?
Why Is the Federal inspection allow.
cd TO bc Indifferent? Well. why II cv.
erything about this subject 10 rotten!
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 60
Oh year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent It?
Why are the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why IN n man
sent to prison for five years for fors-
Ing u hvc.dollar check and these men
go free for swindling nation?
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are We content to have our
food prepared for III In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind cor.
tainly suggest fraud and treachcry?
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
As to the "lumpy jaw" the tubcrcu-
losis and the cancer, put n stop to pri-
vatc slaughtcring. Let all the slaugll.
terlng OF food animals be done by the
State In tho light Of day. without any
OF this dark lantern business. on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
Tho cities ana 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 tho OBJ
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are an invasion OF the private
rights Of business. When 1t comes tn
life and death there are no private
rights of business. No man has u right
to saved profits thnt he mak"s by
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentleman
protits are threatened. The state will
not allow you to go around with small
poX or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house, although each may he 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 1t can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, a million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for publc safety 1t can provide slaugh'
ter houses for public safety. And It's
duty In the one case Is mt least rs clear
rs In the other.
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