Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-21

Hero ID 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 arc taken to prevent contami.
nation4
How do the trust gentlemen know?
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that Is, their bust.
ness; they will manage 1t rs they see
At. Whose affair Is It, then, II the
nation cats diseased meat, IL we are
poisoned by trichlnae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries nre not 20 dull as
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perils involved In the meth.
DDS Of this monopoly. and. therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
TO quiet their objections the United
states Is supposed to keep an insps:tor
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon It an official stamp certify.
, ing that II Is At for food.
II, then, these IRE the methods In
regard to export beef. about which
there Is nominal inspection. whit do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. on
which there Is no inspection at all?
why was the Beef Trust allowed to go
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent It?
Why arc the laws lQert against this
criminal organization? Why Is man
sent to prison for five years for forg-
ing n fivc.dollnr check and these men
go free for swlndling n nation?
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
honrds?
Why arc we content TO have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind cer-
talnly suggest fraud and treachcry?
We IRE not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies nrc simple enough.
As to the "lumpy jaw" the tubercu.
losls and the cancer. put stop to pri-
vate slaughtcring. Let all the slaugh.
terlng Of food animals be 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.
The cities and towns run their slaugh.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
| A.. l.<~ SDl tn t1,xAlss s,,nat
And we need not worry about the oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses nre an invasion OF the private
rights Of business When It comes to
life and death there arc no private
rights Of business. No man has right
to saved profits that he makes BY
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentleman
profits are threatened. The State will
not allow you to 80 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 It can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, q million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case Is ut least Us clear
rs In the other.
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Thanks to the Beef Trust methods,
cancer numbered 1.l0l victims In Chi.
cagO In 1905, or o. more than In 1904
I'm increase OF the rate per 10000 of
population Of 2.O3 per cent.
The increase In deaths from cancer
} 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 34.1 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 agri.
culture to secure 135 additional meat
inspectors for Chicago. The secretary
asked for $l35,OOO to pay for 135 In.
spcctOrs to inspect meats going to Eu-
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
; ourselves.
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The pure food laws will. of course,
be enforced against some poor little
grocer. But against the Bee. Trust,
never!
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The Beef Trust Ia sending money into
; Germany to stir up strife and force
the government to permit the imp0rta.
ton of its meats.
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II Mayor DUNES administration de-
stroyed over 100000 pounds Of can.
cerous and tubsrcul0us 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