Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-27
Chicago Is Not the Only City with
tuberculosis, Lumpy Jaw and
Cancerous Beef.
The National Capital Menaced by
Tons of Food of the Char.
acter Named.

Chicago Is not the only place that
IL suffering from the indiscrimnate
sale Of tubercular and lumpy jaw beef
and from trichina hogs.
The National capital itself Is men.
accd by this awful food as the fol-
lowing. taken from the Chicago Daily
News. of April q, 1907, testifies:
Especial Correspondence Of The Chi.
cago Daily News.)
Washington. -. c.. April 1o.-The
recent discovery that tuberculous cat
Gle. condemned for dairy purposes.
were being slaughtered and sold for
food In the markets of Washington has
emphasized the necessity of extreme
watchfulness ON the part of State and
city food inspectors i'm all parts of the
country. The discovery created a sen.
Satlon In the national capital but tho
facts were fully verified and has led
10 strengthening of the local inspec-
ton service which may hereafter re-
Iulre that condemned cattle shall be
absolutely destroyed In the presence of
the inspectors.
When the meat.lnspcction law was
passed by Congress 1t provided solely
for the inspection of meats for inter-
state and foreign commerce. II was
specifically pointed out ut the time
that intrastate commerce was not
concerned In the provisions of the law
and there Is nothing on the statute
hooks to prevent diseased meats from
hcing sold In Washington, Chicago or
anywhere else. II slaughtered and ship.
lel within the confines Of a State. ex.
Ccpt for the provisions of the State
aud municipality and the vigilance Of
their officials. Following the lnvesti.
cations ut Chicago by Messrs. Neill
0nd Reynolds for the President. 1t was
pointed out In these columns that re.
lief OF the local markets from the sale
Of diseased meats could not be had
without an application Of the most
stringent regulations and inspection.
The discovery In Washington during
che past week Is illustrative Of what
can easily happen and what may Ike
expected In any community. despite
the untiring efforts Of health officials
to prevent the sale OF bad meats IN
city markets.
The discovery Of this condition IN
Washington was brought about by q
united effort on the part Of the health
officials to trace the causes OF typhoid
fever. tuberculosis and other mortal
diseases, particularly deadly In the
District OF Columbia. Examinations
BY health experts on dairy farm In
Virginia, near Washington, led to the
discovery OF seventeen cases Of tuber
culosls In the dairy herd.
The bureau of animal industry OF
the department Of agriculture has re-
yeatedly called attention to the growth
Of contagious disease In animals used
for food. Previous to the passage OF
che inspection law, experience In the
large abattolrs inspected under federal
supervision showed B per cent OF hogi
suffering from tuberculosis and many
other diseases were prevalent In pro
portion. The annual loss on hogs alone
to the packers as result Of this con
demnatlon was 100000 annually
The bureau never ceased to declare
that abattoirs having no inspection
could not possibly avoid the purchase
Of diseased carcasses.
Under the meat.inspectlon law, al
Il now operates, intrastate Shipment
AZ diseased carcasses slaughtered by
small butchering establishments moi
engaged In interstate or foreign com
nlerce are not inspected, and, inferen
TALLY, are subject to the same suspi
zion which the government formerly
had on larger establishments engages
In interstate and foreign trade which
similarly, had no government inspec
ton. IL clearly behooves the meat
producing States and the cities OF TIN
country, in the light OF the recent eX
perleace OF Washington, to redOubl'
their vigilance, else they may right
fully be charged with a neglect o.
duty and by failure to supplement- thu
national laws and inspection service
guarantee only to the foreigner ant
their nelghbors in other States eXemp
tiOn from the use OF diseased meats
LEROY Il. VERNON.
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The Chicago Examiner In Its mar
ket report, published April IA, 1907
said:
Spectators at the Stock Yards arr
Gaylng 81 and SO per head for thou
sands OF condemned calves and thu
trade Is making inquiry as to theil
ultimate destination. Packers have
habit OF purchasing big droves OF
calves at $3.50, STIMULATING that one
IN five Is to be thrown out at "a
When the inspector comes around hi
condemns everything under 100 pounds
and then the outside Spectator gets
busy buying up the condemned delega
tion at 2 and cents per pound. OBJ
yiously he could not afford to pay
such prices II he were taking chances
ON subsequent rigid post-lnortem in
spe1flon, and the trade Is OF the opin'
ion that much Of this veal gets into
fGsl channels. Either the country