Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-16

people In ignorance Of true. but awful,
conditions which menace their health.
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The Illinois Legislature should In.
vcstigate the Beef Trust thoroughly
this winter.
Chicago Is the headquarters Of this
ncfarious Trust, and therefore Illinois
IL more Interested In the subject than
any other State.
That Is. Illinois ought to be more
Interested In tho subject.
hut while Kentucky and North Da.
kota and Pennsylvania and Vermont
and other States, through their pure
food departments, have adopted drastic
measures against the Beef Trust pol.
sons, Illinois has rested supine.
Tho Legislature Gun ascertain from
the pure food commissioners Of Ken.
lucky and North Dakota. what the
lawyers Of the Beef Trust promised to
do In those States, II given another
chance.
The Legislature can also ascertain
what the Beef Trust Ii not required to
do In Illinois.
Tuberculosis, cancer and append.
cltis. all directly traceable to Beef
Trust products, arc on the increase.
The new Government inspection law
does nothing for the people Of Illinois.
10 tuberculosis any better for the
,eople this year than II was last year!
In another column will be found ex.
tracts from the Health Department an
aual report and weekly bulletins. DO
yOu think that In the face Of these doc.
uments and the facts they contain that
the city can refuse to continue the In.
spectiOn aud condemnation Of tuber.
culosis and cancerous cattle ut the
stock Yartsl
How many concerns make fancy lard
tor culinary use out Of hogs that die
VI cholera?
How many thousands of carcases
nave the city inspectors condemned that
were found hanging In coolers with the
tuberculosis trimmed outf
Where does all the meat that ar.
sives at the Stock Yards at night
0me fr0mf
How many condemned hoss have been
s0ld 10 niess porkf
10 II. or % II not 80. that sou,s Of
tho cattle condemned BY city inspec.
tors have been found with their whole
lnsides one mass NJ corruptioni
10 II not true that the butchers at
the yards are afraid to cut some cattle
or fear Of contracting contagion them.
selvesf
10 Il true that many canned cattle
ere now killed outside the city and their
carcases shipped In with tumors and
cancers still attached?
Why do Kansas city and other
points ship their tuberculous, lumpy.
lawed and cancer cattle to Chicago?
Why II It that diseased cattle can.
not be shipped TO any point east Of
Chicago?
Why Ii II, and by whose orders was
lt that after the city inspectors had
condemned ITO lumpy-jawed cattle
that they were "released"2
BY whose orders was Il done?
10 there another city besides Chi.
cagO that will even allow O lumpy.
lawed "critter' to enter Il!
10 1t not true that in st. Louis each
lumpy- jawed beast means a ine of
$500, and that In Toronto, Canada, the
beast and even its hide are destroyed
All pork for Germany In examined
carefully for trichlna before exporting
Pork for Great Britain Ia never az.
amlned for trichina.
Hence the following figures may be
interesting:
In 1904 Great Britain imported from
the United States 7,576.45O pounds Of
canned pork, valued at &77O,46s, and
13,000,651 pounds Of fresh pork, valued
at $1,2O0,S55.
In 1904 Germany imported from the