Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-15
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--cven murder--tO poison the
water supply Of a country. Is 1t any
better to poison the food supply? II
Is time that the public mind should
develop a conscience In this direction "
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1906 /:
"The total amount Of meats con-
demned during the period was 1.343. .343
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. 50 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, u per cent for
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. 0,
1905: ~ total Of 1i7,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
(during the past wcck) under the su.
pcrvision of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This in
cludcs 4.0S3 pounds Of government-in.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade ana canning
Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
ber II. 1905:
although the condemnation and de.
struction Of food supplies unfit for
human consumption during the past
three months---since the resumption of
Stock Yards inspection August ult.,
by order Of the Commissionerr-have
reached immense proportions, much un.
fit food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
pathologlc conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cillties 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, . hogs and O cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"rhe total stock yards condemnations
amounted to 176,SOs pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses !"
In other words 1t hns been ana II
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 Gull ourselves civilized.
Health Department Bulletin, Dec
10. 1905:
"rhe department has made new
ruling In regard to 'lumpy jaw OF
actinOmycotlc animals. Hereafter al
animals that show, on post-mortenl
examination. u degeneration Of the
lesion, with cavity formation, contain
Ing pus, will be condemned and de-
strOyed.
Heretofore only those with gen
eral Infection were destroyed"
Health Department Bulletin, Nov.
30, 1905:
"StOckyards inspection Of meats for
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order Of the Commissioner OF
Health on Aug. Z, ult., with two do.
partment inspectors employed. On
Oct. Z three additional inspectors were
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. 80 a
grand total Of 2,7Sl,187 pounds OF
food supplies were condemned and dc.
strOyed as unwhOlesOme, diseased or
otherwise unit for human food"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10, 1905;
"FOllOwing is summary Of unfit
food condemned and destroyed during
the week:
"At the Union Stock Yards-202 cat.
tie, weight 152,5O3 pounds; 362 hogs,
weight 5s,s3S pounds; Is calves,
weight 6l5 pounds; IL sheep, weight
255 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats.
Total, 23l $3.50 pounds.
AT city retail markets-lS, 900
pounds OF fish; 80 calves, 4 hogs, g.
800 pounds; 2 cattle. sheep, 033
pounds Of poultry and dressed meats
and vegetables, 1,40l pounds. Total,
2l,1l4 pounds.
Aggregate condemnatlons of unfit
food during the week, 252,444
pounds"
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The Reef 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 Leglsla-
ture will not be circumstance to II.
Chlcago's multi-mlllionaires grown
rich selling disease and poison to the
people will s,r 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 tuberculosis 10 stopped entirely.