Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-01
The General Public Has a Fine 0ppor.
tunity to Get All It Wants
Of Il.
Health Department Finds Cattle in
Trust Coolers with Tuber-
culOsis Trimmed Out.

honOr-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of country. Is II any
better to poison the food supply? 1t
Is time 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, 1906:
"Thc total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1,3i3,34
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. IS PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, IL per cent for
actinomycosis-lumpy jaw---and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o,
1905: "a total Of 147,00O pounds of
meats was condemned ana destroyed
(during the past weck) under the SUI
pervision Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 1858 pounds Of govcrnment-in-
spccted cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
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Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
ber II, 1905:
although the condemnation ana de-
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 ioner--have
reached immense proportions, much un.
1T food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
pathologlc conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, arc now condemned. Flu.
cilitics for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs and O cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"Thc total stock yards condemnat ations
amounted to 17G.SOS pounds"
parts Of beef carcasses! !"
In other words II has been and IL
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumors and let the rest Of
the carcass 60 to the people for food !!
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10, 1905:
"The department has made a new
ruling In regard to 'lumpy jaw or
actlnomycOtlc animals. Hereafter all
animals that show, on pOst.morten
examination, degeneration Of the
lesion, with cavity formation, contain.
ing pus, will be condemned and dc.
strOyed.
Heretofore only those with a gen.
eral Infection were destroyed"
Health Department Bulletin, Nov.
80, 1905:
"Stockyards inspection of meats for
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order Of the Commissioner of
Health on Aug, Z, ult., with two de-
partment inspectors employed. On
Oct. Z three additional inspectors We're
put to work, and Oct. 10 authority
was given by the Finance Committee
Of the city council for the employ
ment of six more.
Between Aug. Z and Nov. 30 n
grand total of 2,7S1,107 pounds Of
food supplies were condemned and de-
strOyed as unwhOlesome, diseased or
otherwise unfit for human food"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10, 1906:
"Followlng is summary Of unit
food condemned and destroyed during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards--292 cat
tie, weight $4,000 pounds; 3G2 hogs,
weight 5S,S3S pounds; 10 calves,
weight Gl5 pounds; IL sheep, weight
255 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats.
Total, 231,33O pounds.
AT city retail markets--1S,9 $50
pounds of fish; 80 calves, 4 hogs, -
800 pounds; cattle, sheep, 033
pounds of poultry and dressed meats
ana vegetables, 1,491 pounds. Total,
2l,l14 pounds.
aggregate condemnations Of unfit
food during the week, 252,4i4
pounds"
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The Beef Trust will be Investigated
by the next Legislature.
And what showing up there will
be!
The investigation of the insurance
companies by the New York Legisla-
ture will not be n circumstance to it.
Chlcago's mult-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 It's fight on
the cattle and packing people until the
sale of animals afflicted with cancer
and tuberculosis Ia stOpDed entirely,