Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-28
A Writer Holds This Awful Organization
Responsible for the Spread
Of Cancer
And Also Says that 1t Is Guilty of
Spreading Tuberculosis and
Other Diseases.

How do we know that sufficient nre.
cautions arc taken to prevent contamI.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen knowf
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that Is, their busi.
ness they will manage II rs they see
ut. Whose affair Is II, then, if the
nation cats diseased meat. IL we are
poisoned by trlchinae, IL cancer In.
crenses?
Other countries are not 40 dull as
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perils involved In the meth.
ods Of this monopoly. and. therefore.
try to exclude American meats,
TO quiet their objections the United
States Is supposed to keep an insp,:tor
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon It an official stamp certify.
Ing that II IL fit Cor 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?
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 20
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent It?
Why are the Mws Inert against this
criminal Organixation2 Why IL man
sent to prison for I've years for forg.
Ing a fvc.d0liar check and these men
90 free for swindling a nationf
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
lionrtlsP
Why are 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 hive these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
As to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
losIs ana the cancer, put a stop to prl.
vate slaughtering. Let all the slaugh.
tering Of food animals be done by the
State In the light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There arc 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 he poisoned In their meat.
And we need not worry about the OBJ.
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses ure an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When 1t 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
far on the road to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State will
not allow you to 20 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 1t can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, a million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case Is ut 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-
str0yed:
"es0A cattle. weighing l4s,so4
pounds:
1850 hogs, weighing 4O,475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 1924 pounds.
"15 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep. weighing 260 pounds.
"rwenty-one cattle, nine hogs and
5,O24 pounds cut meats were con.
demned after Uassing) government in
spection."
Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
ber 25. 1905:
"Condemnations of UNIT food during
the week
AT the Union Stock Yards. o.. 79S
pounds Of cattle. hogs, calves and sheep.
AT retail markets 68.739 pounds Of
beef, ham and poultry"
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The Beef Trust will be stopped, no
mntter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
Of experts" try to save 1t.
Thirty years ago, according to the
Chicago Health Department, the ma.
jority Of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust, the great majority OF the
people who die are adults, the average
age Of the deceased having Increased