Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-29

place the establishment under Suspicion
% one N whlch sudh animals ass
slaughtered for human con0umpt1Un
Any unsound meat OF carca0 eUund n
a slaughter house o. In 4 market ahou,1
he assumed - teisg tlssrs Cor saDa."
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Notwithstanding its apathy ssxi -
poor "A the city inspection u st ~
Stock Yards because Of the vsey stnaa
number Of inspectors, the government
inspection u worse. In fact the govern.
nent inspection Is q farco ~ 10 proven
by the following extract frUn the Chi
cago Health Department report for the
week ending September 10, 1906:
''rhe Department Inspectors ut the
Union Stock Yards condemned and do.
stroyed 05,G0S pounds Of meats. OF
this amount 11.545 pounds were con-
demned by the Department Inspectors
after having been passed by oti,sr In.
siectors."
The "othcr Inspectors are the gov.
eminent inspectors.
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II Mayor DUNES administration de-
stroyed over 3,OOO,OOO pounds Of Gun.
cerous and tuberculous meat In five
months. by the inspection work OF
only eleven inspectors. how many bill.
lions of pounds of cancer and tuber.
culosis were fed to the people during
the years that there was no city In.
ypectiOn3
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The pure food laws will, or course,
be enforced against some poor little
grocer. But against the Beef Trust,
never!
How many tuberculosis or lumpy inv
cattle have been released from guar.
antinc" by order Of the Health De.
partmcnt.
What object can the members Of tho
Beef Trust have In opposing the I'LL.
nois pure food laws and wanting them
amended3
During the week ending Sept. 8 the
few city meat inspectors ut the Union
Stock Yards condemned and destroyed
SS.O83 pounds Of meats. Tho food In.
spectOrs In the "lo0p district" con.
demned and destroyed 47,S02 pounds
Of unfit fOOdstuffs.
A million pounds Of bad meat sold
outside the loop district were eaten by
the people. No inspection.
The Beef Trust continues to spread
tuberculosis, cancer and other diseases
with impunity.
One fact that escapes general attcn'
ton IL that the intestincs. blood, llv
err. heart and lights Tor lungs) Of an
animal are already used before the
carcass proper gets to the Inspector.
This includes also what IL known as
the gut fats. out Of which lard, suet,
table oils aud various other things
are made.
A. soon as a beef Ia killed. II IL
hung up by the heels and dlsembow.
eled.
All Of the "innards" are hauled
away.
Even the blood In received into a
receptacle and carried of to DO
made into blood sausage, beef extract
and the like.
The intestlnes are carried to the
sausage rooms to be used as castings.
The stomach goes elsewhere to DO
used as trlpe.
The liver. lights, heart. ETC., find a
ready market.
Aud, mind you, every bit Of these
portions Of the "crltter" are used
whether It IL suffering from cancer,
tuberculosis, lumpy jaw, or any other
disease.
The carcass after its "innards" are
removed Is swung along and carried to
another place where the inspectors pass
upon 1t or pretend to pass upon It.
DIR. G. ]. Whalen, the efficient Health
Commissioner of Chicago, reported the
condemnation Of nearly four million
pounds Of meat during the four months
ending December 80, 1905.
Now IS per cent Of these 100000
pounds were found to be afflicted with
tuberculosis.
Every ounce Of these 100000
pounds belonged to the main carcass
ana had passed government inspection.
What about the hearts, livers, lights,
intestlnes, fats, blood, trlpe and other
inside belongings of these tuberculosis
cattle from which 100000 pounds of
tuberculosis and cancerous meat were
found and condemned?
They were sold to the people and
eaten Ms food!
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The Cancer Trust and the Tubercu-
losls Trust arc still doing business.
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Talk about government inspection!
We take the following from the last
annual report Of DIR. Charles J. Whalen,
Commissioner of Health of tho city of
Chicago. The facts speak for them
selves.
"At the Union Stock Yards during
the last five months of the year, seven
inspectors five of whom were appoint.
ed In NOvember) have condemned ana
destroyed 2,704.O38 pounds OF meat. as
beinR unit for food: all OF which