Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-09

ut food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats a. show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. En-.
cilities 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, 8 hogs and cattle
WHICH HAD. BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
1.-THE total stock yards condemnati0ns
amounted to 178,SOS pounds"
Speaking Of tho 1896. 900 pounds Of
food condemned in 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DR.. q.
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 Whalen) I,
American Medicine December %.
says: One stands aghast Mt the crimi.
nal cupldity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
IN unsuspectlng community. 1t IL now
In order to go step farther and find
out who Is responsible for this moral
obliquity.
"'It IL we'll known that combinations
of the larger meat dealers have exist
ell In the past to the end Of raising
the price OF food stuffs beyond the point
to which healthy competition would re-
duce them. The outcry has always been
In protest against the increased cost
Of living. but here for the first time
are the combinations which control the
food supply, brought into direct rsla'
ton to the public health.
"It 10 high time that this matter
be taken out of the class Of minor Of
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
In war, when all kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned. 1t is the height Of dis
honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of a country. Ia It 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. 1905
"The total amount OF meats con
demned during the period was 1,343, 34s
pounds. OF the principal causes o.
condemnation, IS PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS ~ per cent FOL
actinomycosis-lumpy jaw-and pei
cent for hog cholera"
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Chicago is at the mercy Of the Bee
Trust. The Illinois legislature mus
come to her rescue.
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The Government meat law, passed Il
oblige the packers, In lieu Of q Law
which would please the people. fool
nobody.
Senator Beveridge Of Indiana, a.
able and honest man, riddled the new
meat law In Q great speech recently.
He declared that the law ought II
be amended 10 40 to make the pack
ers and not the Government pay fol
the inspection, besides being vitality
amended In q number Of other ways.
In the meantime the people OF the
world are slowly discovering. despite
the concealments Of the subsidized
American pres. that the present ~
tenn 10 q delusion and a snare. In thii
connection, the following dispatch from
Paris, France, explains Itself:
"Paris, Nov. 20.-Omissl0n Of the
microscopic examination OF pork from
the new American meat inspection reg
ulations has resulted In a preliminary
decision on the part OF the French
customs authorities barring American
ham, bacon. canned pork, etc.
"After long diplomatic negotiations
several years ago France agreed to
admit American pork on q government