Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-06
The illinois State Board Of Health
Hits Both Of Them Hard in
Circular.
Duty of the City Administration with
Regard to Meat Inspection Is
Very Plain.

place the establishment under suspicion
as one In which such animals are
slaughtered for human consumption.
Any unsOund meat or carcass found In
slaughter house or in market should
be assumed as being there for sale"
Notwithstanding its apathy and as
poor us the city inspection Is at the
Stock Yards because of the very small
number of inspectors. the government
Inspection Is worse. In fact the govern.
ment inspection Is farce rs Is proven
by the following extract from the Chi.
cago Health Department report for the
week ending September 10, 1906:
"rhe Department Inspectors at the
Union Stock Yards condemned and de.
stroyed 05.6OS pounds Of meats. or
this amount 11.545 pounds were con.
demned by the Department inspectors
after having been passed by other In.
sl,ectors."
The "other Inspectors are the gov.
ernment inspectors.
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II Mayor DUNES administration de.
stroyed over 100000 pounds Of can.
cerous and tuberculous meat In ave
months, by the inspection work OF
only eleven Inspector, how many bill.
lions Of pounds Of cancer and tuber.
culosis were fed to the people during
the years that there was no city n.
spectionf
The pure food laws will, or course,
be enforced against some poor little
grocer. But against the Beet Trust,
never!
How many tuberculosis or lumpy Jaw
cattle have been released from "Quar.
antine" BY order Of the Health Do.
partment.
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What object can the members Of the
Beef Trust have In opposing the I'LL.
nols pure food laws aud wanting them
amendedf
During the week ending Sept. 8 the
few city meat inspectors at the Union
Stock Yards condemned and destroyed
Ss.00S pounds Of meats. The food In.
spectors In the "loop district" con.
demned and destroyed 47,S82 pounds
Of unit foodstuffs.
A million pounds Of bad meat sold
outside the loop district were eaten by
the people. No inspection.
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The Beef Trust continues to spread
tuberculosis. cancer and other diseases
with impunity.
One fact that escapes general atten.
ton Is that the intestines. blood, liv.
or, heart ana lights Tor lungs) OF IN
animal are already used before the
carcass proper gets to the inspector
This includes also what Is known az
the gut fats, out Of which lard, suet
table oils aud various other things
IRE made.
A soon a. a beef Ii killed, II Il
hung up BY the heels aud diselnbow'
eled.
All Of the ''lnnards" are hauled
away.
Even the blood 10 received into q
receptacle and carried Oh to b
made Into blood sausage. beef extract
and the like.
The intestines are carried 30 the
sausage rooms to be used 10 casings
The stomach goes elsewhere 10 b
used a. tripe.
The liver. lights, heart, etc.. nnd q
ready market.
And. mind you. every bit Of these
portions Of the "crittsr' are used
whether Il 10 suffering from cancer.
tuberculosis, lumpy Jaw, or any other
disease.
The carcass after its "innards" are
removed 10 swung along and carried to
another place where the inspectors pass
upon 1t or pretend to pass upon 1t.
DR.. G. j. Whalen. the efficient Health
Commissioner Of Chicago, reported the
condemnation Of nearly four million
pounds Of meat during the four months
ending December 80, 1906.
Now IS per cent Of these 1000 900
pounds were found to be afflicted with
tuberculosis.
Every ounce of these 100000
pounds belonged to the main carcass
and had passed government inspection.
What about the hearts, livers. lights.
intestines, fats, blood, tripe and other
inside belongings Of these tuberculosis
cattle from which 100000 pounds Of
tuberculosis and cancer0us meat were
found and condemned?
They were sold to the people and
eaten as food!
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The Cancer Trust and the Tubercu.
losis Trust are still doing business.
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Talk about government inspection!
We take the following from the last