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

would have no standing ~ party to a
suit to enjoin the Chicago health de.
partment from condemning carcasses
passed by the State and government
inspectors. '.r1,is opinion" said Sec.
rotary Pritchard Of the health depart.
ment. strengthens the city's claims
to he supreme In the inspection Of
meat"
The Beef Trust must 20.
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The number Of members Of the prcs
ont Legislature controlled by the Beef
Trust II known to a man.
Remember the Beef Trust when you
nre nominating candidates for the
Legislature this year.
The number OF dead and diseased
hogs shipped by the Reef Trust and
sold % food 10 something awful.
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 a
prosperous small business. The hide
industry. the boot and shoe trade. the
aheepSkin tanners, the leather tanners.
the wool pullers, the wool trade. the
vegetable market, the poultry bust.
ness. the retail meat markets, the
wholesale meat markets, the SOAP
trade-all these and many more have
been swallowed up by this awful
leviathAn. How much longer will the
people stand It?
How much longer will the American
people put up with diseased foodf
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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. Januar,
0. 1905:
equality Of offerings was not good
Il was such % the trade usually look
for on Tuesday, with the Wisconsin
shipments largely predominating. Il
was not the absence Of good nniahet
stun that made the slow market, how
ever. AZ the buyers were generaly
looking for low.priced cattle. Ship
pers had only o few orders at most
and the great percentage Of then
were for plain finished cattle. Sine,
the ending OF the western season thef,
has generally been 40 good a dsmant
for the c0mmoner sorts Of cattle a
for the better priced steers. A few
toppy kinds have reached $e.25 thi
week, but they are a. scarce 40 Ii,
prOverbial hens teeth"
We do not see any quotations Il
the dailies on trichina hogs.
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All the rotten old Beef Trust lobby
lists. consisting of crooked lawyers
CASTOR politicians and scarecrow states
~ss. ~ SsttiSg ready. But when tn
Illinois Legislature meets thes
WORTHLESS will be pointed out 10 that b
who runs may read.
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People must resneuhsr that the cit
had only eleven inspectors at work O
cattle, hogs, sheep and provision,
Necessarily their work must hav
been very incomplete when there wer
, 30O.0 600 cattle week to inspect. II
berculosis and cancer are bound to b
, shipped to oil quarters 10 food.
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Beef Trust cold storage Ia a ba
thing. Yet II Ii popular just now. tn
rotten food turned out In the shape q
diseased poultry from Beef Trust roOst
Is thus touched upon by Health Con
missioner Whalen, Of Chicago, In hi
annual report:
"Cold storage Is one OF our presen
necessities, but II Is evident that |
has been shamefully misused by dis
honest men. While certain article
Of food are better after more or lea
prolonged storage, certain fruits AM
vegetables spoil 10 soon after remova
from the cold storage as to give
very unfavorable impression.
"Again, poultry or game Ia OfteI
stored In an undrawn condition and 4