Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-01


nationf
How do the trust gentlemen know,
They inform us that what soss On
bchlnd the walls Of their plants n
their own affair: that ID, their bvgl.
ness; they will manage II 40 they ~
ut. Whose affair is Il, then, II ths
nation cats diseased meat, IL we srs
poisoned by trIchlnae. it cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 90 dull -
we are about these things. Othee
countries understand very we'll ths
monstrous perils involved In the moth
DDS Of this monopoly, and, therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
10 quiet their objections the Unitsd
States Ii supposed to keep an inspsoeoe
upon meat intended for export and -
place upon Il an official stamp certify.
Ing that It Ii at for food.
II, then, these are the methods II
regard to export beef, about which
there 10 nominal Inspection. what %
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. on
which there is no inspection ut all?
whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 70
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent ~
Why are the Mws ipert against this
criminal Organlxati0nl Why is q man
sent to prison for I'VE years for f0rs.
Ing 6ve.dollar check and these men
60 free for swlndling q nationf
Why do We contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
hoartis3
Why ore We content to have our
food prepared for 10 In secrvt under
conditions TINT to any sane mind or.
tainly suggest fraud and trSachery?
We are not obliged to have thsss
things II We do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
Az to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
l0sis and the cancer, put stop 70 pri.
vate slaushtering. Let oil the slaugh.
tering Of food animals b done By The
state In the light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There aN very few
private slaughter houses in England.
The cities and towns run their siaugh.
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 that publicly owned slaughter
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When II comes to
life and deoth there are no private
rights Of business. No man has q right
10 saved profits that he makes BY
spreading disease. We have sone too
far ON the road to public sanitation 10
turn back bcause some gentlemau'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.
GER 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 It can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. Aud Its
duty In the one case Is at least as clear
as In the other.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec,
%. 1905:
AT the Union Stock Yards the fol.
lowing have been condemned aud de.
stroyed:
"@s0h cattle. weighing I4s,sa4
pounds:
1850 hogs. weighing 4O.475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5,O24 pounds.
10 calves. weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep, weighing 28O pounds.
"Twenty.Onc cattle, nine hogs and
5,024 pounds cut meats were con.
demned after passinO government iu.
specti0n."
Health Department Bulletin, Noyen,.
ber 25. 1905:
concentrations OF undt food during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards, s.703
pounds Of cattle. hogs. calves and sheep.
AT retail markets 08,739 pounds of
beef, ham and poultry"
The Beef Trust will bs stopped, no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
Of experts" try to save It
Thirty years ago. according to tho
Chicago Health Department the ma.
jority Of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Reef Trust, the great majority Of the
people who die are adults. the average
age Of the deceased having Increased
from infancy In 1875 to 81 years In
1905!