Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-05-12


Here Is n stream of the most terrible
infection passing daily within a few
inches Of the nations food supply.
How do we know that sufficient pre-
cautions arc taken to prevent contaml.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen know?
They inform MS thnt what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that Is, their bust.
ness; they will manage 1t rs they see
fit. Whose affair Is 1t, then, II the
nation cats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trichinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 40 dull as
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perlls involved In the meth.
dds Of this monopoly, and. therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the United
States Is supposed to keep nm insps:tOr
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon 1t an official stamp certify.
Ing that It Is fit for food.
II, then, these IRE the methods In
regard to export beef, about which
there Is nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there is no inspection Mt all?
whywns the Beef Trust allowed TO go
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent It?
Why are the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why Is man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
ing five.dollar check and these men
go free for swindling n nation?
Why do We contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
l,onrtlsy
Why IRE We content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and treachery?
We IRE not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies are simple cnOugh.
Az to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubcrcu.
losis ana the cancer, put a stop to pri.
vatc slnughtering. Let all the slaugh.
terIng of food animals bc 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 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 1t comes to
life and death there IRE no private
rights of business. No man has right
to saved profits TINT lie makes by
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur Oh the road to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentleman' =
profits IRE threatened. The State will
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.
cor, 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, q million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And Its
duty In the ono case Is ut least as clear
us in tho other.
Thanks to the Beef Trust methods,
cancer numbered l,101 victims In Chi.
cago In 1905, or q more than In 1904
IAN increase Of the rate per 10000 Of
population Of 2.03 per cent.
The increase In deaths from cancer
In Chicago In 1905 over the average
for the decade ended In 1904 was 1O.1
per cent, ana over tho average rate OF
the decade ended In 1884 was BAL per
cent!
One Of tho most cunning and des-
perate deeds of the Beef Trust was
the defeat, by Beef Trust methods, Of
the attempt of tho secretary Of agrl
culture to secure 135 additional meat
inspectors for Chicago. Tho secretary
asked for $135,OO0 to pay for 1876 In
spectors to inspect meats going to Eu'
rOpe-nOt meats for Americans, for
anything Is good enough for us. Tho
Congressional Committee, possibly un
der Beef Trust hypnotic influence, only
appropriated $4,000. So the Euro
peans are In almost as great danger as
ourselves.
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The pure food laws Will, OF course
be enforced against some poor littl'
grocer But against tho Bee. Trust
never!
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The Beef Trust Is sending money int
Germany to stir up strife and fore
the government to permit the impOrta
tion of its meats.
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If Mayor DUNES administration de
strOyed over 100000 pounds OF can
cerous and tuberculous meat In hv'
months, by the inspection work 0
only eleven inspectors, how many bill
lions of pounds of cancer and tuber
cv,osis vore fed To the DeODle durin,