Chicago eagle., 1907-05-11

cular tumors "trmmed OUT ready to
be cut into stenks.
Speaking Of the 1885, 900 pounds Of
food condemned In 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, Dr. @.
]. 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 aghast ut the crlmI.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. 1t Is now
In order to go step farther and find
out who Is responsible for this moral
obliqulty.
"'It Is we'll known that cOmbina.
tions Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rails.
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 Int, =
direct relation to public health.
att IL high time that thlS d. utter
be taken out Of the class Of min0, of.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
tn war. when all kinds Of brutality are
~nctioned. Il Ia the height Of die
honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of country. 10 II any
better to poison the food supply1 II
Ia time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction I"
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health Dc.
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1905
"Thc total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1.348, ,343
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. IS PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, - per cent for
actinomycosis-lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin. Dec. 0.
1905: ~ total Of 147,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past week) under the 81.
pervisiOn 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.
struction Of food supplies unat for
human consumption during the past
three mOnths-since the resumption Oi
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
BY order Of the COmmissioner-ha
reached immense proportions, much un'
ut food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
pathOlOgic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa'
cillties for microscopic laboratory ex'
animation have not yet been restored
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs and O cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED by
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"rhe total stock yards condemnatiOns
amounted to l76,SOs pounds
parts of beef carcasses !"
In other words II has been and Il
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumors and let the rest OF
the carcass 90 to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
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The Beef Trust will find 1t hare
70 get 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 its eXter
minatlon.
~GSA