Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-18

would have no standing rs party to a
suit to enjOln the Chicago health dc.
partment from condemning carcasses
passed by the State and government
inspectors. "This opinion" said Sec.
rotary Pritchard Of the health depart.
mcnt, strengthens the city's claims
TO bc supreme In the inspection Of
meat"
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The Beef Trust must 20.
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The number of members Of the pros.
ent Legislature controlled by the Beef
Trust Is known TO a man.
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Remember the Beef Trust when you
ae nominating candidates for the
Legislature this year.
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The number Of dead and diseased
hogs shipped by the Beef Trust and
sold as food IL something awful.
Numbers Of hogs die In the cars In
transit to the Beef Trust: their bodies
are often eaten by the other hogs and
their pet disease transmitted by them
to the human race.
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The Beef Trust has ruined many a
prosperous small business. The hide
industry, the boot and shoe trade. the
sheepskin tanners, the leather tanners.
the wool pullers. the wool trade. the
vegetable market, the poultry bust.
ness, the retail meat markets, the
wholesale meat markets, the soap
trade--all these and many more have
been swallowed mp by this awful
leviathan. How much longer will the
people, stand It?
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How much longer will the American
people put up with diseased foodY
People who think that they get good
meat are invited to read the follow
Ing clipped from the live stock repor,
Of the Chicago Daily News. January
0. 1905:
equality Of offerings was not good
1t was such as the trade usually looks
for on Tuesday. with the Wisconsin
shipments largely predomInating. D
was not the absence Of good finished
stun that made the slow market, how
ever, as the buyers were generaly
looking for l0w.prlced cattle. Ship
pers had only a few orders at most
ana the great percentage OF then
We're for plain finished cattle. Sine,
the ending of the western season ther'
has generally been as good demand
for the commoner sorts of cattle a
for the better priced steers. A few
toppy kinds have reached 1925 THU
week, but they are as scarce as tn
proverbial hens teeth"
We do not see any quotations Il
the dailies on trichina hogs.
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All the rotten old Beef Trust lobby
lists, consisting of crooked lawyers
CASTOR politicians and scarecrow states
~ss en- Ssttipg ready. But when tn
Illinois Legislature meets thes,
worthless will be pointed out so that h'
who runs may read.
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People must remember that the cit
had only eleven inspectors at work O.
cattle, hogs, sheep and provisions
Necessarily their work must hav
been very incomplete when there wer
100000 cattle a week to inspect. tn
berculOsis and cancer are bound to b
shipped to all quarters rs food.
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Beef Trust cold storage Ia q ba,
thing. Yet 1t Is popular Just now. TN
rotten food turned out In the shape o
diseased poultry from Beef Trust rOOst
IL thus touched upon by Health Com
missioner Whalen, Of Chicago, In hi
annual report:
Sold storage Is one OF our presen
necessities, but II IL evident that 4
has been shamefully misused by dis
honest men. While certain articles
OF food are better after more or less
prolonged storage, certain fruits and
vegetables spoil so soon after removal
from the cold storage as to give q
very unfavorable impression.
again, poultry or game IL often
stored In an undrawn condition and Il