Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-06

lie new government law, US EVERY
body knows, does not provide for the
inspection of meat consumed In Chicago
and Illinois.
The strange apathy Of the Chicago
authorities In the matter of Beef Trust
violations of the law, Is arousing the
attention of the entire country.
The flooding of Chicago and the
State of Illinois with lumry Jaw. tub.
CIRCULAR and cancerous beef Is causing
widespread Indignation.
The Illinois State Board o; Health
issued a strong circular contain
Ing recommendations to municipali.
ties concerning the supervision and In.
spectlon of slaughter houses, packing
= houses, etc.
The following extracts show how
hard the circular hits the city govern.
ment Of Chicago:
'.rhe Illinois state Board Of Health,
By special resolution, adopted at regu.
lar meeting, held In Chicago June 10th
and 2ist, 1909, urgently recommends
10 the mayors and councils Of oil cities
auu the presidents and boards Of trus.
tess Of all villages, and to all other
health oGiclals In all parts Of the State.
the enactment and enforcement Of orai.
nances providing Tor the supervision
and the regular and systematic inspoc.
ton Of all slaughter houses, packing
houses, storage houses, markets. Gel.
lars and all other establishments used
Tor the preparation. manufacture. stor.
age or sale Of food intended for hui.
man consumption.
'.rhe health Of the people Is largely
dependent upon the purity, quality and
cleanliness Of their food and these
may be controlled and guaranteed to
the people only through the conscien.
tious efforts Of health officials acting
under the powers conferred upon them
BY the statutes.
'.rhe people Of each municipality
have the right to expect that the OIL.
ciah whom they have entrusted with
the enforcement OF the law, will give
them every possible protection provided
BY the law. and the statutes Of the
state Of Illinois are 20 liberal In their
construction a. to give to the munich
pality full power to control all Of those
things which may In any way effect the
health Of the people.
"Under the provisions Of an act to
provide Tor the incorporation Of cities
and villages. approved April 10. 1872,
(Revlsed Statutes. Chapter "a, Section
O2), the councils In cities and the prcst'
dent and the board OF trustees In VII.
lagos are empowered to regulate the
sale Of meat, poultry, fish. butter,
cheese, lard, vegetables and all other
provisions; to regulate the sale OF
bread and to prescribe its quality; to
provide for the inspection of all articles
Of food; to declare what shall con-
stitute nuisance and to abatc same
and to fine all who permit nuisances
to exist; to appoint a board OF health
and prescribe Its powers and duties
TO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALI.
REGULATIONS TO PROMOTE
HEALrH OR no PREVENT DIS.
EASE; to direct location and regulate
the management and construction Of
hacking houses either within the hn,its
Of the corporation or within one uAls
from it, boundaries; to compel the
owner Of any grocery or any unwhole.
some or nauseous place to cleanse and
abate or remove same and to regulate
IT. location. Under the provisions Of
the same Law. municipalities are en-
powered to impose fnes. not exceeding
500 for each offense. or Imprisonment.
not exceeding elk months. for the viola
ton Of any Of IT. ordinances"
aside from the specific provisions Of
the law. quoted above. the ons pro-
vision, empowering the municipality
TO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALL
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE
sives ample authority for the local off,
cials to undertake the supervision and
systematic inspection Of those places
In which food for human consumption
10 either prepared, manufactured
stored or offered for sale. However.
the speoiAc prOvis bns OF the statutes
remove all doubt a. to the limits to
which the municipality may 60 In the
protection OF the health Of the people"
animal food 10 particularly suscep'
tible to bacteria! action and to decOm'
position which Ii FASTENED by killing
and handling In filthy slaughter houses
or by improper refrigeration and stor'
age"
: "MEAT FROM DISEASED AMI.
MAILS, TOO FREQUENTLY sIAUGH'
TERED FOR HUMAN FOOD. MAY
BE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESPREAD
DISEASED AMONG THOSE WHO
CONSUME IT,"
'.The oft repeated statement that
cooking will remove the poisonous prop.
critics Of spoiled meat 10 not to be re.
lied upon."
"In view of these facts, 1t Is the duty
O, the health officials Of all municipal.
ties to establish such supervision and
inspection as will render Impossible the
maintenance of unsanitary daughter
houses and packing houses, sac killing
Of diseased animals or t.s sale OF
meats and other foods VIII. h. by their
original character. or changes m..ch
have taken place In them, are unit fol
human Nnna,1nnntl0nw