Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-25

cular tumors trimmed out" ready to
be cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the $685.. 600 pounds Of
food condemned In 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors. DR.. G. |
J. whalen, Health Commissioners, says
in his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS"
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan),
American Medicine December %.
says: One stands nghast at the crmi.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. 1t Is now
In order to 20 a step farther and find
out who Is responsible for this moral
Obllqulty.
"'lt is well known that comblna.
tions Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rails.
ing the price Of food stufYs beyond the
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry has
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
erst time are the combinations which
coN.rol the food supply, brouQSt Ia, =
direct relation to public health.
att Ii high time TINT this a. utter
be taken out Of the class Of minO, Of.
fenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
"a war. when al kinds Of brutality are
~uctioned. Il 10 the height Of die.
h0nor-even murier--to poison the
water supply Of country. Is It any
better to poison the food supply? II
10 time TINT the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1905:
"The total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1.343.3l3
pounds. OF the principal causes OF
condemnation. 81 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, ]? per cent for
actinomycosis-lumpy jaw--and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o.
1906: ~ total OF 147,VaO pounds OF
meats was condemned and destroyed
| during the past week) under the su.
pervision Of the department inspectors
at the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludcs 4,0S3 pounds OF government.in.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
Der II, 1905:
"Although the condemnation and de.
structlon Of food supplies unit for
human consumption during the past
three mOnths--since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August ult.,
BY order OF the COmmissiOner-h have
reached immense proportions, much un'
1T food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats a. show gross
pathOlOgic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye. are now condemned. Fa.
cilitles for microscopic laboratory ex'
animation have not yet been restored
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec'
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses, 8 hogs and q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"The total stock yards cOndemnations
amounted To lIG.SOS pounds
"Parts Of beef carcasses! !"
In other words Ii has been and II
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumors aud let the rest OF
the carcass go to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
The Beef Trust will find II hart
to get a resting place when the peO
pie of this country rise against II
az they surely will. The people of tn
whole world are crying for It's exter
minati0n.
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An average OF $4,000 pounds Of dis
eased meat Is condemned every week b.
Chicago Health Department Inspector
In butcher shops and grocery and de
partment stores "inside the Uniol
loop"
II this great amount OF tubercular
cancerous and magRoty material can b,
found by the inspectors and destroyet
"inside the loop" small territor!
bounded by the river, Van Buren street
Wabash and Fifth avenues, how man!
million pounds are sold to the publ,
and consumed In the vast territory out
side the loop?
This is very pertinent question.
That 10000 pounds of diseased mea
can escape stOckyards inspection ever!
week and find itself into department
and other stores "inside the loop.
should suffice to call attention to tn
vast amount Of poisonous food that es
capes inspection at the stockyards ant
IL sold outside the loop.
y Facts are facts. and ogures Asvsc y