Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-05-19

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infection passing daily within few
inches Of the nations food supply.
How do we know that sufficient pre-.
cautions are taken to prevent contaml.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen know?
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own AFFAIR; that is, their bust.
ness they will manage II rs they see
Ht. Whose affair Is It, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trichinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 20 dull AZ
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perils involved in the meth.
DDS Of this monopoly, and. therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
TO quiet their objections the United
States Is supposed to keep an inspsctoe
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon 1t an official stamp certify.
ing that It Is At for food.
II. 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?
Whywa the Beef Trust allowed to go
ON year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent It?
Why IRE the laws lpcrt against this
criminal organization? Why Is man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
ing a 6vc.dollar check and these men
go free for swindling n nation?
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why nrc we content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and treachery?
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
AZ to the 'lumpy jaw" the tubcrcu.
losis and the cancer, put stop to pri.
vate slaughtering. Let all the slaugl.
tcrlng Of food animals he done by the
State In the light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business, ON equal
terms for ail. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England.
The cities and towns run their slaugh.
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 oh.
lection TINT publicly owned slaughter
houses are nm invasion Of the private
rights of business. When It comes to
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has a right
to saved profits that he makes by
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur Oh the road to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentlemau's
profits arc threatened. The State will
not allow you to go around with small.
pox or to conceal scarlet fover In your
house, although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger. smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. II the state can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera II eau
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, a million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And Its
duty In the one case Ia ut least as clear
as In tho other.
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Thanks to the Beef Trust methods,
cancer numbered 1,191 victims In Chi.
cago In 1905, or q more than In 1904
an increase Of the rats per 10000 Of
population Of 203 per cent
The increase In deaths from cancer
in Chicago In 1905 over the. average
for the decade ended In 1904 was lO.1
per cent, and 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 Reef 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. Tho secretary
asked for $l35, 600 to pay for 1876 In,
spectOrs to inspect meats going to Eu-
rope-nOt meats for Americans, for
anything Is good enough for us. Tho
Congressional Committee, possibly un-
der Beef Trust hypnotic influence, only
appropriated $4,000. So tho Euro
peans are In almost as great danger as
ourselves.
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The pure food laws will, Of course,
be enforced against some poor little
grocer. But against tile Bee: Trust.
never!
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The Beef Trust Is sending money into
Germany to stir up strife and force
the government to permit the importa'
tion of Its meats.
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II Mayor DUNES administration de-
strOyed over 100000 pounds of can
cerous and tuberculOus meat In five
months, by the inspection work Of
only eleven inspectors, how manyy'''l
lions of pounds of cancer and tut I
culOsis were fed to the people during