Chicago eagle., 1906-03-31


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10000. .4,337 81
'From 1886 to 1900 the figures ore
missing.
These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of medi.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu.
man cancer Infection is to he found
In meat. It Is no longer held to be
possible that cancer or tendency to
cancer can be inherited. The infec
tlOn Is due always to an active agent
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lum.
py jaw" would be such m agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust. week by week. many cnt.
tic afflicted with "lumpy jaw" What
becomes Of them?
I don't know; you don't know; no
body knows outside of the precincts of
the slaughter houses. n
And yet there can be no question to
man who desires to live that Ii o!
greater Importance than this. The op.
cratlOns Of those slaughter houses nre
conducted behind closed doors. NG
outsider In allowed to glimpse wliat
goes on there. No representative OF
the public ever gets behind that cur.
tain. You can 20 there and be enter.
tanned with a fake exhibition Of fake
slaughterlng conducted as public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing.
The real work no one ever sees but
the employees.
What becomes Of the diseased cat.
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
converted Into fertilizer. Who sees
the burning? Who knows that It Il
done or how It Is done? Nobody out,
side OF the employees. All We know
IL that "lumpy law" Is cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaw" that
"lumpy jaw" is communicable and that
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical Journal Of Europe, sent a man
to Chicago to Investigate, SO far rs hc
could. the slamghtering processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with reve
lnti0n that should have called for gov
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanltary. That the work was done
In a hurried. careless, slipsh0d wny
that there was no tOlerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
Of the world was menaced by these
conditions. To this scathing indlct
ment from great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made
Subsequently, there appeared In
Jamestown, N. Y, a remarkable book
'"rhe Dark Side of the Beef Trust
apparently written by an expert, sup
plementing the charges OF tho Lancet
ana enforcing them with such details
a. could hardly have been supplied by
anything but personal knowledge. Th(
whole process Of manufacture In thu
trust houses was followed with minute
care and the charge was explicltly
made that carelessness reigned every
where; that im.,, pr,aiucts were ha
bitually sent out for consumption; tina,
meat ut only for destruction was ha
bitually worked up with spices and
drugs to disguise Its taste and sold Il
the public.
TO this extraordinary array Of spe
cifc assertions no answer was evel
made.
Here. then. are two witnesses tha
solemnly declare that the conditions II
the trust slaughter houses are exactly
such. as wOuld allow the meat O
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out al
food.
Suppose that We take of the matte
the most charitable view possible
Suppose we assume that the trust gen
tlemen are most scrupul0us about al
the ways In which they make money
suppose We forget about the soldier
poisoned by embalmed beef, the game
OF gOuge aid robbery practiced by til
trust refrigerator car lines. the manip
ulatiOn of thousand markets TO
profits. the tribute levied by this com
blnati0n upon all households In tn
country. Let us forget that they ar
law-brcakers and moncy-mad and az
sumo that not one OF them w0ul'
touch a cent Of questionable profits.
still this question stares us In th
face: How do we know what become
Of the ''lumpy jaw" cattle?
How do the trust gentlemen know
Their employees are employed t
make much money for tho trust gen
tlemen. How do We know the way
In which the money 10 made?