Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-17

legged beef trust controls incidentally
the domestic hide market. which Con.
gress closed practically for the beneht
of the beef trust by clapplng duty Of
10 per cent nd valorem OH foreign
hides. The alleged beef trust, accord.
ing to Associated Press dispatches,
now also controls the domestic tanning
industry. Hence the beef trust fixes
now the cost of the leather, the raw
material out of which shoes are made,
and hence II controls both the prices
Of shoes In the domestic market and
In the export shoe trade, built up at
grcat expense by our shoe manufac.
turcrs.
Furthermore, It Is common knowl.
edge that the domestic price Of butter,
eggs, butterine, dressed poultry, the
grains, fruits, vegetables, apples. pota.
toes ana probably other foods Is reyu.
lated largely by the same trust Of cor.
porntions.
This Is logical ana unavoidable Mt
present. It Is due in part b special
privileges of lower rates In the ship.
| ping. private refrigerator lines. I'm.
mensc grain elevators and cold.storage
plants scattered ut the strategic points
| and In part, no doubt, to the sheer
brutal force Of unlimited millions Of
dollars; n power welded by few per.
sons whom society does not hold per.
sonally responsible at present.
| Thanks to the Beef Trust methods,
cancer numbered 1.1Ot victims In Chi.
cngO In 1905, or O. more than In 1904
I'm Increase Of the rate per 10000 Of
population Of 2.O3 pcr cent.
The increase In deaths from cnncer
In Chicago In 1905 over the average
| for the decade ended In 1904 was 1O.1
per cent. and over the average rate of
the decade ended In 1884 was 3i.1 per
cent!
One Of the most cunning ana dcs.
pcratc deeds Of the Beef Trust was
the dcfcnt. by Beef Trust methods. Of
the attempt Of the secretary Of agrl.
culture to secure 135 additional meat
inspectors for Chicago. The secretary
asked for $4,000 to pay for 1876 In.
spectOrs to Inspect meats going to Eu-
ropc-not meats for Americans, for
anything II good enough for us. Tho
Congressional Committee. possibly un.
der Beef Trust hypnotic influence. only
appropriated $4,000. No the Euro.
peans nre In almost as great danger as
ourselves.
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