Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-11

How do we know that sufficient or..
cnutions are taken to prevent contsmi.
nationf
How do the trust gentlemen know,
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants u
their own affair; that ID, their bus,.
ness; they will manage Il a. they eee
Mt. Whose affair II II, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II We arc
poisoned BY trichinae. II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 20 dull %
we are about these things. Otbee
countries understand very we'll tho
monstrous perils involved in the meth.
ols Of this monopoly. and. therefore,
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the United
States Is supposed to keep an inspsctor
upon meat intended for export and 10
place upon It an official stamp certify.
Ing TINT It Il At Tor food.
II. then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef, about which
there Is nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. ON
which there Ii no inspection ut alif
whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 20
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent ~
Why IRE the Mws ipert against this
criminal Organixation7 Why 10 q man
sent to prison for i've years for fors.
Ing a five.dollar check and these men
60 free for swindllng a nationf
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for 10 In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind cee.
tainly suggest fraud and trcacheryf
We are not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
As to the 'lumpy Jaw" the tubercu-
losis and the cancer, put stop to pri.
vate slaughtering. Lot all the slaugh-
tering Of food animals be done BY the
State In the light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England.
The cities and towns run their slaugh.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat.
And we need not worry about the oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are nm invasion Of the privats
rights Of business. When It comes 10
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has right
10 saved profits that he makes By
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back because some gcntlemau's
profits are threatened. The state will
not allow you to 60 around with small.
pOx or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house, although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger. smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera II can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, q million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case is at least as clear
as In the other.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
23, 1905:
"At the Union Stock Yards the fol.
lowing have been condemned aud de.
strsyed:
"2soM cattle. weighing l4s.s2a
pounds:
1860 hogs, weighing 4O.475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5.O24 pounds.
"15 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep, weighing 200 pounds.
"rwenty.One cattle, nine hogs and
5,O94 pounds cut meats were con.
demned after (passing) government In.
spection."
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Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
Der %, 1905:
"CondemnatiOns Of unit food DURING
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards. 6s.783
pounds Of cattle, hogs. calves and sheep.
AT retail markets 88.730 pounds Of
beef, ham and poultry"
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The Beef Trust will be stopped, no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
OF experts" try to save 1t.
Thirty years ago. according to tho
Chicago Health Department. the ma.
jOrity of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to tho
Beef Trust, the great majority OF the
people who die are adults. the average
age Of the deceased having Increased
from infancy In 1875 to 81 years In