Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-03

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These are sampn pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of med'.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu-
man cancer Infection Ii to be found
In meat. II Is no longer held to be
possible that cancer or a tendency to
cancer can be inherited. The infcc
ton II due always to an active ngcpt
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lu,n.
py Jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust, week by week, many cut
tie afflicted with "lumpy jaw" What
becomes Of themf
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
q man who desires to live that Ii o!
greater Importance than this. The 0p.
eratiOns Of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider II allowed to glimpse whit
goes on there. No representative Of
the public ever gets behind that cur.
tain. You can 70 there and be enter.
tanned with a fake exhibition Of fake
Strengthening conducted as 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 secs
the burning? Who knows that 1t ~
done or how II IL done? Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All we know
Is that "lumpy law" Is cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaw that
~"lumpy jaw" IL communicable and that
cancer frlghtfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical journal Of Europe, sent man
to Chicago to Investigate, 40 far rs he
could. the Strengthening processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with a reve.
lat,On that should have called for gov.
eminent investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanitary. That the work was done
In u hurried. careless. slipshod way;
that there was no tOlerable inspection
{ or sanitary supervision; that the haaltl,
, Of the world was menaced by these
conditions. TO this scathlng indlct.
ment from a great medical authOrlty
no serious defense was ever made.
Subsequently. there appeared In
jamestown, n. Y. u remarkable book,
'"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
rs 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 carelessness reigned every.
where: that I'm. ,Ife prusillcts were ha.
b!tually sent out for consumption; that
meat tit only for destruction was In.
bitually worked up with spices and
drugs to disguise its taste aud sold ia
the public.
To this extraordinary array of spe-
citic 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 scrupulous about all
the ways In which they make money,
Suppose we forget about the soldiers
poiso:ed by embalned beef, the games
Of gouge aid robbery practlced by the
trust refrigerator car lines. the Mapip-
ulation OF q thousand markets for
profits, the tribute levied by this com.
bination upon all households In the
country. Let US forget that they are
law. breakers and money-mad and az.
sumo that not one Of them would
touch a cent Of questionable profits.
Still this question stares US In the
face: How do we know what becomes
Of the "lumpy jaw" cattlef
How do the trust gentlemen know
Their employees are employed ia
make much money for tho trust gea.
tlemen. How do We know the ways
, In which the money u mads3
How do the trust ssntlsmsn know
Here IL q stream OF the most terrible
intA tisn passing daily within Q nv
jnshss Of ~ natea's Tod suppH.