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

How do we know that sufficient pre-
are taken to prevent contami.
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 amir Is It, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trlchinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 80 dull a.
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perils involved In the meth
ods Of this monopoly. md. therefore.
try to exclude American meats,
To quiet their objections the Unitad
States IL supposed to keep nm lnsps:toe
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon 1t an official stamp certify.
ing that 1t Is ft for food.
If, then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef, about which
there is nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there Is no inspection ut all?
whywas the Beef Trust allowed to so
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent Il?
Why are the laws ipprt against this
criminal organization? Why Ia man
sent to prison for five years for forg-
Ing Il fvc-dollar check and these men
go free for swlndllng nation?
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
hbards?
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind cer-
tainly suggest fraud and trcachery?
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
As to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu-
losis and the cancer, put stop to prl-
vatc slnughterlng. Let all the slaugf-
terIng OF food animals be done by the
State In the light Of dny, 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 slaugli.
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 the OBJ
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are IN 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 lie makes by
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur on the rOad to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentleman's
profits are threatened. The State will
not allow you to 60 around with small.
pox or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house, although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can.
cor, 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, a million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide siaugh-
ter houses for public safety. And IT.
duty In the one case Is Mt least us clear
as In the other. 0
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Thanks to the Beef Trust methods,
cancer numbered 1,10l victims iu Chi
cago In 1905, or q more than In 1904
an increase of the rate per 10000 Of
population of 2.03 per cent.
The increase In deaths from cancer
in Chicago In 1905 over the average
for the decade ended In 1904 was 1O1
per cent, ana over the average rate Of
the decade ended In 1884 was 34.l 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 $l35,0O0 to pay for 135 In
spectors to inspect meats going TO Eu-
rope-not meats for Americans, for
anything Is good enough for us. The
Congressional Committee, possibly un-
der Beef Trust hypnotic influence, only
appropriated $20,OCO. So the Euro
pcans are In almost us 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.
IG3E.Ssaa
Tho Beef Trust Is sending money into
Germany to stir up strife and force
the government to permit the importa-
ton of its meats.
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If Mayor Dunne's administration de.
stroyed over 100000 pounds OF can
cerous ana tuberculOus meat in five
months, by the inspection work Of
only eleven inspectors, how many bill
lions of pounds of cancer and tubev'
culOsls were fed to the people during
the years that there was no city ln'
spection?