Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-03
1t Has Fought Every Effort to Have Dates Placed Upon
Its Canned Goods, and Has Combatted Every Attempt
to Make It Pay Costs Of Inspection
Now it Has Raised the Price of the Food Products
the Country and Its Assaults Upon the Health
of Our Citizens Are Matters of Record

How do we know that sufficient IRE.
cautions are taken to prevent cOntami.
nation2
How do the trust gentlemen know
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that Is, their bust.
ness; they will manage II az they zee
III. Whose AFFAIR is II, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II We are
poisoned by trichinne, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries arc not 20 dull -
we are about these things Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perlls involved In the meth.
DDS Of this monopoly. and, therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the United
States IL supposed to keep an inspector
upon meat intended for export and 70
place upon Il m official stamp certify.
Ing TINT II In TT Cor fond.
II. then. these nre the methods 10
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 Ia no inspection at alif
Whywas the Beef Trust allowed 10 70
ON year after year violating the Law
and no attempt made to prevent ~
Why are the laws inert against this
criminal organixationf Why 10 q man
sent to prison for i've years for forg.
Ing a 6vc.d0llar check and these men
20 free for swindllng q nationf
Why do We contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
hoartis3
Why are we content to have oup
food prepared for US In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and treachcryf
We are not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies IRE simple enough.
AZ to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
losis and the cnncer, put stop to pr.
vate Strengthening. Let all the siaugh.
tering Of food animals be done by tho
State In the light OF day, without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equsI
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In EnglanSs
The cities and towns run their slaugu.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not caro-
to be poisoned In their meat.
And we need not worry about the oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When II comes to
life aud death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has q right
to saved profits that be makes by
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur on the road to public sanitation to
turn back because some sentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State win
not allow you to 20 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 Il can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer. q million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide alaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And itp
duty In the one case IL at least a clear
AZ In the other.
The Eagles prediction that the Reef
Trust would raise the price OF food
on the people has been fulfilled. The
action Of the packers Ia expected to-
arouse particularly those members Of
Congress who have insisted that the
packers should pay the cost Of the
meat inspection, for which Congress
now approprlates 100000 annually.
One Of the arguments used against this
proposal has been the allegation that
the packers would ut once shift the
cost of the inspection to the cattle
ralsers.
Now that the packers propose to
shift the loss from condemned caz~
classes while ut the same time they
profit by the advertisement OF the gov
ernment guaranty Of the wholesome.
ness Of their products the proponents
Of the plan to make them pay for the
government inspection iuslst they have
IN argument. Senators Beveridge, Of
Indiana, and Gallinger. Of New Hamp-
shire, have already promised to renew
the fight In the next Congress-
~
Congress- should ut once add to ~
meat inspection law these three pro-
visions:
PACKERS should be obliged to
bear all the expense attached to IN
specttOn.
&Packers should BE- obliged -
print date Of canning on the labels e
all canned goods.
SAIL meat In transit should b ~
spsctsd by the government