Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08

and destroyed under their supervision.
At retail markets, 1850 pounds Of
dresPed meats; 24.16O pounds oc ash,
ana 6Os6 pounds Of poultry, nams
and rabbits were condemned and de-
stroyed.
"rhe Commissioner has issued the
following instructions to the chief in.
spector at the Union Stock Yarvis.
"'whfie actinomycoas 10 usually
confined to the head, and may b said
In one sense to b Q iooaltoe1 d1oease,
and while some inspectors condemn
only the part involved. I bs,tsvs It b
safest and most practicable to con.
denim the entire carcass wherever the
actmomycotic abscess opens Into the
mouth, pharynx. larynx or any part Of
the digestive or respiratory tract; or
when the lymphatic glands are involv.
I'd; or where there are actinomycotic
tumors IN the lungs; or when the le-
sions have become generalixed. since
generalization 10 acttnomycosis Ap.
pears to rum q very atypic course,
making the detection Of all focl inside
the muscle very dificult; therefore.
the entire carcass 10 to be condemned.
"'ln cases whore the actinomy cotic
LESSONS are positively localissd, the In.
fected part may be cut away and the
remains Of the carcass used.
These instructions apply only to
'lumpy Jaw" There may be other
reasons why you should want to con.
demn a carcass, and It 10 then a mat.
ter OF judgment for you aud your men.
But You should never hesitate to con.
demn II you believe the animal to be
not nt for human food"
The meat inspectors Of the Chicago
Health Department condemned and de-
stroyed 382,o67 pounds Of meat at the
Stock Yards during the month Of April.
Just think this over.
With not tenth as many inspectors
M they should have the Health Depart.
meat destroys nearly half a million
pounds OF diseased meat In one month
at the Stock Yards. II 332. .887 pounds
Of meat Is condemned and destroyed In
month BY an insufficient number Of
inspectors, how much would be de.
strOyed II the Health Department had
the number OF inspectors that 1t should
have:
The health Of Chicago Is at stake.
The Beef Trust is causing the spread
Of tuberculosis and cancer.
Bad, rotten meat that Is sold to the
people by the Beef Trust causes these
awful diseases.
This awful trust can go on spreading
disease, but there Is a day OF reckoning
coming.
The people will rise up and demand
that this trust be investigated and the
guilty men sent to Jail.
The Newspaper Trust cannot save the
Beef Trust.
The Eagle was the first paper In the
country to expose the Beef Trust. Now
the good work Is being taken up all
over the United States by daily and
weekly papers and monthly magazines.
The health of Chicago will always he
In danger so long as diseased meat Il
sold to the people. The Chicago Health
Department is doing its very best to
stop this diseased meat, but II has not
near enough men, The Beef Trust IL
the greatest menace TO the public
hea lth that we have.
1t should be stopped.
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The Beef Trust laughs at pure food
laws.
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II the Beef Trust thinks that the
people will abide by the fake reports OF
Investigations made by wOmen's clubs
college professors and associations com
posed of so-called business men 1t Is
greatly mistaken.
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IL the laws regarding the selling OF
diseased meat were enforced the Beei
Trust would now be In jail.