Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-16
PACKERS b0RACIC RECORDS
For the Past Three Years. Carefully Collected from Official
Reports and Press kilograms, Furnish Pure Food
Data for the Campaign of 1908.

passed government inspection at those
places"
This shows the sort Of government
inspection we have had.
II few Of the governmental omis-
siOns are rectlfled how many thous..
ands are nOt2
How many HOMES IN Europe and
America are at this moment harboring
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattlef
k-.y es;cye reyprt Of the Hedlth Com.
sa..a.o,,er I. Naka Of meat hanging In
the coolers or nss. houses. with tul,er.
cular tumors trimmed out" ready to
I've cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 1895. ON sounds Of
food condemned n 1908 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors. DIR. G.
J. whalcn, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOs1s."
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan),
| hIucEICitu NleuIClucs DSCgIuIDer d.
says: 'One stands agliast at the crimi.
nal cupIdIty which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspectlng community. 1t Is now
In order to 20 step farther and find
out who Ii responsible for this moral
obllqulty.
"'lt Is well known that comblna.
tions Of the larger ment 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 outcry h.s
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
erst time are the combinations which
coN'rol the food supply, brought iety q
direct relation to public health.
"'It Is high time that thls M&tter
be taken out or the class Of mino, Of
fenscs AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
Ia war. when oil kinds of brutality are
sanctioned. It Ia the height Of dls.
honor--even murder-to poison the
water supply Of country. IL It any
better to poison the food supply? II
ls time that the public mind should
develop 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.
dcmned during the period was 1.343,34y
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. - PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS. ~ per cent for
actinomycosis-lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. 0,
1905: "A total Of 147,O.O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
(during the past week) under the su.
pervislon Of the department inspectors
at the Union Stock Yards. This In
cludes 1858 pounds OF gOvernment.in.
spected 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 and de.
struction Of food supplies unit for
human consumption during the past
three m0nths-since the Resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August ult.,
~ order Of the C0mmisslOner-have
reached immense proportions. much On.
ut food stu reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats % show gross
patholosic conditions. recognizable By
the naked eye, are now condemned. "a.
cilities for microscopic laboratory sx.
animation have not yet bean restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
OF beef carcasses, 8 hogs and O cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"rhe total stock yards condemnatI atIons
amounted to 178,SOS pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses
In other words 1t, has been and In
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tuberculnr tumOrs ana let the rest Of
the carcass 60 to the people for food I
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
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During the twelve months prior to
the withdrawal of the city inspectors
from the stock yards according to the
report OF the Health Department for
1905, Issued In 1907, the city inspectors
condemned and destroyed 26,O06 cat
tie ana hogs. The principal causes for
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis. So per cent;
lumpy jaw. II per cent; other causes,
per cent.
Hogs, tuberculosis, 05 per cent;
cholera and swine plague, 20 per cent
other causes, o per cent.
But the city inspectors have now
been withdrawn from the stock yards.
Ins Beef -rusi will dnd Il hard
10 get resting place when the pe0.
pie OF this country rise against It.
a. they surely will. The people of the
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