Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-25

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missing.
These are sample 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 is to he found
In meat. II Is no longer held to be
possible that cancer or a tendency to
cancer can he inherited. The infec
tion Is due always to nm active agent
taken In some way into the system.
The meat of cattle afflicted with "lum.
ny 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 Is OF
greater Importance than this. The or.
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 fake exhibition OF fake
slaughtering conducted as public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing.
The real work no one ever sees but
the cmploves.
What becomes Of the diseased cat.
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
| converted into fertilizer. Who sees
the burning? Who knows that 1t II
/ done or how II Is done? Nobody out.
side OF the employees. All We know
II that "lumpy law" In cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaw" that
"mmpy jaw" Is communicable and that
cancer frightfuliy increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical journal OF Europe, sent mar
TO Chicago to investigate. NO far as IL
could, the slanghterlng processes of tht
trust houseS. He returned with reve
lstion that should have called for gov
rnment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were mosI
unsanitary. That the work was done
In hurried. careless, slipshod way
that there was no tolerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the hsaltl
OF the world was menaced BY thNs'
conditions. To this scathing indlct
ment from a great medical au'horlt!
no serious defense was ever made
subsequently. there appeared Il
jamestown, N. Y, remarkable book
THE Dark Side Of the Beef Trust,
apparently written by an expert, sup
plemcnting the charges Of the Lance
ana enforcing them with such detail!
as could hardly have been supplied b!
anything but personal knowledge. III,
whole process Of manufacture In III,
trust houses was followed with minut,
care and the charge was explicitly
made that carelessness reigned every
where; that I'm .,dre prosiucts were h,
bitually sent out for consumption; tim
meat tit only for destruction was In
bitually worked up with spices an.
drugs to disguise its taste aud sold (,
the public.
10 this extraordinary array OF spe
cihc assertions no answer was eve
made.
J Here. then. are two witnesses tina
solemnly declare that the conditions Il
; the trust slaughter houses are exactl
} such as would allow the meat Q
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out a
food.
Suppose that We take Of the matte
the most charitable view possible
Suppose we assume that the trust ger
tlemen are most scrupulOus about a
the ways In which they make none.
Suppose We forget about the soldier
poisoned by embalmed beef, the game
Of gouge aid robbery practiced by Il,
trust refrigerator car lines, the manIl
ulation OF a thousand markets IA
profits. the tribute levied by this cou
bination upon all households In tn
country. Let us forget that they AZ
law.breakers and m0ney.mad and a,
sumo that not one of them woul
touch a cent Of questionable profits.
81 Still this question stares us In til
} face: How do We know what become
of the "lumpy jaw" cattle?
3 How do the trust gentlemen know
} Their employees are employed I
! make much money for the trust gel
7 tlemen. How do We know the way
} In which the money 10 made?
8 How do the trust gentlemen know
Here 10 q stream OF the most terrib
} infection passing daily within . To-
} inches Of the nations food suppl,