Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-11

opinion advises the board that II
would have no standing as party to
suit to enjoin the Chicago health de.
partment from condemning carcasses
passed by the State and government
inspectors. This opinion" said Sec.
Rotary Pritchnrd Of the health depart.
ment, strengthens the city's claims
to be supreme In the inspection Of
meat" r.r
The Beef Trust must 90.
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The number of members Of the pres.
ent Legislature controlled by the Beef
Trust IL known TO man.
AZ
Remember the Beef Trust when you
ARE nominating candidates for the
Legislature this year.
49,
The number Of dead and diseased
hogs shipped by the Beef Trust and
sold 40 food 10 something awful.
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Numbers Of hogs die In the cars In
transit to the Beef Trust; their bodies
are often eaten by the other hogs and
their pet disease transmitted by them
to the human race.
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The Beef Trust has ruined many q
prosperous small business. The hide
industry. the boot and shoe trade. the
sheepskin tanners. the leather tanners,
the wool pullers. the wool trade, the
vegetable market, the poultry busi.
ness. the retail meat markets, the
wholesale meat markets, the soap
trade--all these and many more have
been swallowed up by this awful
levlathan. How much longer will the
people stand It?
How much longer will the American
people put up with diseased food2
People who think that they get good
meat are invited to read the follow.
Ing clipped from the live stock report
Of the Chicago Daily News, January
0, 1905:
equality Of offerings was not good,
It was such as the trade usually looks
for on Tuesday. with the Wisconsin
shipments largely pred0mInating. II
was not the absence Of good finished
stun that made the slow market. how
ever, as the buyers were generally
looking for l0w.priced cattle. Ship
pers had only few orders at most
and the great percentage Of then
We're for plain finished cattle. Since
the ending Of the western season there
has generally been as good a demand
for the cOmmoner sorts Of cattle al
for the better priced steers. A few
toppy kinds have reached 1925 thl'
week, but they are as scarce as thu
proverbial hens teeth"
| We do not see any, quotations II
the dailies on trichina hogs.
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All the rotten old Beef Trust lobby
lists, consisting OF crooked lawyers
castofY politicians and scarecrOw states
v>A srs getting ready. But when tn
Illinois Legislature meets thes'
worthless will be pointed out 80 that n
who runs may read.
People must remember that the cir
had only eleven inspectors at work O.
cattle, hogs, sheep and provisions
Necessarily their work must hav
! been very incomplete when there wer
100000 cattle week to inspect. tn
. berculosis and cancer are bound to b
, shipped to all quarters as food.
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Beef Trust cold storage Is ba,
thing. Yet II is popular Just now. Tn
rotten food turned out in the shape o
diseased poultry from Beef Trust roost
Is thus touched upon by Health Com
missioner Whalen, Of Chicago, In hi
annual report:
"Cold storage IL one OF our presen
necessities, but II Is evident that 4
has been shamefully misused by dis
honest men. While certain articles
Of food are better after more or les'
prolonged storage. certain fruits and
vegetables spoil 20 soon after removal
from the cold storage as to give q
very unfavOrable impression.
"Again. poultry or game IL often
stored In an undrawn condition and Il