Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-17

1uUerCuIO0IS II DcCOnlIng cptucu1lC.
The Beef Trust products afflicted with
can be sold without let or
when past "inspcction." Fl.
The school management committee Of
the Board Of Education took active
steps to prevent children afflicted with
from attending school. A
report drafted by Superintendent
Cooley and DR.. r. u. Dudley was adopt.
ell. which provides that when teacher
suspects that any child Is affected with
the disease II shall he made known
to the superintendent Of schools by the
principal. After the parents Of the
child nre notified the pupil will bc ex-
amincd by medical inspectors Of the
child study department. Parents will
he given permission to have their fam.
lily physician present at the exnmina-
ton.
The poor children who got the tuber.
culosls from meat must suffer.
We can see from the Health Depart.
mcnt reports that State and govern.
mcnt inspection does not prevent tuber.
crlosls beef from getting into the cool
ers from which the public IL served.
The statement that there arc $4,000
consumptives In Chicago was made nj
the annual meeting Of the Visiting
Nurse Association by Mr.. Arthur Adds
chairman Of the tuberculosis commit.
tee. Dr. Sachs spoke. urging drastic
action by the Board of Health to stamp
out the disease.
Tuberculosis IL n Reef disease.
1t Is not hereditary.
1t is not contracted from impure air
1t Is contracted by eating bad mea,
sold by sordid and constituencies men
who think more Of dollars than they
do Of human lives.
IL any Of your relatives have tuber
culosis you know who to blame.
The homes saddencd by the deaths
Of husbands, wives, fathers, mothers
brothers. sisters. sons and daughters,
The people poverty stricken by CON
sumption,
Know who Is guilty!
There Ii u day Of reckoning for these
barons Of blood and tyrants Of the
Trust!
The Chicago Eagle will keep upon
their track until Europe rs we'll a.
America will be too hot to hold them
The Beef Trust may control govern
ment inspection.
| But tho Insignificant number OF city
Of Chicago inspectors-only II In al
although now strangely discontinued
was still sufficient 10 call attention {.
horrible facts.
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin Of Octo
Der g, 1906, speaks for itself:
The city inspectors Mt the UnioI
Stock Yards condemned "FlVE CAT
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED ny
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS
''They also condemned and destroye,
3,O03 pounds Of cut meats shipped from
st. Louis and Kansas City, having
passed government inspection at thos,
places"
This shows the sort Of government
inspection we have.
II a few Of the governmental Omis
sions are rectifled how many thOus
ands are not!
| How many homes In Europe ant
America are Mt this moment harborin,
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle
The above report Of the Health Com
missioner speaks Of meat hanging II
the coolers Of trust houses. with tuber
cular tumOrs trimmed out" ready I,
he cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the $685., 900 pounds OF
food condemned in 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DIR. G
]. Whalen, Health Commissioner, say,
In his annual report
EIGHTY PER CENT OF TIL
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED on
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Commenting upon this condition
continues Commissioner Whelan)
American Medicine December ~
says: 'One stands aghast at the criml
nal cupidity which viii induce men t,
attempt to sell such dangerous foods L
an unsuspectlng community. 1t IL nov
In order TO 20 step farther and fin,
out who Is responsible for this mora
obliquity.
"'lt Is well known that cOmbina
tions of the larger meat dealers hav,
existed in the past to the end Of rails
Ing the price Of food stuffs beyond tn,
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry ha,
always been in protest against the in
creased cost Of living, but here for the
first time are the combinations whlcl
control the food supply, brought into /,
direct relation to public health.
"'It Is high time that this matter
be taken out Of the class of minor of
fenses AND THE DEALERS THEM
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Ever
II war, when all kinds of brutality arc
sanctioned, 1t Is the height of dis
honor-eyen murder-to poison the
water supply Of a country. Is 1t any
better to poison the food supply? !,
Is time that the public mind should
develop conscience in this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1905
"The total amount of meats con-
demned during the period was 1,343, ,34a