Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-20

lOUS OI WHIcF IToU NIlNVSO WUteT
mains by means of "blind pipes lend.
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 thcfts caused
great Indignation among the people nj
| the time. hut tho Beef Trust was never
obliged to make restitution and tho
officials who were bribetl. were never
punished.
Tho record of the beef Trust IL II
record of rascaliiy. venality and cor.
rup,ion.
Caught rcd.handcd stealing water
from the people. II simply asked them
what they were going to do about 1t.
Every attempt 10 prevent the sale
of lumpy 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 tho Beef Trust has been
branching out and gobbllng up other
lines of business.
II controls the meat business.
II controls the poultry trade.
1t controls the egg market.
II controls the hide market.
It controls the boot and shoe trade.
And lately II has stepped into the
control Of u large part Of the vegetable
market.
In order that the multi.mi ircs
mt its head may thrive. II has raised
III" price Of living upon the people Of
| the United States.
II II the Reef Trust and the Beef
Trust alone that has made tho cost
| Of living as high as II IL.
The Beef Trust buys cattle. swine
ana sheep on the hoof for almost moth
Ing.
II you will take the trouble 10 look
at the market reports Of the daily
papers you will see that the trust pays
from Si.25 to 81 per 100 pounds for
| canning cows. This IL u cent ana u
quarter tO two cents u pound. For
very high grade meat they pay us
high rs five or six cents II pound.
The trust utllizcs every portion Of the
cattle, h0ofs, horns, intestlncs, hide,
hair and bones.
1t could afford 10 sell the people
meat ut reasonable prices und make u
big profit itself.
But It II too hOgglsh to do this. II
has the American public by the throat
and makes the American public pay
| outrageous prices.
The following from tho Chicago
Daily News market report for April
y. 1907, II u fair sample of what the
Reef Trust pays for cattle, per lOO
pounds:
Good to prime steers. .SJ.9OM 81
Common to good steers. -. i.T56i 800
Inferior to common steers. ..S56i H. ~
Good to fair cows and
helfcrs 3.5OMa2I
Ycarllngs. good To choice. 5.l5M GOO
Good cutting to fair beef
cows :. ................ 2.i5Ma2 %
Fair to choice feeders. .,.S0M 800
Fair to choice stOckcrs. 5000 /. ~
Common to good canning
cows >. ...........,.... 1.25M2.iO
Bulls. common to good. $50. 2.25ma75
Bulls, good to choice. ...... :.75Hf t.225
Calves, fair to good. .,,.,, 3Ne 5.75
Calves, good to choice. $50. G.OOd 100
You will see from the above figures
that the average price paid by the
Beef Trust IL about 3 cents n pound.
But do the people who have To pay
ex0rbltant prices for food get good
food?
Let MS look at some of the records
Of the Chicago Health Department for
II reply;
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin of Octo-
Der 2s, 1905, speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors Mt the Union
Stock Yards condemned "FIVE CAT
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS,
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT,
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS"
"They also condemned and destroyed
3,O03 pounds OF cut meats shipped from
st. Louis and Kansas City, having
passed government inspection at those
Places"
This shows the sort of government
Inspection we have.
If a few of the governmental omls-
sons are rectiied how many thous,
ands are not?
How many homes In Europe and
America are at this moment harboring
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle?
The above report OF the Health Com
missioner speaks of meat hanging In
the coolers Of trust houses, with tuber-