Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-24

"uIar JUNIORS trimmed Out Puuy 10
he cut into STEAKS.
Speaking Of the $685. ON sounds of
food condemned n 1906 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DIR. G.
J. whalen, Health Commissioner, says
in his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS"
Commenting upon this condition
continues Commissioner whelan),
American Medicine December D.
says: One stands nghast at the crimi.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. It Ii now
In order to go step farther and find
out who IL responsible for this moral
obliGuity.
"'lt Is well known that combinn.
tons Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rails.
ing the price Of food stuffs beyond the
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The cutlery has
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
e-st time are the combinations which
coN.rol the food supply, brought ,x.- q
direct relation to public health.
"'lt Ii high time TINT thlS n. utter
be taken out Of the class Of minol Of.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
% war, when all kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned. Il Ia the height Of dis.
honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of a country. 10 Il any
better to poison the food supplyf Il
ID time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction "
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
partnent Bulletin, November 4. 1905 !:
"The total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1.343,843
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. ~ PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, II per cent for
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw-and 4 per
cent TOT nOg cnOIer0."
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. 0.
1905: "a total OF 147.00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
During the past weeS) under the su
pervlsion of the department inspectors
nc the Union Stock Yards. This In
cludcs 1858 pounds Of governmental.
spectcd cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
Der II, 1905:
although the condemnation ana de-
struction Of food supplies unfit for
human consumption during the past
three months-since the resumption OF
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
by order Of tho Commlssloner--have
reached immense proportions, much un.
fit food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats us show gross
pathOlOgic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa-
cilities for microscopic laboratory OK.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec-
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
OF beef carcasses, 3 hogs and cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'rhe total stock yards condemnatiols
amounted to 17G,S0S pounds"
parts of beef carcasscs
In other words II has been and IL
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumOrs ana let the rest of
the carcass so to the people for food
And yet We call ourselves civilized.
~SA
The Beef rrus, will find 1t hard
70 get a resting place when the peO-
pie of this country rise against 1t,
AZ they surely will. The people of the
whole world are crying for its exter.
nination.
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An average Of 10000 pounds of dis.
eased meat Is condemned every week by
Chicago Health Department inspectors
In butcher shops and grocery and de.
partment stores 'inside the Union
loop"
II this great amount, of tubercular,
cancerous and nsasgoty material can be
found by the inspectors and destroyed
"inside the loop" small territory
bounded by the river, Van Buren, street,
Wabash and Fifth avenues, how many
million pounds are sold to the public
ana consumed In the vast territory out
side the loop?
This Is very pertinent qga.stlon.
That 10000 pounds OF diseased meat
can escape stocl;yards inspection every
week and find itself into department
and other stores "inslde the loop"
should suffice to call attention to the
vast amount OF poisonous food that es-
capes inspection at the st0ckyards and
is sold outside ~ loop.
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