Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-15
Now it Has Raised the Price of the Food Products of
the Country and Its Assaults Upon the Health
of Our Citizens Are Matters of Record.

How do We know that sufficient ore.
cautions arc taken to prevent coutami.
nationf
How do the trust gentlemen knowS
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; TINT is, their husi.
ness: they will manage It a. they 80
ft Whose affair Ii IL, then. n tho
nation eats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trlchinae. II cancer In.
crcases?
Other countries are not 30 duh %
we are about these things. other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perlls involved In the meth.
DDS OF this monopoly. and. therefore,
try to exclude American meats,
To quiet their objections the United
states IL supposed to keep an insp-stoe
upon meat intended for export AMI 10
place upon It an Official stamp certify.
Ing that It Is 1T tor food.
II, then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef. about which
there IL nominal inspection, what do
you suppose IRE the methods nbOut
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there Ia no inspection at ali7
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 70
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent ~
Why IRE the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why IL man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing a nve.dollar check and these mop
50 free for swlndling q nation?
Why do We contribute our dollars
year utter year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are we content to hive our
food prepared for ~ In secret under
conditions thnt to any SINE mind cer.
talnly suggest fraud and treachery?
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
Az to the "lulnpy Jaw" tho tubercu.
losis aud the cancer, put stop to pri.
vate slaughtcring. Let all the slaugh.
terlng Of food animals be done BY the
State In the light 0f day, without any
OF this dark lantern business. on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
The cities and towns run their slaugh.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat.
And we need not worry about the oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughtss
houses are an invasion OF the private
rights Of business. When Il comes b
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has q right
to saved profits that he mak~s b.
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on tho road to public sanitation 10
turn back because some seltlemau's
profits are threatened. The State win
not allow you to 60 around with small.
p0x or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house, although each may b 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 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slauRh.
ter houses for public safety. And il
duty In the one case 10 ut least % clear
a. In the other.
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The Eagles prediction that tho Resf
Trust would raise the price OF food
on the people has been fulfilled. Ths
action Of the packers Is expected TO
arouse particularly those members Of
Congress who have insisted that tho
packers should pay the cost OF tho
meat Inspection, for which Congress
now apprOpriates S3,OOO.OOO annually.
One of the arguments used against this
proposal has been the allegation that
the packers would mt once shift the
cost Of the inspection to the cattle
ralsers.
Now that the packers propose 70
shift the loss from condemned car
casses while ut the same time they
profit by the advertisement OF the gov
ernment guaranty Of the wholesome
ness OF their products the proponents
OF tho plan to make them pay for the
government inspection insist they have
IN argument. Senators Beverldge, 0f
Indiana, ana Gallinger, Of New Hamp-
shire, have already promised TO renew
the fight In the next Congress.
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Congress should ut once add to the
meat inspection law these three pro.
visions:
PACKERS should be Obliged to
bear all the expense attached to in
spectlon.
2-Packers should be obliged to
print date Of canning on the labels of
all canned goods.
l 3-All meat In transit should he in
spected by the government.