Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-16

at food still reaches the market Only
such animals and meats % show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable By
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cillties for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
'The Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
Of beef carcassss, 8 hogs and 9 cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED By
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'.rhs total stock yards condemnatlons
amounted to 178,000 pounds"
Speaking Of the 8036. 900 pounds Of
food condemned In 1905 By Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DR.. q.
J. Whalen, Health Commissioner. says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS"
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whalen).
American Medicine December %.
says: One stands aghast at the crlmi'
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. 1t Il now
In order to 60 step farther and md
out who Ia responsible for this moral
obliQuity.
"'It IL we'll known that combinations
Of the larger meat dealers have exist
ed In the past to the end of raising
the price Of food stuffs beyond the point
to which healthy competition would re-
duce them. The outcry has always been
In protest against the increased cost
Of living, but hero for the first time
are the combinations which control the
food supply, brought into q direct rela
ton to the public health.
"It 10 high time that this matter
be taken out Of the class Of minor Of
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Ever
| In war, when all kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned, It 10 the height OF dis
honor-even murder-t0 poison TIN
water supply Of country. ID 1t any
better to poison the food supply? II
IL time that the public mind shoult
develop conscience In this direction
Speaking of Beef Trust tuberculosl'
read the following from the Health DE
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1900
"The total amount Of meats con
dcmned during the period was 1,3i3,3i'
pounds. OF the principal causes O
condemnation, IS PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS IL per cent To-
actlnomycosis-lumpy jaw--and pc
cent for hog cholera"
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| Chicago Is ut the mercy Of the Bee
Trust. The Illinois legislature mus
come to her rescue.
&cN
The Government meat law, passed t.
obllge the packers, in lieu OF Law
which would please the people, fool
nobody.
Senator Beveridge of Indiana, al
able and honest man, rlddled the new
meat law in a great speech recently.
He declared that the law ought Il
be amended so us to make the pack
ers and not the Government pay To-
the inspection, besides being vital!
amended in number of other ways.
In the meantime the people OF tn
world are slowly discovering, despit
the cOncealments OF the subsldlze,
American press, that the present sys
TEN Is a deluslon and a snare. In tn!
connection, the following dispatch from
Paris, France, explains itself:
paris, Nov. 20.-Omission OF tn
microscopic examination of pork from
the new American meat inspection reg
ulatlons has resulted In prellmlnar!
decision on the part Of the Frencl
customs authorities barring American
ham, bacon, canned pork, etc.
after long diplomatic negotiation
several years ago France agreed 4
admit American pork on government