Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05

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These IRE sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of medl.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu.
man cancer infection Ii to be found
In meat. II IL no longer held to be
possible that cancer or a tendency to
cancer can be inherited. The infec-
ton Is due always to an active ngept
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lufn-
~ jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust, week by week. many cat.
tie afflicted with "lumpy Jaw" What
becomes Of them?
I don't know; you don't know; no.
body knows outside Of the precincts Of
the slaughter houses.
And yet there can be no question to
a man who desires to live that IL Of
greater importance than this. The op.
erations Of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider II allowed to glimpse what
goes on there. No representative Of
the public ever gets behind that cur.
tain. You can 70 there and be enter.
tained with a fake exhibition Of fake
Strengthening conducted AZ a public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing.
The real work no one ever sees but
the employees.
What becomes Of the diseased cat.
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
converted into fertilizer. Who sees
the burning? Who knows that It Il
done or how It IL done? Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All we know
Ii that "lumpy law" IL cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaw;" that
"lumpy jaw" In communicable and that
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical journal Of Europe. sent a man
to Chicago to investigate. 30 far as no
could, the Strengthening processes Of the
trust hOusea. He returned with q reve.
latiOn that should have called for gov.
eminent investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanltary. That the work was done
In a hurried. careless, slipsh0d way;
that there was no tolerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
of the world was menaced by these
conditions. TO this scathing indict.
ment from q great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made.
subsequently, there appeared In
Jamestown, N. Y, q remarkable book,
1.-THE Dark Side Of the Beef Trust"
apparently written by an expert, SUP.
plementing the charges Of the Lancet
anu enforcing them with such details
40 could hardly have been supplied By
anything but personal knowledge. The
whole process Of manufacture In the
trust houses was followed with minute
care and the charge was explicitly
made that carelessnsas reignsd every.
where; that imp0re products were ha.
bitually sent out for consumption; that
meat at only for destruction was ha.
bitually worked up with spices and
drugs to disguise it, taste and sold to
the public.
To this extraordinary array Of sps.
ciac assertions no answer was ever
made.
Here, then, are two witnesses that
solemnly declare that the conditions In
the trust slaughter houses are exactly
such as would allow the meat OF
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out az
food.
Suppose that We take Of the matter
the most charitable view possible.
Suppose We assume that the trust gen.
tlemen are most scrupul0us about all
suO WoJo ~ WusSu WY sASuA0 IuOueys
Suppose we forget about the soldiers
poisoned by embalmed beef. the games
Of gouge and robbery practiced by the
trust refrigerator car lines, the manip.
ulation Of q thousand markets for
profits. the tribute levied BY this com.
bination upon oil households In the
country. Let % forget that they are
law.breakers and money.mad ana %.
sumo that not one Of them would
touch Q cent Of questionable PROFITS.
sun this question stares 20 In the
face: How DO W know what becomes
Of the ''lumpy Jaw" cattlsi
How do the trust gsntlsmsa knowi
Their employees are employed 10
make much money for the trust sen.
tlemen. How do w know to WAYS
In which the money u made3
How % ths Trust ssatie0sa knewS
Here 70 Q stream Of the mast tessible
inDA don passing daily within . IN
0ah1s q ~ naeen's eood supOlE