Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-29

people I'm ignorance of true. but awful.
conditions which menace their health.
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The Illinois Legislature should In
vcstigatc the Beef Trust thoroughly
this winter.
Chicago Is the headquarters Of this
ncfarious Trust, and therefore Illinois
Is more Interested In the subject than
any other state.
That Is, Illinois ought to be more
Interested In the subject.
But while Kentucky and North Da.
kota and Pennsylvania and Vermont
and other States, through their pure
food departments. have adopted drastic
measures against the Beef Trust pol.
sons. Illinois has rested supine.
The Legislature can ascertain from
the pure food commissioners Of Ken.
lucky and North Dakota, what the
lawyers Of the Beef Trust promised to
do In those States, II given another
chance.
The Legislature can also ascertain
what the Beef Trust Is not required to
do In Illinois.
tuberculosis, cancer and append.
cltls, oil directly traccable to Beef
Trust products. are on the increase.
The now Government inspection law
does nothing for tho. people Of Illinois.
IL tuberculosis any better for the
people this year than It was last year,
In another column will be found ex.
tracts from the Health Department an.
DUAL report and weekly bulletins. DO
you think that In the face Of these doc.
uments and the facts they contain that
the city can refuse to continue the In.
.pectiOn and condemnation Of tuber.
culOsls ana cancerous cattle Mt the
stock Yards?
How many concerns make fancy lard
for culinary use out Of hogs that die
u cholera?
How many thousands Of cnrcases
nave the city inspectors condemned that
we're found hanging In coolers with the
tuberculosis trimmed out?
Where does MI the meat that ar
lives ut the Stock Yards mt night
pme frOmY
How many condemned hogs have been
%Old rs mess pork?
IL It, or Is II not so, that some OF
the cattle condemned by city inspec.
tors have been found with their whole
ls,St .,f
Is It not true that the butchers ut
the yards are afraid to cut some cattle
or fear Of contracting contagion them.
selves?
Is It true that many canned cattle
are now killed outside the city and their
carcases shipped In with tumors and
cancers still attached?
Why do Kansas City and other
points ship their tuberculOus, lumpy.
Iawed and cancer cattle to Chicago?
Why Is 1t that diseased cattle can.
not be shipped TO any point east of
Chicago?
Why Is II, and by whose orders was
It that after the city inspectors had
condemned 10 lumpy-jawed cattle
that they were released?
by whose orders was 1t done?
Is there another city besides Chi.
cago that win even allow lumpy.
Jawed "critter'' 10 enter It?
Is It not true that IN st. Louis each
iumpy-jawed beast means fine of
$500. and that In Toronto, Canada, the
beast and even Its hide are destroyed?
The Chicago Reef Trust house which
pleaded guilty In Pennsylvania to the
charge OF selling poisonous ana adul-
ternted sausages, was fined on two
charges.
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All pork for Germany Is examined
carefully for trlchina before exporting.
Pork for Great Britain Is never ex.
amlned for trlchina.
Hence the following figures may be
interesting:
In 1904 Great Britain imported from
the United States 7,576,45O pounds of
canned pork, valued at $77O.408, and
1890. 06l pounts Of fresh pork, valued
at 81 100. $50.
In 1ook Germany impostod from ~