Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12

How do We know that suf,c,ent nre.
caut'ons are taken to prevent contsmi.
natlon3
How do the trust gentlemen know, /,
They inform 10 that what eoss a.
behind the walls Of thsir plants y
their own affair: that IL, their boz.
ness; they will manage Il o. they 80
ht. Whose affair IL Il then, II tho
nation eats diseased meat, II we srs
poisoned BY trlchInae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not no dull %
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perlls involved In the meth.
ods Of this monopoly. and, therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the UuiA,d
States Is supposed to keep an inspector
upon meat intended for export and .
place upon It an official stamp certify.
Ing that It Is fit Tor food.
II. then, these are the methods IN
regard to export beef, about which
there Ii nominal inspection, what Do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, On
which there ls no inspection at allf
Why was the Beef Trust allowed 10 10
on ycnr after year violating the Law
ana no attempt made to prevent itf
Why are the laws iuert against this
criminal Organlxationf Why 10 q man
sent to prison for nve years for forg.
Ing q nve-dollar check and these meo
30 free for swindling q nationf
Why do We contribute our dol,sss
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for 10 In secret updsr
conditions that to any sane mind csr.
tainly suggest fraud and treachsryi
We are not obliged 10 have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
As to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
losls and the cancer. put stop to pri.
vate Strengthening. Let all the slaush.
terlng Of food animals be done by the
State In the light Of day, without any
OF this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There arc very few
private slaughter houses In EnRland.
The cities and towns run their sIauRh.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat.
And we need not worry about the Oh.
lection that publicly owned slaushtsr
houses are IN invasion Of the private
rights OF business. When Il comes n
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has Q risht
b saved profits that hs makes hy
spreading disease. We have zone too
fur on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back because some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State viii
not allow you to 60 around with small.
pox or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house. although each may be strlctls
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger. smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stump out cholera Il can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, q million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slauRh.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case is at least m claa,
% In the other.
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Health Department Bulletin. Dec.
%, 1906:
AT the Union Stock Yards the fol.
lowing have been condemned and De.
str0yed:
'2SON cattle, weighing l4ssaA
pounds:
1860 hogs, weighing 4O.475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5.O2a pouuds.
10 calves. weighing S55 pounds.
~ sheep. weighing 28O pounds.
"Twcnty'one cattle, nine hogs ana
b.OA pounds cut meats were con.
demned aftor DassinO government In.
spection."
Health Department Bulletin, Noyem.
ber %. 1906:
"Condemnations Of unit food durins
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards, 8S,70a
'ounds OF cattle, hogs, calves and sheen.
AT retail markets GG,730 pounds Of
oeef, ham and poultry"
The Beef Trust will be stopped, no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
Of experts" try to save It.
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Thirty years ngo. according to the
chicago Health Department, the ma.
|ority Of the deaths In Chicago were
,mong Infants. Now. thanks to the
Beef Trust. the great majority Of the
::--s,ple who die are adults. the averaes
lge Of the deceasel having increase1
rom infancy In 1875 to 81 years b
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