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

Here is a stream Of the most terrible
infection passing daily within a few
inches of the nations food supply.
How do we know that sufficient pre.
cautions are taken to prevent contamj.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen know3
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that Is, their busi.
ness they will manage 1t rs they see
fit. Whose affair Is II, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, IL we are
poisoned by trlchinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries arc not 40 dull 40
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perils involved in the meth.
ods Of this monopoly, and, therefore.
try to exclude American meats,
To quiet their objections the Units1
States IL supposed to keep an insp.:tor
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon It an official stamp certify.
, Ing that It Is fit for food.
II. then, these IRE the methods In
regard to export beef, about which
there Is nominal inspection, what do
you suppose IRE the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, Oh
which there IL no inspection Mt all?
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to go
on year after year violating the law
ana no attempt made to prevent It?
Why are the laws ipert against this
criminal organization? Why is man
sent to prison for five years for fOrg.
ing a Gvc.dollar check and these men
60 free for swindling n nation?
Why do we contribute our dollars
year nfter year to swell unnecessary
lonr,ls?
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
talnly suggest fraud and treachery?
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies nrc simple enough.
As to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu-
lOsIs and the cancer, put stop to prl.
vate slaughterlng. Let all the slaugh.
tering Of food animals lie done by the
State In the light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England.
Tho cities and towns run their slaugh.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not caro
to be poisoned In their meat
And we need not worry about the oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When It comes to
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has right
to saved profits that he makes by
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur on the road to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentlema~'s
profits are threatened. The State will
not allow you to 20 around with small.
pox or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house, although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger, smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. II the state can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera Il can
} take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, q million times worse than
cholera. II II can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And Ito
duty In the one case 10 ut least as clear
as In the other.
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Thanks to the Beef Trust methods.
cancer numbered l,101 victims In Chi.
cago In 1905, or az more than In 1904
an increase Of the rate per 10000 Of
population Of ?.03 per cent.
The increase In deaths from cancer
} In Chicago In 1905 over the average
. for the decade ended In 1904 was lO1
} per cent, and over the average rate Of
; the decade ended In 1854 was al per
cent!
One OF the most cunning and des-
perate deeds OF the Beef Trust was
, the defeat, 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 $l35,OO0 to pay for 1875 In
spectOrs to inspect meats going to Eu-
J rOpe-nOt meats for Americans, for
anything Is good enough for us. Tho
Congressional Committee, possibly un-
der Beef Trust hypnotic influence, only
appropriated $4,000. So the Euro.
peans are In almost as great danger as
4 ourselves.
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The pure food laws will, Of course.
. be enforced against some poor little
! grocer. But against the Bee: Trust,
a never!
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The Beef Trust is sending money into
i Germany to stir up strife and force
Q the government to permit the impOrta'
Q tlOn Of Its meats.
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II Mayor Dunne's administration de-
q stroyed over 100000 pounds of can
. cerous and tuberculous meat In i've
months, by the inspection work OF
f? only eleven inspectors. how many bill
O lions of pounds of cancer and tuber'