Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-04

Ions of water from Chicago watel
mains by means of blind pipes" lead
ing from the streets to their packing
houses. While other people had to pa,
for the water they used. the Bee
Trust gentlemen paid nothing.
The discovery Of these thcfts causet
great indignation among the people a
the time. but the Beef Trust was nevel
obliged to make restitution and til,
officials who were bribcd, were nevcl
punished.
The record of the Beef Trust Is ,
record of rascality, vcnulity and cor
ruption.
Caught rcd.handcl stealing watcl
from the people. 1t simply asked then
what they were going to do about 1t.
Every attempt to prevent the sal,
of lumpy Jaw beef In Chicago IN,
been blocked by the agents of tn,
Beef Trust.
These are facts that are easily prov
cn and yet the lives and happiness OF
millions of people are daily put IL
peril by this awful trust.
Lately the Beef Trust has beer
branching out and gobbllng up Other
lines Of business.
1t controls the meat business.
1t controls the poultry trade.
1t controls the egg market.
It controls the hide market.
1t controls the boot and shoe trade
And lately II has stepped into tho
control Of a large part Of the vegetable
market.
In order that the multi milllonaires
at its head may thrive, 1t has raised
the price Of living upon the people Of
the United States
1t II the Beef Trust and the Reef
Trust alone that has made the cost
Of living az high as II 10.
The Beef Trust buys cattle. swine
and sheep on the h0of for almost moth
Ing.
II YOU will take the trouble to lOOl;
ut the market reports Of the daily
papers you will see that the trust pays
from $i.25 to - per 100 pounds for
canning COWS. This II cent ana a
quarter to two cents pound. For
very high grade meat they pny an
high rs five or six cents u pound.
The trust utilizes every portion Of the
cattle. hoofs. horns, intcstines, hide,
hair and bones.
1t could AFFORD to sell the people
meat ut reasonable prices and make q
big profit itself.
But 1t Is too hoggish to do this II
has the American public by the throat
ana makes the American public pay
outrageous prices.
The following from the Chicago
daily News market report for May
I. 1907. is II fair sample of what the
Beef Trust pays for cattle, per 100
pounds:
Good to prime steers. .... $4,000 6.75
Common to good steers. %. 4.750l5.0O
Inferior to common steers. 3.S5M4.I5
Good to fair cows and
heifers .......,.,.......3 3.5O6I5. %
Yearlings, good to choice. 5l5MGOO
Good cutting to fair beef
cows :. ................ 245M3.25
Fair to choice feeders. .... :.SOM5. 100
Fair to choice stOckers. -. 3OOM4.25
Common to good canning
COWS .,............,. l..0M2.IO
Bulls, common TO good. ,.. 2,250L3.75
Bulls, good to choice. ...... 3.756I 4.225
Calves. fair to good. ....... 3.OO6l5.75
Calves, good TO choice, .,,.. 5000 100
You will see from the above figures
that the average price paid by the
Beef Trust Is about 3 cents pound.
But do the people who have to pay
cxorbitant prices for food get good
food?
Let us look Mt some of the records
of the Chicago Health Department for
IA reply:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin OF Octo-
Der 2S, 1905, speaks for itself:
The city inspectors at the Union
Stock Yards condemned "FIVE CAT
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS,
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
)F TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT,
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED ny
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS"
'They also condemned and destroyed
',O33 pounds of cut meats shipped from
st. Louis and Kansas City, having
'assed government inspection ut those
'laces."
This shows the sort of government
Inspection we have.
II few Of the governmental omls-
ions are rectfied how many thous. |
nds are not?
How many homes In Europe and
Imerica are at this moment harboring |
uts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle? !
The above report OF the Health Com
lissioner speaks Of meat hanging In
he coolers Of trust houses, with tuber.