Chicago eagle., 1907-05-11
Now it Has Raised the Price of the Food Products o
the Country and Its Assaults Upon the Health
of Our Citizens Are Matters of Record

How do we know that sufficient prs.
cnutions are taken to prevent contami.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen knowS
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that IL, their busi.
ness; they will manage Il a. they 80
fit. Whose affair IL It. then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II We are
poisoned BY trichinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 40 dull -
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perils involved In the meth.
DDS Of this monopoly, and, therefore.
try to exclude American meats
To quiet their objections the united
States is supposed to keep nm inspector
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon II an official stamp certify.
Ing that II II tit Tor food.
II. then. these ure the methods IL
regard to export beef, about which
there Is nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there is no inspection Mt allf
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 20
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent IT.
Why are the laws inert against this
criminal organixation3 Why 10 q man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing Hve-tlollar check and these men
60 free for swindling a nati0n2
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions TINT to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and treacheryi
We are not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
As to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
losis and the cancer, put stop to pri.
vate slaughtering. Let all ths slaugh.
terins 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 are very few
private slaughter houses In England
The cities and towns rum their slaush.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
/ tO ho vNoloOnN<N In Hhols svrn>A
And we need not worry about the oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When Il comes %
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man haa q right
10 saved profits that he makes b.
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back because some gentlemau'e
profits are threatened. The state WIN
not allow you to 60 around with small.
p0x or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house. although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger. smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. IL the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera II can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer. a million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case 10 at least a. clear
as In the other.
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Insanitary conditions In the stock
yards were severely censured by DIR.
Arnold G. Klebs In lecture on "Con.
sumption and the Home" given In the
Public Library under the auspices OF
the Chicago Medical Society.
"SOme day these insanitary condi.
tons out ut the stock yards will cause
great upheaval In Chicago" he said.
They are directly responsible for a
great deal Of the tuberculosis now
prevalent In Chicago. and I firmly
believe that one Of the greatest strides
that can he made towards stamping
out this disease Is to bring about
proper conditions ut the stock yards"
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II the laws regarding the selling Of
diseased meat We're enforced the Beef
Trust would now be In jail.
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The daily papers should cease the
publication OF fake financial advertise
ments.
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The Beef Trust will be stopped, no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
OF experts" try to save it.
Thirty years ago, according to the
Chicago Health Department, the ma.
jority of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust. .ae great majority OF the
panple who die are adults. the average
age of the deceased having increased
from Infancy In 1875 to a years y