Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-13


'sors the fate of the public will be worse
Man 1t ever was.
The Chicago Tribune, which will
Not b. accused by anyone of being an
esemy Of the Beef Trust, after calling
Ae1estisp to the fact that only % out
~ 100 meat product inspectors had
EDne 10 work under the new law. said
- Tuesday. Sept IL, 1906: 1T will
- necessary to hold another examina.
sien before the full complement OF 100
scn CAN be installed. and it Is doubt.
Sal if "A sufficient number will be avail.
sole for duty when the new law goes
Ssts effect Oct. ]. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions Mt
tbe plants principally. and Mr.. Cooley
piaccd them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab.
Nskncnts. They will inspect the trucks.
rsens. hangers. tables. pipes and floors.
Sixty OF those who took the exam.
lsation recently passed but only TWEEN.
y-sevcn reported for duty. This is nc.
csuated for by the fact that of those
gho passed number are now EN-.
pssyed in the packing houses at 800
q month. The salary Of an inspector Is
but SSS.33 a month";
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A great portion of the "lumpy jaw
Scef slaughtered In the United States
ard passed as Sound" by the inspect.
ers IL sold and consumed In Chicago,
accoriisg TO recent article In the
Chicago Tribune. st. Louis prohibits
Ss;h the slaughter and sale OF "lumpy
saw" cattle In that city, and Kansas
Ciiy, while 1t permits the slaughtcring
OF such cattle. prohibits the sale of the
Secf.
That Chicago has become the dump
Ing ground" for practically all the
-'iumpy jaw" beef In the country WAS
revealed by food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head of "lumpy
fraction Is condemned as UNIT for con.
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out. Is sold for prime beef,
and brings the retailer as good prices
~ the best beef.
This Is possible by reason of the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys Is part Of a
-iumpy jaw" steer or not. II the In.
sVsctors pass an infected animal, after
the post morton inspection, the beef Ia
placed In the cooler and sold just ns
any other beef. OF course the attitude
q Health Commissioner Whalen and
others Is that the locally infected cattle
are not generally unfit for food.
Out Of a total days slaughter Of 100
had Of "lumpy jaw" and otherwise In
Gecfed animals only twelve car
cases were condemned after post.
ansrtem inspection. This means that nj
an average weight of 100 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
TIE next few days ut least 1?3.6OO
sounds Of "lumpy jaw" beef. How
uach Of the same kind OF meat II
shipped into Chicago from Kansas Oty
and other places where Its sale In pro-
hiSited would be difficult to estimate
ut the quantity Is undoubtedly large
In most of the Eastern cities ordi
aaAces are In force prohibiting the sale
q meat from animals with actinomy'
cosis. the scientific name for "lumpy
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains rs the
only large market where that class OF
cattle may be slaughtered and sold with
profit
The average weekly receipts Of cattle
ut the stock yards are 10000 head, and
a1,osg these always are found from
100 To 200 animals infected In one
gay or another.
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Several foreign governments wou!t
10 we'll to send secret investigators
here to ascertain the kind Of meats ex
vorted 10 their countries. According Il
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