Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-01-05
The General Public Has a Fine 0ppor.
tuniV to Get All It Wants
Of L.
Health Department Finds Cattle In
Trust Coolers with Tuber.
culOsis Trimmed Out.

honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of country. Is II any
better to poison the food supply2 II
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, 1906 |:
"The total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was I. .343, ,343
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. S5 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, - per cent for
actinomycosis-lumpy jaw--and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. 0,
1906: "a total Of 147,O0O pounds OF
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past week. under the su.
pervlsiOn Of the department inspectors
at the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 1853 pounds Of government. In.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning
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Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
ber II, 1905:
although the condemnation and de.
struction Of food supplies unht for
human consumption during the past
three months-since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
By order Of the Commissioner have
reached immense proportions, much un.
nt food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats % show gross
patholosic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cilities for microscopic laboratory *.
animation have not yet been restored.
"Ths Union Stock Yards city inapec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef csrcassea, 3 hogs and Q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"Tile total stock yards condemna tions
amounted to 170,SOe pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses!"
In other words It has been and In
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tunSors and let the rest Of
the carcass 10 10 the people for food |!
Aud yet we call ourselves civilized.
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10. 1906:
'"Ths department has made q new
ruling In regard to lumpy jaw or
actinOmycotic animals. Hereafter all
animals that show, on post. .mortem
examination, q degeneration Of the
lesion, with cavity formation, contain.
Ing pus, will be condemned aud de-
strOyed.
Heretofore only those with q gen.
ersl infection were destroyed"
Health Department Bulletin, Nov.
30, 1905:
"StOckyards inspection of meats for
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order OF the Commissioner Of
Health on Aug. Z, ult., with two do.
partment inspectors employed. On
Oct. three additional inspectors were
put to work, and Oct. 10 authority
was given by the Finance Committee
Of the city council for the employ.
ment Of six more.
Between Aug. Z and Nov. 30 q
grand total Of 2.7Sl,l87 pounds of
food supplies were condemned and de-
strOyed as unwhOlesOme, diseased or
otherwise unit for human food"
Health Department Bulletin. Dec.
10, 1905:
Following Is a summary Of unit
food condemned and destroyed during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards-392 cat
tie, weight l52,5O9 pounds; 362 hogs,
weight 5S,S3S pounds; 10 calves,
weight 6l5 pounds; IL sheep. weight
?55 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats.
Total, 23i,33O pounds.
AT city retail markets-1S,0 $50
pounds of fish; 80 calves, 4 hogs. g.
300 pounds; 2 cattle, sheep, 933
pounds of poultry and dressed meats
and vegetables, l,40i pounds. Total,
2l,ll4 pounds.
Aggregate cOndemnations of unfit
food during the week. 252,444
pounds"
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The Beef Trust will be investigated
by the next Legislature.
And what showing up there will
be!
The investigation OF the insurance
by the New York Legisla-
ture will not be Il circumstance to 1t.
Chicago's multi-millionaires grown
rich selling disease and poison to the
people will ST their lust dues then.
The Chicago Newspaper Trust can
not save them.
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The Eagle will keep up Its fight on
he cattle and packing people until the
'ale of animals afflicted with cancer
md tuberculosis is stopped entirely.