Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-13

How do we know that sufficient pts-,
cautions arc taken to prevent contaiI
nation? AZ
They inform us that wlla y6c1 o..
behind the walls Of thelf plauts ID
their own affair; that Ii, thelr bud.
ness: they will manage Il AZ they "a
lit. Whose affair Is II. then, X the
nation eats diseased meat, n we, ara.
poisoned by trichinae, II cancer In?
creases?
Other countries are not no duh ID
] We are about these things Other !
countries understand very well the
monstrous perlls involved In the meth
DDS Of this monopoly. and. therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the Unihed
Stntes Ia supposed to keep mn insp>,tor
upon meat intended Tor export and to
place upon II I'M official stump certify.
Ing that II Is 1T Tor food.
n. then. these IRE the methods In
regard to export beef. about which
there Is nominal inspection. what do
you suppose arc the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. on
which there Il no inspection ut alt?
whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 60
on year nftcr year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent it2
Why are the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why IL man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing a 6vc-dollnr check and these men
60 free for swlndllng nation?
Why do wc contribute our dollars
year nfter year to swell unnecessary
liOartls2
Why are wc content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions TINT to any sane mind cer.
tainly suggest fraud and treacheryf
we are not obliged to hive these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies arc simple enough.
A to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
losls and the cancer, put stop to pri.
vatc slaughtcring. Let all the slaush.
tcring 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 ana towns run their siaugh.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat
And We need not worry about tho oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses IRE un invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When II cOli,es %
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man hOs right
to saved profits that he mskes BY
spreading disease. We huve gOne too
fur on the road to public sanitation 10
turn buck because some geiltlemaa.'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 arc
nothing. II the State Gun tnke radlcal
measures to stamp out cholera Il can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, q million times worse than
cholera. lf II Gun provide pest houses
for public safety It Gun provide slaugh.
ter houses Tor public safety. And its
duty In the one case Is at least as clear
az In the other.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
%. 1905:
AT the Union Stock Yards the fol.
lowing have been condemned aud de-
stroyed:
"2sOM cattle. weighing l4s.s2i
pounds:
1850 hogs, weighing 4O,475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5,O24 pounds.
"l5 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep, weighing 200 pounds.
"rwenty.one cattle, nine hogs aud
5,O24 pounds cut meats were con.
demned after Oassing) government In.
spection."
Health Department Bulletin. Novan.
ber 20. 1905:
"Condemnations Of unit food during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards, 08,783
pounds Of cattle. hogs. calves aud Sheep
AT retail markets 66,739 pounds OF
beef. ham aud poultry"
The Reef Trust will he stopped, no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press ana fake committees composed
Of experts" try to save 1t.
Thirty years ago, according to the
Chicago Health Department. the ma.
jnrity Of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust. the great majority Of tho
E-.9le who die are adults, the average
age Of the deceased having Increased
from infancy In 1876 to 81 years In
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