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

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August II:
"rhere were no city meat inspectors
ut the Union Stockyar,ls dur.
Ing the first seven months Of NOS. The
city inspectors ut the yards this year
have condemned 3,lW.i3S pounds VI
food.
''The total cOndemnatlons Of unfit
foods In the 1905 period were 453,O57
pounds. The total contemnations for
the 1905 period, including the inspec.
ton of the yards, aggregate 4.3O0. 043
pounds. an increase Of 3,S5?.0S8
pounds"
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Remember the Beef Trust when you
nrc clcctIng candidates for the Lcgls.
laturc this year.
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The number Of dead and diseased
hogs shipped by the Beef Trust and
sold % food Ii something awful.
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Numbers Of hogs die In the cars In
transit to the Beef Trust; their bodies
are often eaten by the other hogs and
their pet disease transmitted BY them
to the human race.
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The Reef Trust has ruined many q
prosperous small business. The hide
industry. the boot and shoe trade. the
sleepskin tanners, the leather tanners,
the wool pullers, the wool trade. the
vegetable market. the poultry busl'
ness, the retail meat markets. the
Wholesale meat markets, the soap
trade-all these and many more have
been swallowed up by this awful
leviathan. How much longer will the
people stand ~
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How much longer will the American
people put up with diseased foodf
People who think that they get goot
meat are invited to read the follow
Ing clipped from tho live stock repor
Of the Chicago Daily News. Januar,
0, 1905:
equality Of offerings was not good
1t was such as the trade usually look
for on Tuesday. with the Wisconsin
shipments largely predominating. !
was not the absence Of good fnlshe,
stun that made the slow market. how
ever, as the buyers were general!
looking for low.prlced cattle. Ship
pers had only a few orders at most
and the great percentage OF then
We're for plain finished cattle. Sine
the ending of the western season ther
has generally been as good deman
for the cOmmoner sorts OF cattle a
for the better priced steers. A fe,
toppy kinds have reached $0.25 TIL
week, but they are as scarce as tn
proverbial hens teeth"
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We do not see any quotations 1
the dailies on trlchina hogs.
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All the rotten old Beef Trust lobby
lists, consisting Of crooked lawyer,
castoff politicians and scarecrow states
vss~ srs getting ready. But when tn
Illinois Legislature meets thes
WORTHLESS will be pointed out so that
who runs may read.
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People must remember that the civ
had only eleven inspectors at work O
cattle, hogs, sheep and provision
Necessarily their work must hay
been very incomplete when there wei
800, 600 cattle a week to inspect. IT
berculosis and cancer are bound to b
shipped to all quarters as food.
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Beef Trust cold storage IL a ba
thing. Yet 1t IL popular Just now. III
rotten fOod turned out In the shape q
diseased poultry from Beef Trust roost
Ia thus touched upon by Health Con
missioner Whalen, Of Chicago, In hl
annual report:
"COld storage IL one of our preser
necessities, but 1t Is evident that
has been shamefully misused by dll
honest men. While certain article
Of food are better after more or LEI
prolonged storage, certain fruits an
vegetables spoil so soon after remOvi
from the cold storage as to give
very unfavOrable impression.
"Again, poultry or game Ia 0fte
stored In an undrawn condition and
afterward sold TO the public. Attentl0