Chicago eagle., 1906-07-21

would have no standing rs party to
suit to enjoin the Chicago health de-
partment from condemning carcasscs
passed by the State and government
inspectors. "rhis opinion" said Sec.
rctary Pritchard Of the health depart.
ment, strengthens the city's claims
to be supreme In the inspection Of
meat"
The Beef Trust must 90.
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The number of members of the pres.
ent Legislature controlled by the Beef
Trust Is known to n man.
Remember the Beef Trust when you
are nominating candidates for the
Legislature this year.
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The number Of dead and diseased
hogs shipped by the Beef Trust and
sold rs food Is something awful.
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Numbers Of hogs die In the cars In
transit to the Beef Trust; their bodies
are often eaten by the other hogs and
their pet disease transmitted by them
to the human race.
The Beef Trust has ruined many a
prosperous small business. The hide
industry. the boot and shoe trade. the
sheepskin tanners, the leather tanners,
the wool pullers. the wool trade. the
vegetable market. the poultry busl.
ness. the retail meat markets, tho
wholesale meat nmrkets. the soap
trade-all these aud many more have
been swallowed up by this awful
leviathan. How much longer will the
people stand 1t?
How much longer will the American
people put up with diseased food?
People who think that they get good
meat are invited to read the follow
Ing clipped from the live stock repor'
Of the Chicago Daily News. January
o, 1906:
equality Of offerings was not good
It was such as the trade usually look'
for Oh Tuesday, with the Wisconsin
shipments largely predominating. i
was not the absence of good finished
stuff that made the slow market. how
ever, as the buyers We're general!
looking for low.priced cattle. Ship
pers had only few orders at most
ana the great percentage Of then
We're for plain finished cattle. Sine
the ending of the western season ther
has generally been rs good deman,
for the commoner sorts of cattle a
for the better priced steers. A fey
toppy kinds have reached 1925 thl
week, but they are as scarce as tn
proverbial hens teeth"
We do not see any quotations I
the dailies ON trichina hogs.
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.sll the rotten old Beef Trust lobby
lists. consisting of crooked lawyers
castOff politicians and scarecrOw states
.>s 80 ssttlpg ready. But when tn
Illinois Legislature meets thes
worthless will be pointed out SO that b
who runs may read.
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People must remember that the eli
, had only eleven inspectors at work @
cattle, hogs, sheep and provision
Necessarily their work must Ia,
been very incomplete when there we
> 100000 cattle a week to inspect. r
, bcrculosis and cancer are bound to
: shipped to all quarters as food.
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Beef Trust cold storage il ba
thing. Yet it Is popular Just now. III
rotten food turned out In the shape
5 diseased poultry from Beef Trust r0os
Is thus touched upon by Health Con
! missioner Whalen, Of Chicago, In h
!. annual report:
0 "Cold storage IL one Of our presel
: necessities, but 1t Is evident that
has been shamefully misused by dl
honest men. While certain artlcl
0 Of food are better after more or le
I prolonged storage, certain fruits N
a vegetables spoil SO soon after remov
I from the cold storage as TO give
I very unfavorable Impression.
8 "Agaln. poultry or game II Oft
!. stored In an undrawn condition and