Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-05-12

oath. as to the disposition Of the
meat
where does this meat 90 which has
laen condemned ana redeemed by the
owncrs!" asked DR.. Klcbs.
IN answering this question I should
open NJ a new field of discussion" an.
swcred lIr. Jacques.
''rhat IL easy to answer" replied
Dr. Klc's. 1T goes To the American
consumer. II can't go to the foreign
market
Dr. Jacques further stated that the
system Of having the Inspection made
In the interest Of the owner and III,
producer to enable them Ia sell their
"'rhc inspector should have the power
to render the condemned meat absolute.
~ unfit for food and not return II to
the owner. The problem Of mcum AMI
tunm enters into II. II Il Is my meat
for sale Is Is good for YOU to eat. That
Il the Idea Of ownership.
"The present nicthNi Il this: For
several years II was possible 10 pass
under the law six sorts of meat infect.
c,l with tuberculosis. 1t has stopped
one way ana now only allows 1t to pass
| In five ways Instead of sin. The meat
being returned 10 the owner to sell II
| he ~ chooses throws the whole work
Of Inspection Of beef for city use On
the city health department. In March
last the city destroyed 3j1.27i pounds
of meat. In March. 1905. there was no
Inspection. The bacllll Of tuberculosis
will attack the steer out on the range
where he gets all the needed air. What
will the same bacllll do to the confined
inhabltant OF the city,
MIX Fed Chickens. 4 correspondent
asks II milk In proper food for chick
ens. All authorities say not. No fowl
will live on fluid food. Chickens have
gixxartls which alone proves that nature
intends them to be eaters Of grain and
other hard foods which need crushing
MIX In utterly unit for poultry ana Is
likely to give poultry what II gives IA
numerous human belngs-tuberculOs
MIX II the food OF calves and animals
born alive. But not Of any animal that
is Matched.
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The Chicago Beef Trust house which
pleaded guilty In Pennsylvania to the
charge OF selling poisonous ana adul-
terated sausages, was fined on two
charges.
Illinois Il not oniy the headquarters
of the Beef Trust. hut the people of
Illinois are Its principal victims.
How can the people got any sort OF
fair play from the Illinois Legislature
II the officers of II are In the employ OF
the trusts?
Beef Trust apolOglsts say that mos
of the criticism OF their methods Il
due to dramatic license" Is there
any dramatic license" in the condem
nation of over 100000 pounds OF beef
containing tuberculosis in the short
space Of three months? Is there any
dramatic license" about official healtl
department reports?
%S
Government inspectors only inspect
meats intended for foreign countries
} but II there Is sufiiciency Of Govern
ment meat inspectors at the Stock Yards
! why was 1t that such howl was mad,
by the Department OF Agriculture II
January when the application for add
tional inspectors was cut down?
. The following special telegram wa
, published In the Chicago Tribune Janu
AIRY 10, 1906:
! Washington, ID. c., Jan. 1S.-(spe
! clal. THE house committee on apprO
> priatlOns has attempted to deal bloy
I to the Chicago meat trade by refusin
! all but $4,000 of the $4,000 apprc
priatiOns for which Secretary OF Ayr
. culture Wilson asked In order to NEE
Q the demand for inspectors. The smal
: sum which 1t recommended the hous