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

The Beef Trust stole millions OF gal.
Ions of water from Chicago water
mains by means Of blind pipes lead.
ing from the streets to their packing
houses. While other people had to pay
for the water they used. the Beef
Trust gentlemen paid nothing.
The discovery Of these thefts caused
great Indignation among the people at
the time. but the Beef Trust was never
Obliged to make restitution ana the
officials who were bribetl, were never
punished.
The record of the Beef Trust Is a
record of rascality, venality and cor
ruption.
Caught red.handed stealing water
from the people. 1t simply asked them
what they we're going to do about 1t.
Every attempt to prevent the sale
of mmpy jaw beef in Chicago has
been blocked by the agents OF the
Beef Trust.
These are facts that are easily prov
on and yet the lives and happiness of
millions of people are daily put In
peril by this awful trust.
Lately the Beef Trust has been
branching out and gobbling up other
lines of. business.
1t controls the meat business.
It controls the poultry trade.
1t controls the egg market
Ii controls the hide market.
1t controls the boot and slioe trade
And lately 1t has stepped into the
control Of large part Of the vegetable
market.
In order that the multi.mllliOnaires
ut its head may thrive, 1t has raised
the price Of living upon the people Of
the United States.
II IL the Beef Trust and the Beef
Trust alone that has made the cos
OF living as high as It is.
The Beef Trust buys cattle. swine
and sheep on the hOOf for almost moth
Ing.
II you will take the trouble to lool
ut the market reports Of the dali!
papers you will see that the trust pay
from $i.25 to 81 per 100 pounds fol
canning cows This Is a cent and
quarter to two cents a pound. FO
very high grade meat they pay al
high as five or six cents a pound
The trust utilizes every portion OF TIN
cattle, hoofs, horns, intcstines, hide
hair and bones.
1t could afford to sell the pcOpl
meat at reasonable prices and make
big profit Itself.
But 1t Ii too h0gglsh to do this. ]
has the American public by the thrOa
and makes the American public pa
outrageous prices
The following from the Chicag
Daily News market report for Ma
~, 1907. Ia a fair sample of what tn
Beef Trust pays for cattle, per IL
pounds:
Good to prime steers go. 50. .I5oLd.i
Common to good steers 80. 4.5OM5.'
Inferior to common steers. 3.S5M4.a
Fair to choice cows and
helfers minimum. a5OM5.7
Yearlings, good to choice. 515M6..
Good cutting to fair beef
cows ;. ................ 2GOM3.7
Fair to choice feeders. 3.SOd5.
Fair TO choice stockcrs 80. 3.OOM4I
Common to good canning
cows ............... I.25M2'
Bulls, common to good .... 2,256l4 4.(
Bulls, good to choice .... 4.OOM4.l
Calves. fair to good ..... 3.0Odi5..
Calves, good to choice ...... 5.25MG.,
You will see from the above figure
that the average price paid by Il
Beef Trust Is about 3 cents pound.
But do the people who have to pa
exorbitant prices for food get god
food?
Let us look at some Of the recor'
Of the Chicago Health Department Il
reply:
The following from the Chicap
Health Department Bulletin OF Oct
Der 2S, 1906, speaks for itself:
The city inspectors at the Unio
Stock Yards condemned "FIvE CA
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENC
OF TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OU,
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED II
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS
'"They also condemned and destrOye
3,O03 pounds Of cut meats shipped fro
St Louis and Kansas City, havir
passed government inspection at tho'
places"
This shows the sort Of gOvernmel
inspection we have.
II q few OF the governmental Oml
sions are rectified bow many thou
ands are not?
How many homes In Europe ar
America are at this moment harbOrir
cuts of meat from tuberculosis cattle
The above report OF the Health Cor
missioner speaks OF meat hanging
the coolers Of trust houses, with tube