Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-23
The General Public Has a Fine 0ppor.
tunit to Get All It Wants
Of L.
Health Department Finds Cattle In
Trust Coolers with Tuber.
culOsis Trimmed Out.

honor-even murder--to poison the
water supply Of country. Is II any
better to poison the food supply? II
ls time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De-
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1906
'"rhe total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1,343, ,343
pounds. or the principal causes Of
condemnation. IS PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, IL per cent for
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o.
1905: "A total of 147.00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
(during the past week. under the su
perviston Of the department inspectors
at the Union Stock Yards. This in
cludcs 4,DSS pounds Of government-in.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
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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--sincc the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.
by order Of the issloner--have
reached immense proportions, much un.
ft food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show grvss
patholoslc conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye. are now condemned. ra.
cilities for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses. hogs and o cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"rhe total stock yards condemnation
amounted to 17G.SOS pounds"
| "Parts Of beef carcasses !"
In other words Il has been and IL
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumors and let the rest Of
the carcass 80 to the people for food |!
And yet We call ourselves civilized.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10. 1906:
The department has made a new
ruling In regard to lumpy jaw or
actin0mycOtic animals. Hereafter all
animals that show, on post.mortein
examination, q degeneration of the
lesion, with cavity formation, contain.
Ing pus, will be condemned and de.
stroyed.
Heretofore only those with q gen.
sral infection were destroyed"
Health Department Bulletin, Nov.
80, 1905:
"StOckyards inspection of meats for
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order Of the Commissioner. of
Health on Aug. Z, uit., with two de.
partment inspectors employed. On
Oct. Z three additional inspectors were
put to work, and Oct. 10 authority
was given by the Finance Committee
of the city council for the employ.
ment Of six more.
"Between Aug. and Nov. so q
grand total OF 2.761. .l07 pounds of
food supplies were condemned and de-
strOyed as unwholes0me, diseased or
otherwise unfit for human food"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10, 1906:
Following is a summary of unit
food condemned and destroyed during
the week.
AT the Union Stock Yards-292 cat
tie, weight l5a,oO9 pounds; 362 hogs.
weight 5S,s3s pounds; 10 calves.
weight Gl5 pounds; ~ sheep, weight
255 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats.
Total, 1880 pounds.
AT city retail markets-lS,D3O
pounds of fish; 30 calves, 4 hogs, g.
300 pounds; . cattle, l sheep, 033
pounds of poultry and dressed meats
and vegetables, l,491 pounds. Total,
2l,ll4 pounds.
Aggregate condemnatiOns Of unit
food during the week, 252, 2,444
pounds"
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The Beef Trust will be Investigated
by the next Legislature.
And what a showing up there will
be!
The investigation Of the insurance
companies by the New York Legisla-
ture will not be circumstance to 1t.
ChicagO's multi.milliOnaire grown
rich selling disease and poison to the
people will s~t their Just dues then.
The Chicago Newspaper Trust can.
not save them.
The iagle will keep up its fight on
the cattle and packtAg people until the
sale Of animals afaicted with cancer
and tubsrcules~ y stoUped sntassly.