Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-29

The new government law. as every.
tWiy knows. does not provide for the
inspcction of meat consumed In Chicago
and Illinois.
The strange apathy Of the Chicago
authorities In the matter Of Beef Trust
violations Of the law, IL arousing the
attention of the entire country.
The flooding of Chicago and the
state of Illinois with lumry Jaw. tub.
CIRCULAR and canccrous beef Is causing
widespread indignation.
The Illinois state Board Of Health
has Just issued strong circular con.
tanning recommendations to municipali.
ties concerning the supervision and In.
s,ectiOn Of slaughter houses, packing
houses, etc.
The following extracts show how
hard the circular hits the city govern.
inent of Chicago:
"rhe Illinois state Board of Health.
by special resolution, adopted ut rcgu.
lar meeting. held In Chicago June 10th
nnd 2ist. 1909, urgently recommends
TO the mayors and councils Of all cities
an. the presidents and boards Of trus.
tees Of all villages, and to all other
health officials In all parts Of the State,
the enactment and enforcement Of ordi.
nnnccs providing for the supervision
and the regular and systematic lnspec.
ton Of all slaughter houses, packing
houses, storage houses, markets, eel.
lars and all other establishments used
for the preparation, manufacture, stor.
age or sale Of food intended for hu.
man consumption.
'.rhe health Of the people Is largely
dependent upOn the purity, quality and
cleanliness Of their food aud these
may be controlled and guaranteed to
the people only through the conscien.
tiOus efforts Of health officials acting
under the powers conferred upon them
by the statutes.
'.rhe people Of each municipality
have the right to expect that the OIL
cinls whom they have entrusted with
the enforcement Of the law, will give
them every possible protection provided
6y the law. and the statutes Of the
State Of Illinois are 50 liberal In their
construction as to give to the munich
pality full power to control all Of those
things which may In any way effect the
dealth Of the people.
"Under the provisions Of an act to
provide Tor the incorporation Of cities
and villages. approved April ID. 1877?
(Reviscd Statutes, Chapter -. Section
G?), the councils In cities and the presi'
dent and the board Of trustees In vii
lagcs are empowered to regulate the
sale OF meat. poultry, fish. butter
cheese, lard, vegetables and all Other
provisions; to regulate the sale OF
bread and to prescribe Its quality; tC
provide for the Inspection Of all articles
Of food; to declare what shall con
stitute nuisance and to abatc same
and to fine all who permit nuisance'
to exist; to appoint a board Of health
and prescribe its powers and duties
no DO ALL ACrS AND MAKE ALI
REGULATIONS TO PROMOTE
HEALTH OR no PREVENT DIS
EASE; to direct location and regulate
the management and construction d
packing houses either within the limit
Of the corporation or within one mhl'
from its boundaries; to compel tn,
owner OF any grocery or any unwl,Ole
nOme or nauseOus place to cleanse ant
nbate or remove same ana to regulate
Its location. Under the provisions O
the same law, municipalities are EN-
powered to impose fines, not exceedin,
5000 for each Offense, or Imprisonment
not exceeding six months, for the viola
tlon of any of its ordinances"
aside from the specific provisions O
the law, quoted above, the one pro
vision. empowering the munlclpaht.
'TO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALL
REGULATIONS TO PROMOTE
HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE
gives ample authority for the local OIL
cials to undertake the supervision AM
systematic inspection of those place
I'LL WHICH tOOu loE uuuuuu SouSuuiptSo
Is either prepared, manufactured
stored or offered for sale. However
the specific provisions Of the statute
remove all doubt as to the limits I
which the municipality may 60 In til
protection Of the health of the people.
".Animal food Is particularly susceI
tlble to bacterial action and to decOn
positlon which Is FASTENED by KILN
and handling In filthy slaughter house
or by improper refrigeration aud stol
age"
"MEAT FROM DISEASED AM
MAILS. 100 FREQUENTLY sIAAUGH
TEDED FOR HUMAN FOOD, MA
RE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESpREAl
DIsEASE AMONG THOSE VIII
CONSUME IT."
'.rhe oft repeated statement ths
cooking will remove the poisonous pro-
critics Of spoiled ueat Is not to DO r.
lied upOn."
"In view Of these facts, 1t Ia the dut
O, the health officials of all municipal
ties to establish such supervision an
inspection as will render impossible Il
maintenance of unsanitary slaught'
houses and packing houses, the killlr
n dlaAAaad animala or the sale