Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-27

cilar tumors trimmed out" ready 10
be cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the a.935O0h sounds Of
food condemned n 1906 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DR.. G.
]. Whalen, Health Commissioner, 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 81,
says: One stands aghast ut the crimI.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. It Is now
In order to go a step farther and find
out who Is responsible for this moral
obliquity.
att Is well known that combina.
lions Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rals.
Ing the price Of food stuffs 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, brought ir., =
direct relation to public health.
"Tt Is high time that thlS M~tter
be taken out Of the class Of minO, Of
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
10 war. when all kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned. II Ia the height Of die.
h0n0r-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of a country. IL It any
better to poison the food suppiy2 II
Ii time that the public mind should
develop conscience in this direction "
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health Do.
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1905 :
"The total amount Of meats con-
dcmned during the period was 1,843, 3i3
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. AZ PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, IL per cent for
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o,
1906: "a total Of 147.00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past weekly under the su.
pcrvisiOn Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 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, 1906:
although the condemnation and de-
structlon of food supplies unfit for
human consumption during the past
three months--snce the resumption Of
Stock Yards Inspection August Z ult.,
by order Of the commemorative
reached immense proportions, much un-
lit food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats rs show gross
patliologlc conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cllities for microscopic laboratory eX.
animation have not yet been restored
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs and O cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED by
TIE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"The total stock yards condemnation
amounted to l7GSOS pounds
"Parts of beef carcasses!"
In other words 1t has been and Il
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumors and let the rest OF
the carcass go to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
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The Beef trust will find 1t hare
% get resting place when the PEG
ole of this country rise against II
IS they surely will. The people of TIN
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