Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20

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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. 1t IL no longer held to he
possible that cancer or a tendency To
cancer can be inherited. The infcc
ton Is due always to an active agcrt
taken in some way into the system.
The meat of cattle afflicted with "luin.
ry jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
of the trust, week by week. many cn'.
tie 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.
And yet there can he no question to
a man who desires to live that Is Of
greater Importance than this. The op.
crations of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider Is allowed to glimpse what
goes on there. No representative of
the public ever gets behind that cur
tain. You can go there and bc enter.
tained with II fake exhibition of fake
slaughtcring conducted as Il 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 II
done or how II Il done? Nobody out.
side of the employees. All we know
Is that "lumpy law" IL cancer: that
many cattle have "lumpy jaw" that
"lumpy jaw" Is communicable ana that
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet. the leading
medical journal Of Europe, sent man
To Chicago to investigate. so far as ic
could, the slanghtering processes Of the
trust houses. lie returned with reve
latlon that should have called for gov
ernmcnt investigation. lie declared
that tho methods employed were most
unsantary. That the work was don,
In a hurried. careless, sllpshod way
that there was no tolerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the h"altl
of the world was menaccd by thcs,
conditions. To this scathlng lndlct
mcnt from n great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made
subsequently. there appeared II
Jamestown. y. ", a remarkable book
THE Dark Side Of the Beef Trust.
apparently written by an expert, sup
plementlng the charges of the Lance
and enforcing them with such details
as could hardly have been supplied b!
anything but personal knowledge. Th'
whole process of manufacture In tn
trust houses was followed with minute
care and the charge was explicit!
made that carelessness reigned every
where; that impure products were hn
bltually sent out for consumption, tha
meat tit only for destruction was In
bltually worked up with spices ant
drugs to disguise Its taste ana sold /
the public.
To this extraordinary array of spe
clfc assertions no answer was eve
made.
Here. then. are two witnesses tina
solemnly declare that the conditions Il
the trust slaughter houses are exact!
such AS would allow the meat a
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out Il
food
suppose that we take of the matte
the most charitable view possibl,
suppose we assume that the trust gei
tlemen are most scrupulous about a
the ways In which they make money
suppose we forget about the soldier
poisoned by embalmed beef, the gam"
of gouee and robbery practlced by til
trust refrigeratO car lines, the manlI
ulatlOn of thousand markets ia
profits, the tribute levied by this CON
blnatlOn upon all households IN III
country Let us forget that they ar
law-brcakers and mOney-mad and ~
, sumo that not one OF them w0ul
touch cent of questionable profits.
Still this question stares rs in III
face: How do we know what become
of the 'lumpy jaw" cattlef
How do the trust gentlemen know
, Their employees are employed Z
, make much money for the trust en,
tcmcn. How do we know the way
, in which the money IS made;
, How do the trust gentlemen know
Here Is n stream of the most tcrribl
! infection passing daily within fcy
. inches Of the nations food supply
/; How 40 we know that sufficient pre-
} cautions are taken to prevent contami
, natiOnf
, How do the trust gcntlcmen know
, They inform us that what goes Ol
, behind the walls of their plants i
tl.ir ,tyu AFFAIR, that IL THAR Inns