Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

The Beef Trust stole millions OF gal.
Ions Of water from Chicago water
mains by means Of 'bllnd pipes lead.
Ing from the streets to their packing
houses. While other people had to pay
for the water they used, the Beef
Trust gentlemen paid nothing.
The discovery Of these thefts caused
great indignation among the people at
the time. but the Beef Trust was never
obliged to make restitution and the
officials who were bribed, were never
punished.
The record Of the Beef Trust Is a
record of rascality. vrnality and cor
ruption.
Caught red-handcd stealing water
from the people. 1t simply asked them
what they were going to do about 1t.
Every attempt to prevent the sale
o: lumpy Jaw beef In Chicago has
been blocked by the agents Of the
Beef Trust.
These are facts that are easily prov
on and yet the lives and happiness Of
millions of people are daily put In
peri, ny this awful trust.
Lately the Beef Trust llas been
branching out and gobbling up other
lines of business.
It controls the meat business.
1t controls the poultry trade.
It controls the egg market.
It controls the hide market.
1t controls the boot ana shoe trade.
And lately 1t has stepped into the
control Of q large part Of the vegetable
market.
In order that the multl.miilionalres
Mt it's head may thrive. 1t has raised
the price Of living upon the people Of
tho United States.
It 10 the Beef Trust and the Beef
Trust alone that has made the cost
OF living as high as It is.
The Beef Trust buys cattle, swine
and sheep on the hoof for almost moth.
Ing.
II YOU will take the trouble to lool;
ut tho market reports Of tho daily
papers you will see that the trust pays
from 1925 to 81 per 100 pounds for
canning cows. This Is n cent and a
quarter to two cents a pound. For
very high grade meat they pay as
high ~ five or six cents pound.
The trust utilizes every portion Of the
cattle. hoofs, horns, intestines, hide
hair and bones.
1t could afford to sell the people
meat at reasonable prices and make
big profit itself.
But It IL too hoggish to do this. II
has the American public by the throat
aud makes the American public pay
outrageous pr,ce&
The following from the Chicago
Daily News market report for May
cs, 1907, Is a fair sample of what thu
Beef Trust pays for cattle. per lO(
pounds:
Good to prime steers ..... .$5.75MG.5'
Common to good steers 80. 4.5OMa7'
Inferior to common steers. 3.S5M i.5'
Fair to choice cows and
heifers .. ............. 35OM5.7'
Yearlings. good to chOice... 5.loMG,?'
Good cutting to fair beef
cows ................ 2.GO0l3.7
Fair to choice feeders. ..... 3.SOM5.2
Fair to choice stOckers -. 3.OOM45
Common to good canning
cows ................ l.25M2.G
Bulls, common to good 80. ?.?5M4U
Bulls. good to choice .... 4!OOM4I
You will see from the above figure
that the average price paid by tn
Beef Trust IL about 3 cents a pound
But do the people who have to pa,
exOrbltant prices for food get goo
| food?
Let us look at some Of the record
of the Chicago Health Department 10
II reply:
The following from the Chlcag'
Health Department Bulletin Of Octo
ber %, 1905. speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors ut the UniOi
Stock Yards condemned "FIVE CAT
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS
'"I'hey also condemned and destroyed
1908 pounds OF cut meats shipped from
st. Louis and Kansas City, having
passed government inspection ut thOst
places"
This shows the sort of government
inspection we have.
II a few Of the governmental omls
sions are rectifled how many thOus
ands are not?
How many homes In Europe and
America are at this moment harbOrinl
cuts OF meat from tuberculosis cattle
The above report OF the Health Com
missioner speaks of meat hanging Ia
the coolers OF trust houses, with tuber
cular tumors trimmed out" ready t.
he cut into steaks.
J Speaking Of the 3.0a5, ,000 pounds Of