Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-24

Illinois Legislature meets these
worthless will be pointed out 40 that ne
who runs may read.
People must remember that the city
had only eleven inspectors ut work on
cattle. hogs, sheep and provisions.
Necessarily their work must have
been very incomplete when there were
100000 cattle week to inspect. Tu-
berculosis and cancer IRE bound to be
shipped to all quarters rs food.
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How many government o6iciais
does the Beef Trust controll
Reef Trust cold storage IL a had
thing. Yet II IL popular Just now. The
rotten food turned out In the shape Of
diseased poultry from Beef Trust roosts
II thus touched upon BY Health Com.
missioner Whalen, Of Chicago, In bis
annual report:
necessities, but II IL evident that It
has been shamefully misused by dis.
honest men. While certain articles
Of food are better after more or less
prolonged storage. certain fruits and
vegetables spoil 10 soon after removal
from the cold storage a. to give q
very unfavorable impression.
| again. poultry or game In often
stored In an undrawn condition and. II
afterward sold to the public. Attention
has been called to many cases OF
ptomaine poisoning resulting from eat.
Ing game or poultry which had been
stored In an undrawn state. The real
evil comes from freezing more or lcss
tainted meats and fish. The process
Of decay IL checked, but the ptomaines
remain. The purchaser do0s not detect
any od0r, but astrO.cnteritis Is apt
to result none the less.
''rhere IL suspicion that much Of
the sickness contracted In strange
hotels. 10 thus caused"
Daily News cattle report January ~
equality was rather poor. offers rum
ming largely to Gamers ana cutters.
Bull trade was steady at yesterdays
decline. Bologna bulls were taken
more readily than the fat sorts"
49,
The Standard OIL Trust does moi
sell cancer or tuberculosis to the peo-
pie. But the Newspaper Trust nnds
abundant space to dvote to the OIL
Trust but has not line for the Beef
Trust. Why?
Why Ia not the Illinois Antitrust
law strictly enforced against the rea
trusts?
The law Is upon the statute hooks
and Is rigidly lived up to as against
small and honest corporations which
are obliged to make afiidavit once q
year and send the same with one dol
lar to Springfield to prove that they
are not In trust.
A Trust has no more standing IN
law In Illinois than Burglar. Both
exist In violation OF the law and boil
are felons In the eyes Of the law.
Tuberculosis and cancer can now
60 into every home without let OF
hindrance. The Health Department
after proving that tons Of tuberculOsil
are dumped on the market every
week, has discharged Its inspectors!
The Beef Trust absolutely controls
legislation In Illinois. 1t does as 1,
pleases with the people.
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Why does not the Attorney Genera
Of Illinois get after the Beef Trus
on the following points:
Antitrust Law ViOlated.-lt Ia VIC
lating the trust laws OF Illinois by par
ceiling out territory between sub0rdin
ate concerns.
In being an organization In restraint
of trade besides violating every de-
tail Of the Antitrust law.
Fraud In Products Sold-Millions OF
pounds OF beef. pork, mutton, sausage
and other products have been sold un'
der false names and false representa-,
tons, containing materials other than
those represented to the buyer.
Fraud In Beef SOld-MilllOns OF
pounds OF inferior beef have been sold
to government and private consumers,
killing Independent C0ncerns-The
Beef Trust has organised and still u