Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-23

With q corps Of Beef Trust inspec. |
tors the fate Of the pablic will be worse
than It ever was. 81
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 mad
gone to work under the new law. said
on Tuesday, Sept. II. 1906: 1T Will
be necessary to hold another examina'
ton before the full complement Of 100
men can be installed. and 1t IL doubt.
full X sufficient number will be avail.
able for duty when the new law goes
into effect Oct. /. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions Mt
the plants principally, and Mr.. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab.
lishments. They will inspect the trucks,
rooms. hangers. tables, pipes and floors.
sixty live of those who took the exam.
nation recently passed but only tween.
ty%even reported for duty. This Is nc.
counted for BY the fact that Of those
who passed a number IRE now EN-
ployed In the packing houses at $40
q month. The salary Of an inspector II
but SSS.33 a month"
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A great portion Of the 'lumpy Jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed a. Sound" by the inspect.
ors IL sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to a 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 It permits the slaughtering
Of such cattle. prohibits the sale Of the
beef.
That Chicago has become the dump
Ing ground" for practically oil the
siumpy Jaw" beef In the country was
revealed BY food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 10 200 head Of "lumpy
saw" cattle. OF these only . small
fraction 10 condemned % unit for con-
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out, 10 sold for prime beef.
and brings the retailer % good prices
% the best beef.
This 10 possible BY reason Of the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef be buys 10 part Of a
'lumpy Jaw" steer or not. II the In
spectors pass an infected animal, after
the post.mortem inspection, the beef Il
placed In the cooler and sold just az
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 total days slaughter Of l?t
head OF "lumpy Jaw" and otherwise In
fected animals only twelve car
cases were condemned after post
norton inspection. This means that al
an average weight Of 100 pounds eact
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days at least l20,6O(
pounds OF "lumpy jaw" beef. How
much Of the same kind Of meat Il
shipped into Chicago from Kansas CIT!
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 sal
Of meat from animals with actinomy
COSTS, the scientific name for lump!
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains as tn
only large market where that class o
cattle may be slaughtered and sold witt
profit
The average weekly receipts Of cattl
at the stock yards are 10000 head, an
among these always are found fror
100 to 200 animals infected In ON
way or another.
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Several foreign governments woul
do well to send secret investigator
here TO ascertain the kind Of meats o,
ported to their countries. According
all accounts several OF their represen
atives are very friendly to the Bet
Trust. So markedly 30 that CONNER
upon the fact has quite a decided an
positive tone.
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The Beef Trust Is happy over Its VII
tory in the matter OF labels.
II can feed the people what II like
and make them pay for what they
not want.
The new government law has fa!le
down already on the labels as 1t has
other details.
The labels on the canned goods Of II
Beef Trust will continue to lie.
False labels On Beet Trust came
goods have received government san
ton. Witness:
Washington, ID. c., Sept 13.--Cannt
roast beef will continue TO bear Il
label OF roast bSps." notwithstandir
the fact that 1t re. - aoiled bee
This was decision rem, d at co
ference to-day between sr---tary WI
son and Senator Hopkins, Of IllinOl
and Thomas u. Wilson, general ma
sger OF the Nelson Morris Packlr
Company OF Chicago.
Mr. Wilson explained that the met
cd OF preparing canned roast beef WI
% parboil the meat for fifteen minute
and then put II In cans aud subject
y seam hsat for three hours. N