Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-30

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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 Ia to be found
In meat. It Ii no longer held to be
possible that cancer or a tendency to
cancer can be inherited. The infcc'
tion is due always to an active agert
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 cn,.
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
tho 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 is allowed to glimpse what
goes Oh there. No representative Of
the public ever gets behind that cur.
tain. You can 20 there and be enter.
talned with fake exhibition of fake
slaughterlng conducted 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 seq
the burning2 Who knows that It II
done or how It Ia dOne2 Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All we know
is that 'lumpy law" Is cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaws" that
"lumpy jaw" Ii communicable and that
cancer frIghtfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical journal Of Europe, sent q man
to Chicago to investigate. 20 far as hc
could, the slanghtering processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with reve
lation that should have called for gov
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanitary. That the work was done
In hurried, careless, sllpshod way
that there was no tolerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
Of the world was menaced by those
conditions. 10 this scathing lndlct
mant from great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made
subsequently, there appeared In
Jamestown. N. Y, a remarkable book
"rhe Dark Side Of the Beef Trust,
apparently written by an expert, sup
plementing the charges Of the Lancet
anu enforcing them with such detail,
as could hardly have been supplied BY
anything but personal knowledge. Tn.
whole process Of manufacture in thu
trust houses was followed with minut,
care and the charge was explicitly
made that carelessness reigned every
where; that Impure pr,,uucts were ha
bitually sent out for consumption; tina,
meat ut only for destruction was ha
bitually worked up with spices and
drugs to Disguise its taste aud sold L
the public.
To this extraordinary array Of spe
cific assertions no answer was eve
made.
Here. then. are two witnesses tina
solemnly declare that the conditions Il
the trust slaughter houses are exactly
such as would allow the meat o
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out al
food.
Suppose that We take Of the matte
the most charitable view possible
Suppose we assume that the trust gen
tlemen are most scrupul0us about al
the ways In which they make money
Suppose we forget about the soldier
poisoned by embalmed beef, the game
Of gouge aid robbery practiced by til
trust refrigerator car lines, the ManiV
ulation of thousand markets 10
profits. the tribute levied by this com
bination upon all households In tn
country. Let 10 forget that they ar
law.breakers aud mOney-mad and al
sumo that not one Of them woul
touch a cent Of questionable profits.
\ Still this question stares us In tn
face: How do We know what become
Of the ''lumpy jaw" cattle2
II How do the trust gentlemen know
Their employees are employed I
make much money for the trust ger
tlemen. How do We know the way
In which the money 10 made?
How do the trust gentlemen know
Here is stream OF the most terribl
Infection passing daily within . feV
inches Of the nations food supply