Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-16

HOW 40 tn0 tru0I 8ontIemeu kn0Wv
.-@lerc 10 stream Of, the most terrible
infection passing daily within q few
Inches Of the nations food supply.
How do we know that sufilcient pro.
cautions arc taken to prevent contami.
nation3
How do the trust gentlemen knowf
They inform 10 that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that is, their busi.
ness; they will manage II as they see
fit Whose affair IL II, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trlchinne, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 20 dull 40
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perils involved In the meth.
dds Of this monopoly, and. therefore.
try to exclude American meats,
To quiet their objections the Unitsd
States Is supposed to keep an insp,:tor
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon It an official stamp certify.
, Ing that 1t Is fit for food.
II, then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef, about which
there Is nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there Is no inspection at oil?
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 90
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent II?
Why IRE the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why is a man
sent to prison for five years for fOrg.
Ing five.dollar check and these men
20 free for swlndling nation?
Willy do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are We content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and treacheryf
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
AZ to the "luinpy JAW" the tubercu.
losls and the cancer. put a stop to pri.
vnte slaughtering Let all tile slaugh.
terlng Of food animals be done by the
State In the light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England.
The cities and towns run their slaugh.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat.
And We need not worry about the OBJ
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are nm invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When It comes to
life and death there are no private
rights of business. No man has q right
to saved profits that he makes by
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentlemau's
, profits are threatened. The State will
not allow you to 90 around with small.
J pox or to conceal scarlet fever In your
! house, although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger, smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera II can
, take radical measures to stamp out
; cancer, O million times worse than
! cholera. II It can provide pest houses
! for public safety It can provide slaugh.
, ter houses for public safety. And Ito
duty In the one case IL at least as clear
as In the other.
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Thanks TO the Beef Trust methods,
, cancer numbered l,l0l victims In Chi.
cago In 1905, or 81 more than In 1904
; An increase of the rate per 10000 OF
. population Of 203 per cent.
The increase In deaths from cancer
. In Chicago In 1905 over the average
D for the decade ended In 1904 was 1O.l
2 per cent, and over the average rate Of
Y the decade ended In 1854 was SAL per
I. cent!
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One Of the most cunning and des.
I perate deeds Of the Beef Trust was
0 the defeat, by Beef Trust methods. Of
the attempt Of the secretary Of agri.
}. culture to secure 1876 additional meat
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