Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-20


human consumption"
''rhe presence Of sick or diseased
animal In a slaughter house should
place the establishment under suspicion
as one In which such animals are
slaughtered for human consumption.
Any unsOund meat or carcass found In
a slaughter house or In market should
be assumed as being there for sale"
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notwithstanding Its apathy and a.
poor NJ the city inspection Is at the
Stock Yards because Of the very small
number Of inspectors, the government
inspection 10 worse. In fact the govern.
n,ent inspection IL a farce az IL proven
by the following extract from the Chi.
cagO Health Department report for the
week ending September 10. 1906:
THE Department Inspectors at the
Union Stock Yards condemned and de.
stroycd 05.GOS pounds Of meats. OF
this amount 11,5A5 pounds were con.
demned by the Department inspectors
after having been passed by other In.
spectOrs."
The "other inspectors" are the gov.
erI,ment inspectors.
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II Mayor DUNES administrat ton Dc.
stroyed over 100000 pounds Of can.
cer0us and tuberculous meat In ave
months. by the inspection work Of
only eleven inspectors, how many bill.
lions Of pounds Of cancer and tubee.
culosis were fed to the people during
the years that there was no city n.
spectioni
The pure food laws will, " course.
be enforced against some p0s,e little
grocer. But against the Bss4 Trust,
never!
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How many tuberculosis or iumpy Jaw
cattle have been released from quar-.
antinc" by order Of the Health d.
partmcnt.
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What object can the members Of tho
Beef Trust have In opposing the I'LL.
nOls pure food laws and wanting them
amendedf
During the week ending Sept. & the
few city meat inspectors at the Union
Stock Yards condemned and destroyed
Ss.Oti8 pounds Of meatA The food in
sl,ectors In the loop district con.
denned and destroyed 47,S62 pounds
Of unfit fOOdstuffs.
4 million pounds Of bad meat sold
outside the loop district were eaten by
the people. No inspection.
The Beef Trust continues 10 spread
tuberculosis. cancer and other diseases
with lmpunity.
One fact that escapes general atten
ton 10 that the intestines, blood. liv
er, heart aud lights Tor lungs) Of an
animal are already used before the
carcass proper gets to the inspector.
This includes also what IL known az
the gut fats. out Of which lard. suet.
table oils aud various other things
are made
A. soon 40 a beef IL killed, It 10
hung up by the heels aud dissmbow.
eled.
All Of the 'tnnards" are hauled
away.
Even the blood IL received into q
receptacle aud carried on to be
made into blood sausage. bsef extract
and the like.
The intestines are carried to the
sausage rooms to be used 40 castings.
The stomach g0es elsewhere 10 b
used ~ tripe.
The liver, lights. heart etc.. And Q
ready market.
And. mind you, every bit Of these
portions Of the "cfltter" are used
whether II 10 suffering from cancer.
tuberculosis, lumpy Jaw, or any other
disease.
The carcass after its "innards" are
removed 10 swung along and carried to
another place where the Inspector pass
upon It or pretend to pass upon It
DR.. @. J. Whalen, the eflicleut Health
Commissioner Of Chicago. reported the
condemnation Of nearly four million
pounds Of meat during the four months
ending December 80, 1906.
Now % per cent Of these 100000
pounds were found to be aflicted with
tuberculosis.
Every ounce Of these 100000
pounds belonged to the main carcass
and had passed government inspection.
What about the hearts, livers, lights,
Intestlnes, fats, blood, tripe and other
inside belongings of these tuberculosis
cattle from which 100000 pounds OF
tuberculosis and cancerOus meat were
found and condemned?
They were sold to the people and
eaten as food
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Remembering that 1t was always the
habit to use the carcases Of cancer0us
or lumpy jawed cattle after the can.
GERS were cut out, the public Ii prob.