Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-24

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sFrom 1886 to 1906 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 In to he found
In meat. It Is no longer held to be
possible that cancer or u tendency to
cancer can be inherited. The infec
ton ls due always to an active agert
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lum.
py jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to tho slaughter houses
Of the trust, week by week. many cnt.
tie afflicted with "lumpy Jaw" What
becomes Of them?
I don't know; you don't know; no.
body knows outside of the precincts Of
the slaughter houses.
And yet there can he 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 10 glimpse what
goes on there. No representative OF
the public ever gets behind that cur
tain. You can go there and be enter
tnincd with u fake exhibition OF fake
slaughterlng conducted as a public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing
The real work no one ever sees bu
the employees.
What becomes Of the diseased cat
tie? Theoretically they are burned nnt
converted into fertilizer. Who see,
the burningY Who knows that 1t Il
done or how 1t is done? Nobody out
side Of the employees. All we know
IL that "lumpy law" Is cancer; tina
many cattle have "lumpy jaw" tina
"lumpy jaw" Ii communicable and thu
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet. the leadin,
medical journal Of Europe, sent a maj
to Chicago to investigate. NO far as II
could, the slamGhtcring processes Of tn
trust houses He returned with reve
lation that should have called for gov
ernmcnt investigation. He declare,
that the methods employed were mos
{ unsanitary. That the work was dom
In a hurried, careless, sllpshOd way
that there was no tolerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the haaltl
OF the world was menaced by thcs
conditions. To this scathlng indie.
ment from a great medical authorit,
no serious defense was ever made
subsequently, there appeared Il
jamestown, N. Y, a remarkable book
"The Dark Side Of the Beef Trust,
apparently written by an expert, sur
plementlng the charges Of the Lance
ana enforcing them with such detail!
as could hardly have been supplied b.
nything but personal knowledge. Tn
whole process OF manufacture In tn
trust houses was followed with minut
care ana the charge was explicit
made that carelessness rclgned ever,
where; that m.,ure pru,ucts were ha
bitually sent out for consumption; tina
meat tit only for destruction was hN
bitually worked up with spices an
} drugs to disguise Its taste and sold I
the public.
To this extraordinary array of sps
clRc assertions no answer was eve
} made.
Here, then, are two witnesses this
solemnly declare that the conditions
the trust slaughter houses are exactl
such as would allow the meat q
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out a
food
!, Suppose that We take of the matte
, the most charitable view pOssibl
! Suppose we assume that the trust gel
tlemen are most scrupulous about a
) the ways in which they make none!
: Suppose we forget about the soldier
J poisoned by embalmed beef, the game
, of gouge aid robbery practlced by Il
I trust refrigerator car lines, the manl
5 ulatiOn of a thousand markets Il
D profits, the tribute levied by this con
} bination upon all households In Il
, country. Let US forget that they al
, law-breakers and mOney-mad and a
5 sumo that not one Of them wOu
5 touch cent Of questionable profits.
Still this question stares us In Il
5 face: How do we know what become
3 of the "lumpy jaw" cattle?
How do the trust gentlemen know
J Their employees are employed
make much money for the trust &c
{ tlemen. How do we know the wa!
In which the money u madef