Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-25
The General Public Has a Fine 0ppor.
tunity to Get All It Wants
Of L.
Health Department Finds Cattle In
Trust Coolers with Tuber.
culOsis Trimmed Out.

murder--to poison the
water supply of country. Is II any
better to poison the food supply7 II
b tme 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 1,34S, ,343
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. S5 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, ~ per cent for
actinomycosis--lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o.
1906: "A total Of $4,000 pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
(during the past week. under the su.
pervision Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 4,0S3 pounds Of governmental.
spccted cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
ber II. 1905:
although the condemnation and do
struction Of food supplies unfit for
human consumption during the past
three months--sincc the resumption OF
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult..
by order Of the Commissioner-have
reached immense proportions, much un.
Ut food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
pathologlc conditions. recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Na.
cilities for microscopic laboratory OK.
animation have not yet been restored.
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasscs, 3 hogs and Q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED by
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"Thc total stock yards condemnatio
amounted to 170.S0S pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses
In other words 1t has been and In
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumOrs and let the rest OF
the carcass 80 to the people for food
And vet we call ourselves civilized.
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10. 1905:
"The department has made q new
ruling In regard to .lumpy jaw OF
actinomycotlc animals. Hereafter all
animals that show, on post.mortem
examination, a degeneration of the
lesion, with cavity formation. contain
Ing pus, will be condemned and de-
strOyed.
Heretofore only those with a gen'
sral infection were destroyed"
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Health Department Bulletin, Nov
30, 1905:
"St0ckyards inspection of meats fol
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order of the Commissioner OF
Health on Aug. Z, ult., with two de.
partment inspectors employed. On
Oct. three additional inspectors were
put to work, and Oct. 10 authority
was given by the Finance COMMITTEES
Of the city council for the employ.
ment OF six moro.
Between Aug. and Nov. 30 a
grand total of 2,7Sl,107 pounds OF
food supplies were condemned and de.
strOyed as unwh0lesOme, diseased OF
otherwise UNFIT for human food"
Health Department Bulletin. Dec
10, 1905:
"FOllowing IL a summary of unfit
food condemned and destroyed during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards-292 cat.
tie, weight 152,5O9 pounds; 3G2 hogs,
weight 5s,S3S pounds; 10 calves,
weight 6l5 pounds; IL sheep, weight
255 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats.
Total, 23l $50 pounds.
AT city retail markets--1S,0 ,03O
pounds of fish; 36 calves, 1 hogs. ..
800 pounds; 2 cattle. sheep, 03a
pounds of poultry and dressed meats
and vegetables, 1,40l pounds. Total,
21,ll4 pounds.
Aggregate condemnations of unfit
food during the week, 252,444
pounds
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The Beef Trust will be investigated
by the next Legislature.
And what u showing up there will
be.
The investigation Of the insurance
companies by the New York Legisla-
ture will not he Il circumstance to II.
Chlcago's multl-milllonaires grown
rich selling disease and poison to the
people will get their just dues then.
The Chicago Newspaper Trust can
not save them.
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The Eagle will keep up Its fight on
the cattle and packing people until the
sale Of animals afflicted with cancer
and ts,hn a. atAv,noA opttralv