Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-01-26

fit food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats rs show gross
pathOl0glc conditions, recognizable BY
the naked eye. IRE now condemned. Fa.
cllltles for microscopic laboratory eX.
animation have not yet been restored.
The Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses. . hogs and O cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
''rhe total stock yards condcmnations
amounted to 17O,SOS pounds"
Speaking Of the 3,035,OOO pounds Of
food condemned In 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DIR. e.
J. whalen. Health Commissioner. says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED on
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whalcn)
American Medicine December %
says: One stands aghast ut the crlmi
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods tG
m unsuspcctlng community. 1t Is now
In order to 60 step farther and find
out who Is responsible for this moral
obliluity.
"'It IL well known that combinations
of the larger meat dealers have exist
ed In the past to the end Of raising
the price Of food stuffs beyond the point
to which healthy competition would re
luce them. The cutlery has always beer
In protest against the Increased cos,
Of living. hut here for the first time
are the combinations which control thu
food supply, brought into a direct rela
ton to the public health.
"It IL high time that this matter
be taken out Of the class of minor Of
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Ever
In war, when all kinds Of brutality arr
sanctioned, 1t Is the height Of dis
honOr-even murder-tO poison thu
water supply Of a country. is 1t any
better to poison the food supply? !,
Is time that the public mind should
develop a conscience In this direction
Speaking OF Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1909
"The total amount of meats con
denined during the period was 1,3i3,3i.
mounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation, 81 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, IL per cent fol
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw-and 1 pei
cent for hog cholera"
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Chicago Is mt the mercy of the Bee
Trust. The Illinois legislature mus
come to her rescue.
%SA
The Government meat law, passed tC
oblige the packers. In lieu OF law
which would please the people, fools
nobody.
senator Beverldge Of Indiana, an
able and honest man, riddled the new
meat law In a great speech recently.
lie declared that the law ought to
be amended 80 as to make the pack
ers and not the Government pay FOL
the inspection, besides being vitality
amended In a number OF other ways.
In the meantime the people OF the
world are slowly discovering, despite
the cOncealments of the subsidized
American press, that the present sys
TEN Is a deluslOn and q snare. In this
connection, the following dispatch from
Paris, France, explains itself:
paris, Nov. oO.-Omission of the
microscopic examination of pork from
the new American meat inspection reg.
ulatlOns has resulted In a preliminary
decision on the part of the French
customs authorities barring American
ham, bacon, canned pork, etc.
"After long diplomatic negotiations
several years ago France agreed to
admit American pork on government
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