Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-24

lnSun1t0ry cOnuit1OnS III the STOCK
yards were severely censurcd by Dr.
Arnold G. Klebs In lecture on "COn-
sumption and the Home" given In the
Public Library under the auspices of
the Chicago Medical Society.
"Some day these insanitary condi.
tIOns out nt the stock yards will cause
n great uplicnval In Chicago" he said.
'"rhcy IRE directly responsible for a
great deal of the tuberculosis now
prevalent In Chicago. nnd firmly
believe that one of the greatest strides
that can be made towards stamping
out this terrible disease IL to bring
about proper conditions Mt the stock
yards"
The Beef Trust will find It hard
to get n resting plncc when the pcO.
pie Of this country rise against It.
as they surely will. The people of the
whole world are crying for It's extcr.
mination.
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When the Health department report
tons and tons of tuberculosis beef In
the market and then lets It's emergency
inspectors 20 In the midst of the fight
OH disease aud death.
Something must he doing.
lins the city administration changed
front on the destruction Of tuberculosis
.uf ftln ustI That's an, v,u,n,s
IL tuberculosis any better for tho
people this year than II was last year:
In another column will be found ex.
tracts from tho Health Department an.
nunl report nnd weekly bulletins. Do
you think that In the face of these doc.
uments aud the facts they contain that
the city can refuse I'd continue the iia
srcctlon nnd condemnation OF tuber.
culOsis and canccrOus cattle ut the
Stock Yards?
How many concerns make fancy lard
for culinary use out Of hogs that die
Of cholera?
How many thousands Of carcnscs
have tho city inspectors condemned TINT
were found hanging In coolers with tho
tuberculosis trimmed out?
Where docs NIL the meat that mr..
rives ut the Stock Yards ut night
come from?
Whose packing house was It TINT the
chief meat inspector went into nm de-
cember 30 last with orders to arrest
the President Of the concern for steal.
Ing cattle that had bccn tagged and
condemned?
Did not the President Of this con.
ccrn surrender % condemned cattle
that had been thus stolen and bidder.
away?
How many condemned hogs have been
sold rs mess pork?
IL II, or ls II not 80, that some Of
tho cattle condemned by city inspec.
tors have been found with their whole
lnsldcs ono mass Of corruption?
IL 1t not true that the butchers ut
the yards are afraid to cut some cattle
for fear OF contracting contagiOn them.
selves?
IL 1t true that many canned cattle
are now killed outside the city and their
carcases shipped In with tumors and
cancers still attached?
Why do Kansas City aud other
points ship their tubcrculOus. lumpy.
jnwed ana cancer cattle to Chicago?
Why Is 1t that diseased cattle can.
not be shipped to any point east Of
Chicago?
Why Ia II, and by whose orders was
1t that after the city inspectors had
condemned 10 lumpy-jawcd cattle
that they were released?
By whose orders was 1t done?
Is there another city besides Chi
cagO that will even allow a lumpy-
jawed "critter'' to enter It?
IL 1t not true that In st. Louis each
lumpy-jawed beast means fine of
$500. ana that In Toronto, Canada, the
beast and even its hide are destroyed?
In view OF the fact that the Health
Department has officially stated that
81 per cent Of the meat condemned
by the city was afflicted with tuber-
culosis, why have the city inspectors
been ordered to discontinue the work
of cOndemning and destroying It?
The Beef Trust has caused big
raise In the price of shoes. The al.