Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-09
The General Public Has a Fine 0ppor.
tunity to Get All It Wants
Of L,
Health Department Finds Cattle In
Trust Coolers with Tuber.
culOsis Trimmed Out.

murder-to poison the
water supply Of a country. 10 II any
better to poison the food supply2 II
Is time that the public mind should
develop a conscience in this direction"
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De-
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1906:
"The total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1,343, ,343
pounds. OF tho, principal causes Of
S5 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, ~ per cent for
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw--and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o.
1906: "A total of 147,09O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past week) under the su.
pervision Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludcs 4,0S3 pounds of governmental.
spected cut meats shipped from pack
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trnde and canning"
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Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
Der II, 1906:
although the condemnation and de.
struction Of food supplies unfit for
human consumption during the pnst
three months--since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult..
BY order Of the Commissioners
reached immense proportions, much un.
ut food still reaches tho market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
conditions, recognizable BY
the naked eye. are now condemned. Fa.
clliticS 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, 3 hogs and q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
TIM GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"The total stock yards cOndcmnations
amounted to 176.SOs pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses
In other words 1t has been and Is
the practice to cut out the canccrs and
tubercular tumOrs and let the rest OF
the carcass 20 to the people for food!
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
10. 1906:
'"rhe department has made q new
ruling In regard to 'lumpy jaw or
actinOmyc0tic animals. Hereafter all
animals that show, on p0st.mortem
examination, a degeneration Of the
lesion, with cavity formation, contain.
Ing pus, will be condemned and dc.
str0yed.
Heretofore only those with q gen.
sral infection were destroyed"
Health Department Bulletin. Nov.
80, 1906:
"stockyards inspection Of meats for
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order Of the Commissioners 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. 80 q
grand total Of 2,781.l87 pounds Of
food supplies were condemned and de-
str0yed as unwholesome. diseased or
otherwise unfit for human food"
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Health Department Bulletin. Dec.
10, 1906:
Following is a summary of unit
food condemned and destroyed during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards-?02 cat
tie, weight l52,500 pounds; 3G2 hogs,
weight 5S,S3S pounds; 10 calves,
weight 6l5 pounds; ~ sheep, weight
255 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats.
Total, 23i $3.50 pounds.
AT city retail markets-1S, ,03O
pounds of fish; 36 calves, 4 hogs. g.
800 pounds; 2 cattle. sheep, 033
pounds OF poultry and dressed meats
and vegetables, l,401 pounds. Total,
2l,ll4 pounds.
Aggregate condemnatiOns of unit
food during the week, 252,444
pounds"
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The Beef Trust will he Investigated
by the next Legislature.
And what u showing up there will
be!
The investigation OF the insurance
by the New York Legisla.
ture will not be circumstance to It.
Chicago's multi-milllonaires grown
rich selling disease and poison to the
people will s.t their Just dues then.
The Chicago Newspaper Trust can.
not save them.
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Tue hagle will keep up its fight ON |
he cattle and pack!As people until the |
ale Of animals aftiicteA with cancer
nd tubsrculesas . steVpsd satissiy.