Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-02


1OO3.Ol.. .4,337 81
'From 1885 to 1896 the figures are
missing.
These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend of med'-
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu-
man cancer infection Is to he found
In meat. It Is no longer held to be
possible that cancer or Il tendency to
cancer can be inherited. The infec
ton Is due always to an active agent
taken In some way into the system.
The meat of cattle afflicted with ''lun-
py jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust, week by week, many cn;.
tie afflicted with "lumpy Jaw" What
becomes Of them?
l don't know; you don't know: no.
tho slaughter houses.
And yet there can be no question to
man who desires to live that Is o!
greater Importance than this. Tho Op.
cratiOns OF those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider Is allowed to glimpse what
goes on there. No representative OF
tho public ever gets behind that cur
tain. You can 20 there and be enter
talned with a fake exhibition OF fake
slaugitcring conducted as public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing.
| I'm ~ I,
the employees.
| What becomes of the diseased cat.
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
converted Into fertilizer. Who secs
the burning? Who knows that 1t Il
done or how 1t Is done? Nobody out.
side OF the employees. All we know
Is that "lumpy law" Is cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaw" that
"lumpy jaw" IL communicable ana that
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical Journal Of Europe, sent man
to Chicago to investigate, 10 far ns liG
could. the slanghtering processes OF the
trust houses. He returned with reve
latlon that should have called for gov,
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanltary. That the work was done
In hurried, careless, sllpshod way
that there was no tolerablc inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
of the world was menaced by these
conditions. TO this scathlng indlct
ment from great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made
subsequently, there appeared In
Jamestown. n. ", Il remarkable book
"rhe Dark Side of the Beef Trust.
apparently written by an expert, sup
plemcntlng the charges of tho Lancet
ANA enforcing them with such details
rs could hardly have been supplied by
anything but personal knowledge. The
whole process OF manufacture In tht
trust houses was followed with minute
care ana the charge was explicit;
made that carelessness relgned every
where; that impure pfOlucts We're Ia
bltually sent out for consumption; tha
meat lit only for destruction was ha
bitually worked up with spices ant
druGS to disguise Its taste and sold Il
the public.
TO this extraordinary array of spe
cIhc assertions no answer was eve.
made.
Here, then. are two witnesses tina
solemnly declare that the conditions II
the trust slaughter houses are eyactl!
such as would allow the meat O.
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out a'
food.
Suppose that VIC take of the matte
the most charitable view possible
Suppose we assume that the trust gen
tlemen are most scrupulOus about q!
the ways In which they make money
Suppose we forget about the soldier
poisoned by cmbalmed beef, the game
of gOuge ana robbery practiced !iy TIL
trust refrlgerato, ear lines, thu manlp
ulatlon of thousand markets 70
, profits, the tribute levied by this com
binatlon upon all households in tn
country. Let us forget that they ar
law breakers and mOney-inNl Nnd as
sume that not one OF them woul'
touch a cent OF questionable profits.
. Still this question stares us in til
; face: How do we know what become
, of the "lumpy jaw" cattle?
! How do the trust gentlemen know
! Their employees are employed t
J make much money for tho trust gen
tlemen. How do we know the way
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