Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-07

1OW 10 we KNOW tn0I 0umCient Oros
cautions are taken to prevent contami.
natlon2
How do the trust gentlemen know
They inform US that what goes ON
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that is, their bust.
ness; they will manage It as they 80
fit Whose affair Is II. then, II the
nation cats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trlchlnae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 40 dull 40
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 an inspector
upon meat Intended for export and 20
place upon It an official stamp certify.
Ing that It IL at Tor food.
II, then, these are the methods IN
regard to export beef, about which
there II nominal inspection. what Do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there Is no inspection at allf
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 10
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent ~
Why are the laws inert against this
criminal organixation2 Why IL q man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing a nvc.d0llar check and these men
60 free for swindling a nation3
Why do we contribute our dollar,
year after year to swell unnecessary
hoards7
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for 10 In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud aud treacheryf
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
Al to the ''lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
losis and the cancer, put q stop to pri.
vate Strengthening. Let all the slaugh.
tering Of food animals be done BY the
State In the light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equsD
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
The cities and towns run their slausu.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat
Aud we need not worry about tine oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When II comes 10
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has q risht
to saved profits that he makes b.
spreading disease. We have gOus too
fur on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back BECAUSE some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The state win
not allow you to 60 around with small.
pOx 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. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera Il can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer. q million times worse than
cholera. II Il can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide siaueb.
ter houses for public safety. And n.
duty In the one case 10 Ut least % clear
~ In the other.
The Eagles prediction that the Beef
Trust would raise the price OF food
On the people has been fulfilled. The
action OF the packers Ia expected to
arouse particularly those members of
Congress who have insisted that the
packers should pay the cost Of tho
meat inspection, for which Congress
now apprOprlates $3,OOOOOO annually.
Ono OF the arguments used against this
proposal has been the allegation that
the packers would at once shift the
cost Of the inspection to the cattle
raisers.
Now that the packers propose 10
shift the loss from condemned CIR
casses while at the same time they
profit by the advertisement of the gov.
eminent guaranty Of the wholesome.
ness Of their products the proponents
Of the plan to make them pay for the
government inspection insist they have
an argument. Senators Beveridge, OF
Indiana. and Gallinger. Of New Hamp-
shire. have already promised to renew
the fight In the next Congress-
Congress- should at once add to the.
meat Inspection law these three pro-
visions:
PACKERS should be obliged to
bear all the expense attached to 10.
spectiOn.
2-Packers should be obliged to
print date of canning on the labels Of
all canned goods.
SAIL meat In transit should b N
spsctsd by the government