Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-16
Government Meat inspectors Chosen from
Beef Trust Employees Under the
New inspection Law.
Everything to Be Sold in Cans to
the Public Without Any
Restraint.

than IL ever was.
The Chicago Tribune. which will
not be accused By anyone Of being an
enemy of the Beef Trust. after calling
attention TO the fact that only - out
of 100 meat product inspectors had
gone to work under the new law. said
on Tuesday, Sept. II, 1906: ut will
be necessary to hold another examina-
ton before the full complement of 100
men can be Installed, and IL Is doubt.
full II a sufficient number will be avail.
able for duty when the new law goes
into effect Oct. I. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions ut
the plants principally. and Mr.. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab.
iishments. They will inspect the trucks.
rooms. hangers. tables, pipes and floors.
Eixty.,iye Of those who took the exam.
ination recently passed but only TWEEN.
ty.seven reported for duty. This Is &C.
counted for by the fact that Of those
who passed a number are now en-
ployed In the packing houses ut 500
a month The salary Of IN inspector IL
but $SS.33 month"
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A great portion Of the ''lumpy jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed as sound by the inspect.
ors Is sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to recent article In the
Chicago Tribune. st. Louis prohibits
both the. slaughter and sale Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle In that city. and Kansas
City. while 1t permits the slaughtering
Of such cattle. prohibits the sale Of the
beef.
! That Chicago has become the "dump.
ing ground" for practically all the
"lumpy jaw" beef In the country was
revealed BY food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle. OF these only small
fraction Il condemned az UNIT for con.
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out. IL sold for prime beef,
and brings the retailer as good prices
a. the best beef.
This Is possible by reason Of the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys IL part Of q
"lumpy Jaw" steer or not. II the In.
spectors pass an infected animal. after
the post.mortem inspection, the beef 10
placed In the cooler and sold just rs
any other beef. OF course the attitude
Of Health Commissioner Whalen and
others IL that the locally infected cattle
are not generally unit for food.
Out Of a total days slaughter Of fc0
head OF "lumpy jaw" and otherwise In.
fected animals only twelve car.
cases were condemned after post.
mortem inspection. This means that ut
an average weight Of 1900 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days at least 10000
pounds Of "lumpy jaw" beef. How
much OF the same kind OF meat IL
shipped into Chicago from Kansas City
and other places where Its sale Is pro.
hibited would be difficult to estimate,
but the quantity 10 undoubtedly large.
In most Of the Eastern cities ordi.
nances are In force prohibiting the sale
Of meat from animals with actinOmy'
COSTS. the scientific name for ''lumpy
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains as the
only large market where that class OF
cattle may be slaughtered and sold with
profit
The average weekly receipts Of cattle
at the stock yards are 10000 head, and
among these always are found from
100 to 200 animals infected In ont
way or another.
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Several foreign governments woul'
do we'll to send secret investigator
here TO ascertain the kind Of meats ex
ported to their countries. According /
all accounts several Of their represent
atives are very friendly to the Bee
Trust. So markedly 10 that commen
upon the fact has quite a decided an
positive tone.
The Beef Trust is happy over It's vic
tory in the matter OF labels.
~ can teeu Tue peOpie WHAT ~ bhc
and make them pay for what they d
not want.
The new government law has fallel
down already ON the labels as It has IL
other details.
The labels on the canned goods of tn
Beef Trust will continue to lie.
False labels on Beet Trust came,
goods have received government sane
ton. Witness:
Washington, ID. C., Sept. 13.--Canne'
roast beef will continue TO bear tn
label OF roast beps." Notwithstanding
the fact that 1t reL ! boiled beet
This was a decision REM" 4 at a con
ference to-day between sr-retary vii
son and Senator Hopkins, Of Illinois
and Thomas r.. Wilson, general man
ager OF the Nelson Morris Packing
Company Of Chicago.
Mr. Wilson explained that the meth
Cd Of preparing canned roast beef wa
70 parboil the meat for fifteen minutes
and then put It In cans and subject I
y sessm hsat for three hours. Mr.