Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-28

c,ilar tumors "trimmed out" ready to
he cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3.035O on sounds Of
food condemned N 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DR.. G.
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 Whelan),
American Medicine December %,
says: One stands aghast at the crlmi.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
nm unsuspecting community. 1t Is now
In order to 60 n step farther and find
out who is responsible for this moral
obliqnlty.
eft Ii well known that combina.
tons Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rails.
Ing the price Of food stuffs beyond the
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. Tho outcry has
always been In protest against the in.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
erst time are the combinations which
coN.rol the food supply. brought i<4, q
direct relation to public health.
att Ii high time TINT THE n utter
be taken out Of the class Of mino, of.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
IA war. when oil kinds Of brutality ara
sanctioned. Il Ia the height Of die.
honor-even murder-to poison the
watcr supply of country. IL II any
better to poison the food supplyf II
Ii time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1905
1.-THE total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1,343,34
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. IS PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, II per cent for
actinomycosls-lumpy jaw--nnd 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin. Dec. O.
1906: "A total Of 147,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past weekly under the su'
pervisiOn Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In
cludes 4,0S3 pounds Of government.in'
spected cut meats shipped from pack
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
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Health Department Bulletin, Novem
Der II. 1905:
although the condemnation and de-
structlon OF food supplies unfit fol
human consumption during the past
three mOnths--since the resumption Oi
Stock Yards Inspection August Z ult.
by order Of the COmmlssiOner-ha
reached immense proportions. much un'
1T food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, IRE now condemned. Fa'
cillties for microscopic laboratory OK
animation have not yet been restored
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec
tors condemned ana destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses, . hogs ana O cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"rhe total stock yards condemnations
amounted to l76,S0S pounds
parts Of beef carcassesw
In other words 1t has been and l,
the practice to cut out the cancers ant
tubercular tumOrs ana let the rest Ol
the carcass 90 to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
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The Beef ,rrus, will find 1t har,
70 get resting place when the peO
pie of this country rise against 1,
Al they surely will. The people of tn
whole world are crying for Its exter
MlnatiOn.