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

JuOercuIO9lS II becoming eplOemic.
The Reef Trust products afflicted with
tuberculosis can be sold without let or
hindrance, when past inspection"
The school management committee Of
the Board Of Education took active
steps to prevent children afflicted with
tuberculosis from attending school. A
report drafted by Superintendent
Cooley and DIR. r. ID. Dudley was adopt.
ed, which provides that when a teacher
suspects that any child Is affected with
the disease It shall be made known
to the superintendent Of schools by the
principal. After the parents Of the
child are notified the pupil will be OK.
amincd by medical inspectors Of the
child study department. Parents will
be given permission to have their fam
lily physician present Mt the examine
ton.
The poor children who got the tuber-
culosis from meat must suffer.
We can zee from the Health Depart.
mcnt reports that State and govern.
mcnt inspection does not prevent tuber.
culosis beef from getting into the cool.
crs from which the public Ia served.
The statement that there IRE $1,000
cvnsumptlves In Chicago was made Mt
the annual meeting Of the Visiting
Nurse Association by Mr.. Arthur Adds,
chairman Of the tuberculosis commit.
tee. DIR. Sachs spoke, urging drastic
action BY the BOnrd OF Health to stamp
out the disease.
Tuberculosis Ii q Beef disease.
It 10 not hereditary.
1t In not contracted from impure air.
1t In contracted by eating bad meat
sold BY s0rdid and consciencelsss men
who think more Of dollars than they
do Of human lives.
II any Of your relatives have t'iber.
culOsls you know who 10 blame.
Tho homes sSddenei by the deaths
Of husbands. wives, fathers. mothers.
brothers, sisters. sons and daughters,
The people poverty stricken by con.
sumption,
Know who Il guilty!
There II a day Of reckoning for these
barons or blood and tyrants Of the
Trust!
The Chicago Eagle will keep upon
their track until Europe as well as
America will be too hot to hold tlisn,.
The Beef Trust may control govern
ment inspection.
hut the Insignificant number Of city
OF Chicago nspectOrs-Only II In oil
although now strangely discontinued
WAS still sufficient to call attention t0
horrible facts.
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin OF Octo'
ber y, 1906, speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors ut the Union
Stock Yards condemned "FIvE CAT.
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS,
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCULOsIs TRIMMED OUT,
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED ny
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS .'
'"rhcy also condemned and destroyed
3,OIi pounds Of cut meats shipped from
st. Louis and Kansas City, having
passed government inspection at those
places"
This shows the sort OF government
Inspection we have.
II u few Of the governmental Omis.
sions IRE rectldcd how many thous
ands are. not?
How many homes In Europe nnd
America are at this moment harbOrina
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle
The above report Of the Health Com
missioner speaks Of meat hanging In
the coolers Of trust houses. with tuber'
cular tumOrs trimmed out" ready ta
be cut into steaks.
Speaking OF the 3.935. 900 pounds Of
food condemned In 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, Dr. C.
J, Whalen, Health Commissioner. says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT or TUBERCULOSIS.
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan)
American Medicine December 23
says: 'One stands aghast ut the criinl,
nal cupidity which will induce men Ia
attempt to sell such dangerous foods Ia
an unsuspecting community. 1t IL now
In order TO go step farther and find
out who Is responsible for this moral
Obllqu.ty.
"'lt Ii well known that cOmblna.
tions Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rails.
Ing the price Of food stuffs beyond the
point 10 which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry has
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost OF living, but here for the
Est time are the combinations which
coS.rol the food supply, brOuc". lS.- a
direct relation to public health.
"'It IL high time that th's n utter
he taken out Of the class OF minO, OF.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
IS war, when all kinds OF brutality arc
Snctioned. II In the height OF dis