Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-25
Now it Has Raised the Price of the Food Products
the Country and Its Assaults Upon the Health
of Our Citizens Are Matters of Record.

| How do We know that sufficient prs.
cautions are taken to prevent contami.
nation7
How do the trust gentlemen knowS
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that Ii. their busi. ,
ness; they will manage It a. they 80
1T. Whose affair II Il, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II We are
poisoned BY trlchinae. II cancer In
creases?
Other countries are not 40 dull a.
,, we are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
fnonstrous perls involved In the meth
DDS Of this monopoly, ana. therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the United
States IL supposed to keep an inspector
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon It mn official stamp certify.
ing that II Is fit Tor food.
If. then. these are the methods In
regard to export beef. about which
there Is nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. on
which there Is no inspection Mt allf
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 20
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent III
Why IRE the laws inert against this
criminal organixation2 Why 10 q man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing a flvc.dollar check and these men
60 free for swlndling q nation3
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for " In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
taInly suggest fraud and treacheryf
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
As to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu-
losis and the cancer, put stop to pri.
vate slnughterlng. Let all the slaugh.
tering Of food animals be done by tho
State In the light Of day. without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
Tho 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 tine oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughtee
houses are IN invasion OF the private
rights Of business. When Il comes %
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has right
; to saved profits that be makes By
spreading disease. We have gone TOO
far on the road to public sanitation 70
J turn back because some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The state win
: not allow you to 60 around with small.
pox or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house. although each may be strictly
I, your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger. smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera II can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, q million times worse than
cholera. II II can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And il
duty In the one case is at least az clear
a. In the other.
lnsanitary conditions In the stock
, yards were severely censured by DR..
Arnold g. Klebs In lecture on "COn.
sumption and the Home" given In the
Public Library under the auspices Of
; the Chicago Medical Society.
"SOme day these insanitary condi.
I lions out at the stock yards will cause
, q great upheaval In Chicago" he said.
, "They are directly responsible for q
{ great deal Of the tuberculosis now
) prevalent In Chicago. and firmly
believe that one Of the greatest strides
r that can be made towards stamping
J. out this disease is to bring about
!. proper conditions at the stock yards"
i %8A
:. II the laws regarding the selling Of
diseased meat were enforced the Beef
Trust would now he In jail.
p The daily papers should cease the
!. publication OF fake financial advertise
q ments.
The Beef Trust will be stopped, no
d matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
Q OF experts" try to save It
., Thirty years ago, according to the
y Chicago Health Department, the ma.
!. 1ority Of the deaths In Chicago were
: among infants. Now, thanks to the
Reef Trust. he great majority OF thu
= paaple who die are adults. the averasu
9 age OF the deceased having increased
= from Infancy In 1875 to q years h
}. 1901