Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-03

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The fact that the Beef Trust fought
proposed law to this effect, last year.
only goes to emphasize the necessity
that exists for one.
According to all accounts the canned
goods of the Beef Trust are bad enough
when comparatively new, without I'm.
loading OH the public canned goods that
have been years In Il warehouse.
More than that. the government
should compel the packers to pay oil
the expenses of meat inspection.
The government should also inspect
all meat In transit.
Lately the Beef Trust has been
branching out and gobbling up other
lines of business.
1t controls the meat business.
1t controls the poultry trade.
1t controls the egg market.
1t controls the hide market.
1t controls the boot and shoe trade.
And lately It has stepped into the
control Of large part Of the vegetable
market.
It Ii the Beef Trust and the Beef
Trust alone that has made the cost
OF living as high as II Is.
The Beef Trust buys cattle, swine
and sheep on the hoof for almost moth.
Ing.
II you will take the trouble to look
ut the market reports Of the daily
papers you will see that the trust pays
from $l.25 to 81 per 100 pounds for
canning cows This Is cent ana Il
quarter to two cents pound. For
very high grade meat they pay rs
high rs five or six cents Il pound.
The trust utllizes every portion Of the
cattle, hoofs, horns, intestlnes, hide,
hair ana bones.
1t. could afford to sell the people
meat ut reasonable prices and make u
big profit itself.
But It Is too hoggish to do this. II
has the American public by the throat
and makes the American public pay
outrageous prices.
enlI n
Daily Journal market report for July
~, 1907. Is II fair sample of what the
Beef Trust pays for cattle, per 100
pounds:
Prime fat steers ........... III. I00I I.1O
Good To choice steers ...... 6.lOd6.IO
Medium 10 good steers 49,. 5.I3dL6.lO
Common to medium steers. 3.?oM3.GO
Inferior killers ........... 4.oOMo.W
Good to choice cows ....... 40OM3.OO
Medium cows ,,...,.. 5000 800
Common to good cutters. 2.DM2.I5
Medium to good Gamers. l.15M2.W
Prime helfers ,.,.......... i.6Odi5.5O
Medium to good heifcrs.... 3.5OM a2h
Common to fair hcifers. 80. 3OOm3M
Good to choice bulls. ....... 4OWM5.W
Bologna bulls .......... 2.SOHi 33l
Good to choice calves. ..... 6WDtI..1
Medium calves ........... GbhihU
Inferior heavy calves go. 3OOIi 400
Selected feeders .......... 4.G5Gi5,W
Good feeders ............. i.4OGi 4.GO
Medium feeders ........... 4UO0i i.3I
Euir to good stockers. $500 .OO
Inferior light stockcrs, ... 2.5Oni3,W
You will see from the above figures
that the average price paid by the
Beef Trust Is about 4 cents pound.
But do the people who have to pay
cxorb!tant prices for food get good
| food?
Let Us look mt some OF the records
of the Chicago Health Department fol
reply:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin OF Octo-
Der %. 1905. speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors at 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"
"rhey also condemned and destroyed
S.O93 pounds OF cut meats shipl,9l from
St Louis and Kansas City, having
passed government inspection at those
places"
This shows the sort Of government
! inspection we have.
| If few Of the governmental omis-
sions are rectitied how many th0us-
ands are not?
How many homes In Europe and
America are at this moment harb0ring
cuts OF meat from tuberculosis cattle !
The above report OF the Health Com
missioner speaks Of meat hanging 10
the coolers Of trust houses. with tubsr-