Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-17
Beet Trust Patrons Have a Chance to
Get All They Want
of Il.
The Real Cause of the Disease Is
Bad Meat Beyond
Doubt.

Of their Beef Trust rations.
Neither the bullets Of the Spaniards
or the terrors Of the Cuban climate
did any havoc to the American soldier,
poor boy. ut all comparable with the
damage done by the frlghtful embalm.
ell food of the Beef Trust.
The young fellows who offered their
lives to the American government, did
not for moment imagine that the
for which they were fighting
would permit Beef Trust to furnish
them with poisoned ratlons.
But 1t did.
The soldiers trusted their country
md ute the poison.
The result was death, disease, broken
for thousands.
These are facts which the war rec.
ords will corrobOrate.
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The Importation Of foreign serfs
who work for wages that no American
could live upon, IL one Of the policies
Of the Beef Trust, aud one that Is
attracting wide spread attention. In
their efforts to break down the high
ideals Of Labor, the Trust Is forcing
some Of Its importations to adopt haz.
ardous methods of gaining a liveli.
hood. This fact has created condi.
lions that even the novelist Is looking
M. The announcement Is made by
Doubleday. Page 4 Co. that they will
publish Upton Slnclair's new book.
1.-THE Jungle" February 10. It Is the
most startling book written In America
In many years and will doubtless Gre
atc n profound sensation. "The Jun.
gle" Is first Of MI novel, Of real pco.
pic Of today; but It Is incidentally a
searching expose Of the horrible living
and working conditions In Packing.
town. Chicago. from the point Of view
Of tho working man, told with candor
and almost brutal realism.
"rhc Jungle nnrrntcs the ndvcn.
lures Of a family Of Litliuanlans emil.
grants. which comes 70 America
In search Of fortune. and shows the
conditions that turn the hero for a
time into n criminal and tramp. So
terrible was the picture painted and
so serious the charges made against
the conditions In the packing trade
that Doubleday, Page 4 Co. sent
well.known New York lawyer to Chi.
cago to make nm Investigation. He
reported that the book was true In
every essential detail.
Every reader to whom the manu-.
script Of "rhe Jungle" was submitted
agreed that 1t was an unf0rgettable
book. Some compared 1t to Zola, ana
all agreed that 1t was remarkable
human document. Jack London has
called 1t "the Uncle Toms Cabin Of
wage slavery" while David Graham
Phillips has declared 1t ''the greatest
novel published In America In fifty
years." Mr.. Sinclair, who has had
most interesting career himself. In the
well-knOwn author Of "Manassas' and
prince Hagen"
What other political associations be.
sides the Harrison Democracy does
the Beef Trust own In Chicago?
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Why not let the Beef Trust name the
government beef inspectors ut Chlca.
go?
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Why did the state Live Stock
Board wish to enjOin the city of Chi.
cago from destroying tuberculous and
cancerOus cattle after government and
state inspectors had approved them,
and after the city inspectors had con.
demned them?
IL Mayor DUNES administration de-
stroyed over 3,OOO,OOO pounds of can.
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.
culOsls were fed to the people during
the years that there was no city In.
spectiOn!
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The Beef Trust Is arranging to con.
troll the next Illinois Legislature abso.
lutely.
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BY the way, who did the city hall
collecting from the Ice Trust last
year?
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Hogs that so to England and the
! United States are not examined for
| trlchina. All hogs for Germany,
France and Austria are. Some escape,
though.
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BY the way, what is Dr. Dyson, who
used to be government chief Inspector,
doing now?
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The Beef Trust will get Its deserts
before many years roll by. The Trust
press cannot hide the truth from the
people. Little by little they will learn
the facts. and when they do wal Z mp.
you will hear an explosion.
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stop the Tuberculosis Trust!