Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-04

ton. Many of these calves ought not
to be shipped alive from the country.
and the practice invites attention by
the Humane Society"
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With corps OF Beef Trust inspec.
tors the fate Of the public will be worse
than 1t ever was.
The Chicago Tribune. after calling
attention to the fact that only q out
Of 100 meat product inspectors had
gone to work under the new law, said
on Tuesday, Sept. II, 1906: 1T will
be necessary to hold another examine.
ton before the full complement Of 100
men can be installed, and It Is doubt.
full II u sufficient number will be avail.
able for duty when the new law goes
into effect Oct. I. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions at
the plants principally. and Mr.. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab.
lishments. They will inspect the trucks,
rooms. hangers, tables, pipes and floors.
Sixty.sive Of those who took the exam.
lnation recently passed bat only TWEEN
ty.seven reported for duty. This 10 &C.
counted for By the fact that Of those
who passed Q number are now en-.
ployed IN the packing houses at 500
. month. The salary Of an inspector 10
but SS0.88 q MONTH"
A great portion Of the "lumpy Jaw"
BEET slaughtered IL the United States
and passed 40 sound" BY the inspect.
ors 10 sold and consumed In Chicago.
according to q recent article In the
Chicago Tribune. 81. Louis prohibits
both the slaughter and sale Of ''lumpy
Jaw" cattle In that city. and Kansas
City, while It permits the slaughtering
Of such cattle, prohibits the sale Of the
beef.
That Chicago has become the dump.
Ing ground" for practically oil the
"lumpy Jaw" beef In the country was
revealed BY food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle. OF these only 4 small
fraction 10 condemned a. UNIT for con.
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out, Ii sold for prime beef.
ana brings the retailer - good prices
40 tho best beef.
This Ii possible BY reason Of the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys 10 part Of q
"luinpy Jaw" steer or not. II the In.
spectors pass an infected animal. after
the post.mortem inspection, the beef IL
placed In the cooler aud sold just as
any other beef.
Out Of total days slaughter Of 100
head of "lumpy jaw" and otherwise In.
fected animals only twelve car
cases were condemned after post.
norton inspection. This means that at
an average weight of 1900 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days at least 10000
pounds OF "lumpy Jaw" beef. How
much Of the same kind OF meat ia
shipped into Chicago from Kansas City
and other places where Its sale Is pro.
hibited would be difficult to estimate,
but the quantity Ia undoubtedly large.
In most of the Eastern cities ordi.
nances are In force prohibiting the sale
Of meat from animals with actln0my-
COSTS, the scientific name for "lumpy
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains as the
only large market where that class of
cattle may he slaughtered and sold with
profit.
The average weekly receipts Of cattle
at the stock yards are 10000 head. and
among these always are found from
100 to 200 animals infected In one
way or another.
The Beef Trust continues Its awful
work of murder. Even the employees
OF the Government hired to sample
their products are victims. Read this :
Washington, ID. c., Nov. 2l.-The
death OF Robert Vance Freeman, a
member of the Department Of Agricul-
lures first poison squad" Is likely to
he followed by suit against the Gov
eminent by his mother.
Young Freeman succumbcd TO tuber-
culosls after long illness, dating from
his discharge from the squad six
months after he Joined. When he
Joined the 'polson squad three years
| ago he was declared to be physically
perfect. His mother declares the bOric
acid diet tests to which he was sub
jected weakened his system. DR.. II. W.
Wiley, Government food expert, calls
the theory absurd.
Upon entering the ''polson squad
young Freeman and other members
signed an agreement absOlving the
, Government from all blame from any
results that might happen. 1t Is con.
tended by Freeman's mother that he
was not of age when he signed the
paper.
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II government inspection at the
Union Stock Yards Ii such a good
thing and Is so thoroughly done. how