Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-20

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These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of mcd'.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu-
man cancer infection Is to be found
In meat. It IL no longer held to be
possible that cancer or tendency to
cancer can be inherited. The infec.
ton is due always to an active agept
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lum.
ny jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust, week by week. many cat.
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 be no question to
man who desires to live that Ia Of
greater Importance than this. The or.
eratiOns Of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider is allowed to glimpse what
goes on there. No representative Of
the public ever gets behind that cur.
tain. You can 20 there and be enter
tained with a fake exhibition of fake
slaughtering conducted as public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing.
The real work no one ever sees but
the employees.
What becomes Of the diseased cat.
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
converted into fertilizer. Who sees
the burning? Who knows that 1t Il
; done or how It is done? Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All we know
is that "lumpy law" IL cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaw;" that
"lumpy jaw" IL communicable and that
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical Journal Of Europe, sent man
to Chicago to Investigate. 10 far a. he
could. the slaughtering processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with revs
lation that should have called for gov
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanltary. That the work was done
In a hurried. careless. slipshod way
that there was no tolerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
| Of the world was menaced by these
conditions. To this scathing indict
ment from q great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made
subsequently, there appeared In
Jamestown, N. Y, remarkable book
"rhe Dark Side Of the Beef Trust.
apparently written by an expert, sup
plementing the charges Of the Lance,
anu enforcing them with such detail,
as could hardly have been supplied BY
anything but personal knowledge. tn,
whole process Of manufacture In thu
trust houses was followed with minut.
care and the charge was explicitly
made that carelessness reigned every
where; that impure products were Ia
bitually sent out for consumption; tina,
meat tit only for destruction was In
bitually worked up with spices and
drugs to disguise its taste aud sold L
the public.
To this extraordinary array Of spe
cifc assertions no answer was eveI
made.
Here. then, are two witnesses tha
solemnly declare that the conditions IL
the trust slaughter houses are exactly
such as would allow the meat OF
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out al
food.
Suppose that We take OF the matter
the most charitable view possible
Suppose We assume that the trust gen
tlemen are most scrupulous about al
the ways in which they make money
Suppose We forget about the soldiers
poisoned by embalmed beef, the games
of gOuge ard robbery practiced by tin
trust refrigerator car lines, the manip
ulatiOn OF a thousand markets fol
profits, the tribute levied by this com
blnatlOn upon all households In thu
country. Let Us forget that they art
law-breakers and m0ney-mad and as
sumo that not one of them would
touch cent Of questionable profits.
Still this question stares US In thu
face: How do we know what become.
Of the ''lumpy jaw" cattle?
How do the trust gentlemen know
Their employees are employed tc
make much money for the trust gen
tlemen. How do We know the ways
In which the money ID nader
How do the trust gentlemen know
Here 10 q stream OF the most terrible
Infection passing daily within . few