Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-27

human consumption"
''rhe presence Of a sick or diseased
animal In a slaughter house should
place the cstabllshment under suspicion
as one In which such animals are
slaughtered for human consumption.
Any unsound meat or carcass found In
a slaughter house or In market should
be assumed az being there for sale"
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Notwithstanding Its apathy and az
poor az the city inspection Is at che
Stock Yards because Of the very small
number Of inspectors, the government
inspection IL worse. In fact the govern.
nent inspection 10 a farce as Is proven
by the following extract from the Chi.
cago Health Department report for the
week ending September 10. 1906:
''rhe Department Inspectors at the
Union Stock Yards condemned and de-
stroyed 95.OOS pounds Of meats. or
this amount 11,5i5 pounds were con.
dcmned by the Department Inspectors
after having been passed by other In.
spectors."
The "other inspectors" are the gov.
ernment inspectors
II Mayor DUNES administration Do
stroyed over 100000 pounds Of can.
cerous and tuberculous meat In ave
months. by the inspection work Of
only eleven inspectors. how many bill.
lions Of pounds Of cancer and tuber.
culosIs were fed to the people during
the years that there was NO city In.
,pectiOnf
The pure food laws will. VI course.
be enforced against some ,,our little
grocer. But against the Bsss Trust,
never!
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How many tuberculosis or lumpy Jaw
cattle have been released from quar-
antine" by order Of the Health d.
pnrtmcnt.
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What object can the members Of tho
Beef Trust have In opposing the Ill.
nOis pure food laws aud wanting them
amended?
During the week ending Sept. s the
few city meat inspectors ut the Union
Stock Yards condemned and destroyed
8S.Ot,8 pounds Of meats. The food In
sy,ectOrs In the loop district" con.
demned AMI destroyed 47,s62 pounds
Of unfit fOOdstuffs.
4 million pounds Of bad meat sold
outside the loop district were eaten by
the people. No inspection.
The Reef Trust continues to spread
tuberculosis, cancer and other diseases
with impunity.
One fact TINT escapes general atten
ton IL that the intestines, blood. llv
or. heart and lights Tor lungs) Of an
animal are already used before the
carcass proper gets to the inspector.
This includes also what 10 known %
the gut fats. out of which lard. suet.
table oils and various other things
are made.
A soon az q beef II killed. Il 10
hung up by the heels and disembow.
eled.
All Of the "Innards" are hauled
away.
Even the blood II received into Q
receptacle and carried on to Be
made into blood sausage. beef extract
and the like.
The intestineS are carried to the
sausage rooms to be used 40 casings.
The stomach goes elsewhere to b
used AZ tripe.
The liver, lights. heart ETC.. and .
ready market.
And. mind you. every bit Of these
portions OF the "critter" are used
whether 1t 10 suffering from cancer.
tuberculosis. lumpy jaw, or any other
disease.
The carcass after its "innards" are
removed Ia swung along and carried to
another place where the inspectors pass
upon 1t or pretend to pass upon It.
DIR. G. ]. Whalen, the efficient Health
Commissioner Of Chicago. reported the
condemnation of nearly four million
pounds Of meat during the four months
ending December 30, 1905.
Now IS per cent Of these 100000
mounds were found to he afflicted with
tuberculosis.
Every ounce Of these 100000
pounds belonged to the main carcass
and had passed government inspection
What about the hearts, livers, lights,
intestines, fats, blood. tripe and other
inside belongings Of these tuberculosis
cattle from which 100000 pounds Of
tuberculosis and cancerous meat were
found and cOndemnedF
They were sold to the people and
eaten as food!
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Remembering that 1t was always thu
habit to use the carcases Of cancerou'
or lumpy jawed cattle after the can
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