Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-06


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These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of mesi'.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu.
man cancer Infection II to be found
In meat. It Is no longer held to be
possible that cancer or a tendency to
cancer can be inherited. The infcc'
ton IL due always to an active agcpt
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lum.
py jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust, week by week. many cnt.
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 ls Of
greater importance than this. The OF.
esations Of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider In allowed to glimpse what
goes on there. No representative Of
the public ever pets behind that cur.
tain. You can 60 there and be enter.
talned with fake exhibition Of fake
slaughterlng conducted a. 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 In
done or how II 10 donef Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All we know
In that "lumpy law" IL cancer; that
many cattle have "iumpy jaws" that
''iumpy Jaw" In communicable and that
cancer frlghtfully increases.
The London Lancet. the leading
medical journal Of Europe. sent man
to Chicago to Investigate, 20 far a. 10
could, the slamghtering processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with revs-
lation that should have called for gov.
srnment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanltary. That the work was done
In q hurried. careless. slipshod way;
that there was no tolsrabls inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
OF tho 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. r., q remarkable book.
1.-THE Dark Side Of the Beef Trust"
apparently written by an expert, sup.
plsmenting the charges Of the Lancet
ana enforcing them With such details
a. 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 In. .dfe pr>s.ucts were ha.
bitually sent out for consumption; that
meat ut only for destruction was ha.
bitually worked up with spices and
druxs to disguise its taste aud sold to
the public.
To this extraordinary array Of spe.
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 %
food.
Suppose that We take of the matter
the most charitable view possible,
Suppose we assume that the trust gen.
tiemen are most scrupul0us about all
the ways In which they make money,
Suppose we forget about the soldiers
poisoned by embalmed beef. the games
OF gouge aid robbery practiced by the
trust refrigerator car lines, the manip.
ulation of q thousand markets fol
profits. the tribute levied by this com.
bination upon all households In the
country. Let 10 forget that they are
law-breakers and money.mad and a..
sumo that not one Of them would
touch 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 "a
make much money for the trust gen.
tlemen. How do We know the ways
In which the money 10 made?
| How do the trust gentlemen knowi
Here 10 stream OF the most terrible
Infection passing daily within . fsw
inches Of the nations food supply