Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-25
lumpyjaw Meat Is Sold in Chicago
Alone Under the New
Law.
Food Inspectors Show that This
City Is Dumping Ground for.
Rotten Beef.

great portion OF the Iumpy jaw
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed as sound" by the inspect.
Ors Is sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to the Chicago Tribune. 1t.
Louis prohibits both the slaughter and
sale Of ''lumpy jaw" cattle In that city,
and Kansas City. while 1t permits the
Strengthening of such cattle, prohibits
the sale of the beef.
That Chicago has become the dump.
ing ground" for practically all the
"lumpy Jaw" beef In the country was
revealed yesterday by food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head of "lumpy
jaw" cattle. OF these only u small
fraction Is condemned as UNIT for con.
sumption. The rest. with the diseased
parts cut out, Is sold for prime beef,
and brings the retailer us good prices
as the best beef.
This Is possible by reason Of the fact
that the consumer has I'D way of telling
whether the beef he buys Is part Of n
"lumpy jaw" steer or not. II the In.
the post.mOrtem inspection, the beef Ii
placed In the cooler and sold Just as
any other beef. or course the attitude
OF Health Commissioner wbalen ana
others Is that the locally infected cattle
IRE not generally unfit for food.
Out Of total days slaughter Of 100
head Of "lumpy jaw" and otherwise In.
fectcd animals yesterday only twelve
carcasses were condemned after post.
norton inspection. This means that Mt
an average weight OF 100 pounds each
there will he sold In Chicago during
the next few days ut least 10000
pounds Of 'lumpy jaw" beef. How
much Of the same kind Of meat Is
shipped Into Chicago from Kansas City
ana other places where Its sale Is pro.
hiblted would be difficult to estimate.
but the quantity IL undoubtedly large.
In most OF the Eastern cities Ordi.
nnnces arc In force prohibiting the sale
Of meat from animals with actlnomy.
COSTS. the scientific name for "lumpy
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains rs the
only large market where that class Of
cattle may Ike slaughtered and sold with
profit.
The average weekly receipts OF cattle
ut the stock yards are 10000 head, and
among these always are found from
100 to 200 animals infected In one
way or another.
The infected ones are tagged by the
inspectors and cOrralled. and 1t In these
that are slaughtered. During slaugh.
tering hours four inspectors are on
duty, aud every part OF each carcass II
examined. DR.. Charles Worcester. gov
eminent inspector, DR.. ]. G. Lelth, State
inspector. and DR.. w. J. Wiesen and
DIR. W. q. Mason. city inspectors, the
latter two working under orders from
Chief Food Inspector "Fish" Murray,
are the men detailed to look after the
interests Of the consuming public.
The inspectors work ON the theory
that "lumpy jaw" Ii not necessarily In.
furious to the beef, provided the In.
fection il local. Carcasses found In.
fected with tuberculosis or general
"lumpy jaw are condemned. Bruises
and sores are not considered sufficient
cause for condemnation.
This weeks slaughter-wlth the &C.
t,ial, evident lumpy jaw section cut out
will be on sale In the coolers Of the
plant this morning, the beef being sold
on bids. Because dealers know the
character OF the meat they refuse to
pay as high prices as the packers ask
for their beef, although the best car.
casses Of "lumpy jaw" bring from
to 8 cents pound. Sound beef may be
bought wholesale for cents a pound.
The present city inspectors have been
on duty since last March, when "Flsh'
Murray, who then was meat inspect.
or, was called OF the work by the Com.
missioner Of Health, under instructions
from the Mayor, because he was "too
aggressive In condemning 'lumpy Jaw
Icattle."
The live stock men declared that Muir.
ray was incompetent and asked the
Mayor to send inspectors who were vet
erinarlans. Mayor Dunno compiled with
the request, and Chicago IL eating more
"lumpy jaw" than ever.
! ~
One hundred and sixteen articles pro.
duced by the Reef Trust In Chicago
have been examined and condemned by
the honest pure food commissioner Of
the State Of North Dakota. Every one
NJ them was condemned because It
contained a poison and was therefore
detrimental to the public health. Lack
OF space alone prohibits us from print
ing the list and the names OF the
houses shipping the stun.
The spirits Of Thousands OF poor
boys who went out to 6ght for the
United States In the Spanlsh'Ameri.
can war, must hover over the fortunes
Of the Beet Trust in q demand fol
vengeancci
These thousands were killed by the
"embalmed heef' Of the Beef Trust
and by the poisons used In the makeup
of their Beef Trust rations.
Neither the bullets Of the spaniardi
or the terrors Of the Cuban climate
did any havoc to the American soldier