Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-20

cular tumors "trimmed out" ready to
be cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 1895. 900 pounds Of
food condemned In 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DR.. c.
J. whalen, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF TIE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSlS."
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner whelan),
American Medicine December q,
says: One stands aghast at the crimi.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspccting community. It Is now
In order to 60 q step farther and find
out who Is responsible for this moral
obliqulty.
"'lt IL we'll known that combinn.
tlons 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 outcry has
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
erst time are the combinations which
coA:rol the food supply. brought is., q
direct relation to public health.
"'It 10 high time that thlS n >ttcr
be taken out Of the class Of mino, of.
fcnses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
n war, when al kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned. Il II the height Of dls.
honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of country. 10 Il any
better to poison the food supply? Il
ID time TINT 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.
demned during the period was 1.343,343
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. 81 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, - per cent for
actinomycosis--lumpy jaw--and I per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o.
1906: ~ total Of 147,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past weeh) under the su.
pervislon Of the department inspectors
ut 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, l0O5:'
"Alth0ugh the condemnation and dc.
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 the COmmIssiOner--hav
reached immense proportions, much un.
1T food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats AZ show gross
pathologic conditions. recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cilitles for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec-
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
OF beef carcasses, 3 hogs and @ cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"The total stock yards condemnations
amounted to 17G,SOS pounds"
parts of beef carcasses
In other words 1t has been and In
the practice to cut out the cancers ana
tubercular tumors and let the rest OF
the carcass 90 to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
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The Beef Trust will find 1t hard
10 get a resting place when the peO-
pie of this country rise against II,
as they surely will. The people Of the
whole world are crying for its exter-
minatiOn.
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