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

confined to the head, and may be sait
In one sense to be q localized disease
and while some inspectors condemn
only the part involved, I believe It Il
safest and most practicable to condemn
the entire carcass wherever the acti
nomycotic abscess opens Into tn,
mouth, pharynx, larynx or any part Of
the digestive or respiratory tract; O.
when the Emphatic glands are invol,
ed; or where there are actinomycoti.
tim0rs In tho lungs: or when the le
sions have become generalized. since
generalization In actinomycosIs APPEAR
to run a very atypic course. making
the detection Of all foci inside thu
muscle very difficult: therefore. the en-
tire carcass 10 to he condemned.
"'ln cases where the actinomycoti,
LESSONS are positively localized. the In
fected part may Ike cut away and TIN
remains Of the carcass used.
"Tl'ese instructions apply only t.
"lunlpy jaw" There may he other
reasons why you should want to con
delnn carcass. and 1t IL then a mat
ter OF judgment for you and your men
hut you should never hesitate to con.
denim II you believe the animal to be
not Ut for human food"
All pork for Germany IN examined
carefully for trichina before exporting,
Pork for Great Britain IL never ex.
amined for trlchina.
Hence the following figures may be
Interesting:
In 1904 Great Britain imported from
the United States 7,57J,i5O pounds OF
canned pork, valued ut $77O.4Os, and
l3,0a0.65i pounds Of fresh pork, valued
ut $1,:OO.S55.
In 1904 Germany imported from the
United States 4s,1OO pounds OF canned
pork. valued at 1885 aud NO FRESH
PORK WHATEVER. Germany protects
her people from plague.
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The Beef Trust Il still causing the
deaths OF thousands Of people by the
selling OF diseased meat
No matter what few experts"
found or what some business assOcia.
tlons' saw In their investigations"
the fact remains that the Beef Trust
Is still ut the old stand.
A trust that will sell rotten, diseased
meat to people will not stop ut any.
thing to deceive the public.
Every day one reads in the daily pa
pers about what some wise "eXpert"
has to say about the awful untruths
told about the poor, innocent packers.
Hut the poor, innocent packers"
don't seem to have any experts writ
Ing for the Bulletin Of the Chicago
Health department, for In its report
for the week ending July Z, 1906, it
says that "the inspectors ut the Union
StOckyards condemned and destroyed a
total of 15l,l3G pounds of unfit
Oh, yes; the Beef Trust is being per-
secuted: l5l,l3G pounds of rotten, dis
eased meat condemned IN one week 10y
u mere handful of inspectors. How
much diseased meat gets out OF the
yards the Lord only knows!
But II l5l,l36 pounds of diseased
meat is condemned by few inspectors,
The reader can easily imagine how much
unit food is placed on the market.
Secretary Wilson says that the gov
priiment will enforce the meat bill in
It's entirety.
Now that may be all right In Its way.
but the fact remains that government
inspection has been failure In the
past.
Now the only relief that the public
IAN hope for 10 a rigid investigation by
he Illinois Legislature.
The Legislature must investigate this
awful trust, for the health of the peO.
pie Of Chicago, Illinois and the whole
country u at stake.
The eyes Of the whole country will
10 turned on the Illinois Legislators.
and II they fail to do their duty In