Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

food condemned n 1866 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DR.. G.
]. Whalen, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WE'RE 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
an unsuspectlng community. 1t Ii now
In order to 60 step farther and find
out who IL responsible for this moral
obliQulty.
att Is well known that combina.
tons Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the pnst to the end Of rails.
ing the price Of food stuffs beyond the
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry has
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living, hut here for the
e:st time are the combinations which
coS.rol the food supply. brought ,S.- =
direct relation to public health.
"'It IL high time that thls nj 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
10 war, when all kinds Of brutality nre
sanctioned. Il II the height Of die.
honor-even murder--to poison the
water supply Of a country. 10 II any
better to poison the food supplyi It
ls 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
"The total amount of meats con.
demned during the period was 1,843, ,34S
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. S5 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIs, 12 per cent for
actinomyc jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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How many reform bodies are con
trolled by the Beef Trust3
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. O.
1905: ~ total OF l47,000 pounds Of
meats was condemned ana destroyed
| during the past weck) under the su
pervision Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In
cludes 4,9S3 pounds OF governmental
spected cut meats shipped from pack
Ing houses In the West for Chicagt
city trade and canning"
Health Department Bulletin, Novem
ber II, 1905:
"Alth0ugh the condemnation and de
structi0n OF food supplies unit FOL
human consumption during the past
three mOnths-slnce the resumption OF
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.
BY order Of the Commissioner have
reached immense proportions, much un
at food still reaches the market Onl,
such animals and meats as show gr0si
pathologic conditions, recognizable BY
the naked eye, are now condemned. Ia
cilitles for microscopic laboratory ex
animation have not yet been restored
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec
tors condemned and destroyed 30 part,
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs and cattl.
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"rhe total stock yards condemnation,
amounted to 176,SOS pounds"
parts Of beef carcasses
In other words 1t has been and |,
the practice to cut out the cancers ant
tubercular tumors and let the rest o
the carcass go to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
The Beef Trust will find 1t har,
to get resting place when the pee
pie OF this country rise against II
as they surely will. The people of tn
whole world are crying for its exter
mination.
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An average Of $4,000 pounds Of dis
eased meat Ia condemned. every week b!
Chicago Health Department inspector,
In butcher shops and grocery and de
partment stores "inslde the Uniol
loop"
II this great amount. of tubercular
cancerous and maggoty material can b.
found by the inspectors and destroyet
"lnside the loop" a small territor!
bounded by the river, Van Buren, street
Wabash and Fifth avenues, how man!
million pounds are sold to the publ,
and consumed In the vast territory out
side the loop?
This Is a very pertinent question.
That 10000 pounds of diseased mea
can escape stockyards inspection ever!
week and find Itself into department
and other stores "inslde the loop
should suffice to call attention to thu
vast amount Of poisonous food that es
capes inspection at the stockyards and
is sold outside the loop.
Facts are facts. and dgurss nsvD xS