Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-02
The illinois State Board Of Health
Hits Both Of Them Hard in
Circular.
Duty of the City Administration with
Regard to Meat Inspection Is
Very Plain.

place the establishment under suspicion
as one In which such animals are
slaughtered for human consumption.
Any unsOund meat or carcass found In
a slaughter house or In market should
be assumed as being there for sale.'
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Notwithstanding its apathy and rs
poor as the city inspection Is at the
Stock Yards because of the very small
number of inspectors. the government
Inspection Is worse. In fact the govern.
ment inspection Is farce as Is proven
by the following extract from the Chi.
cago Health Department report for the
week ending September 10. 1906:
"rhc Department Inspectors at the
Union Stock Yards condemned and de.
stroyed 05.GOS pounds of meats. OF
this amount 1855 pounds were con.
demned by the Department Inspectors
after having been passed by other In.
spcctors."
The "other inspectors" are the gov.
eminent inspectors.
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II Mayor DUNES administratlo de.
strOyed over 100000 pounds of can.
cero,n and tuberculous meat in five
months. by the inspection work Of
only eleven inspectors. how many bill.
lions Of pounds Of cancer and tuber.
culosis were fed to the people during
the years that there was no city In.
5pcction3
The pure food laws will. or course,
be enforced against some pour little
grocer. But against the Beu4 Trust,
never!
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How many tuberculosis or lumpy Jaw
cattle have been released from guar.
antine" by order Of the Health DE.
pnrtincnt.
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What object can the members OF the
Beef Trust have In opposing the iii.
nols pure food laws and wanting them
amended?
During the week ending Sept. 8 the
few city meat inspectors ut the Union
Stock Yards condemned and destroyed
SS.OG3 pounds Of meats. The food In.
spectors In the "loop district" con.
demned ana destroyed 47,S62 pounds
OF unfit foOdstuifs.
| A million pounds OF bad meat sold
outside the loop district were eaten by
the people. No inspection.
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The Beef Trust continues to spread
tuberculosis. cancer and other diseases
with lmpunlty.
ton II that the intcstines, blood, liv'
or. heart and lights Tor lungs) Of an
animal IRE already used before the
carcass proper gets to the Inspector
This includes also what IL known AZ
the gut fats. out Of which lard, suet
table oils ana various other things
are made.
AZ soon as beef IL killed, II Il
hung up by the heels and dlsembow'
eled.
All Of the "lnnards" are hauled
away.
Even the blood Ii received into q
receptacle ana carried OF to be
made into blood sausage. beef extract
and the like.
The intestlnes are carried to the
sausage rooms to be used az castings.
The stomach goes elsewhere to BIZ
used IN tripe.
The liver. lights, heart, etc., find q
ready market.
Aud, mind You, every bit Of these
portions OF the 'crltter" are used
whether 1t II suffering from cancer
tuberculosis, lumpy jaw, or any Other
disease.
The carcass after its "lnnards" are
removed il swung along and carried t.
another place where the inspectors pasi
upon 1t or pretend to pass upon It.
l, Dr.'C. j. Whalen, the efficient Health
Commissioner Of Chicago, reported thu
condemnation Of nearly four millior
pounds of meat during the four months
ending December 30, 1905.
Now So per cent Of these 4,0O0.OOt
/, pounds were found to be afflicted with
tuberculosis.
Every ounce of these 4,OOO,OO(
pounds belonged to the main carcass
and had passed government inspection
What about the hearts, livers, lights
Intestines, fats, blood, tripe and Othe
inside belongings of these tuberculosi'
cattle from which 100000 pounds O.
tuberculosis and cancerOus meat wer'
found and condemned?
They were sold to the people ant
: eaten as food!
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The Cancer Trust and the Tubercu
I losis Trust are still doing business.
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+ Talk about government inspection!
We take the following from the las
y annual report of DR.. Charles J.Whaler
j. Commissioner of Health of the city o
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