Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-08


tect the foreigner?
1t certainly does not protect the Chi.
cagoan.
Chicago Ii revellng In a feast Of
lumpy Jaw beef, tuberculosis cattle and
the like.
The new Federal meat inspection law
Is In force. but, 10 far ms Chicago Ia
concerned, It Is a dead letter.
The United States law only applies
to meat intended for export and for
meat shipped to other States.
This Is as far as the Federal author.
lty can 20.
1t cannot interfere with local condi.
lions.
These are wholly under the control
Of the local government and the local
government believes that when the
tubercular parts Of the beef and the
lumpy Jaw or cancerous parts Of the
beef are cut out, that the rest of the
carcass Is good to eat
So thousands Of Chicagoans are eat.
Ing lumpy Jaw cattle every day, In
blissful ignorance Of the awful facts
and the Beef Trust IL getting richer
than ever by purveying bad food to the
people.
The most radical legislation Is neccs.
sary to obliteratc this evil and the
people will get II when they wake up
and realize the terrible danger that
constantly menaces themselves and
their families under present conditions.
Speaking Of the seriousness Of tho
matter. the Chicago Tribune In q re-
Gently printed editorial declared:
The Health Department should at
once enact and enforce the regulations
which have been prepared by the De.
partment Of Agriculture.
III those regulations are necessary
to insure the good quality Of Chicago
meat which II to be eaten by English.
men they are equally necessary to In.
sure the good quality Of Chicago meat
which IL to be eaten In Chicago II
foreigners are deserving OF protection
the people OF Chicago are also. They
will not get the same degree Of pro.
lection unless the local inspection II
Us good as the Federal inspection.
'"rhere will he an attempt to work
of on Chicago consumers inferior meats
which cannot be marketed elsewhere.
Many of the smaller packers who have
no outside trade will not maintain Q
high standard Of cleanliness In their
Establishments unless they are forced
to. There Is need Of vigilnnt municipal
inspection to keep this city from be.
coming a dumping ground for poor meat
and to enforce sanitary regulations In
packing houses which are outside the
scope Of Federal supervision"
President Roosevelt and the member
Of Congress first heard about the Beef
Trust horrors from the Eagle In No.
vember, 1905, and they have heard
more every week since then.
The Beef Trust slaughter houses are
like morgues. The Beef Trust mag
mates love to praise their cleanliness
In magazine articles. OF course these
slaughter joints IRE cleanly. They
have to be. They are sanitary In near
~ every respect. The only unsani
tary things about the Trust slaughter
houses are the cancerOus cattle, the
tuberculosis cows and the trichina
hogs. The surroundings have to bt
kept clearly. like all buildings devot
ed to the care Of cadavers. Even the
embalmed beef turned out by the
Trust Is sanitary-from an embalmer'i
standpoint.
One hundred and sixteen articles pro.
duced by the Beef Trust In Chicago
have been examined and condemned BY
the honest pure food commissioner Of
the State Of North Dakota. Every onl
Of them was condemned because Il
contained a poison and was therefor,
detrimental to the public health. Laca
OF space alone prohibits 10 from print
ing the list and the names OF tn
houses shipping the stun.
The Reef Trust has caused Q bi
raise In the price Of shoes. The al
legged beef trust controls incidental,
the domestic hide market. which Con
gress closed practically for the bench
Of the beef trust BY clappins . duty 0
ID per cent id valorem on fo.eigl
hides. The alleged heef trust accord
ing to Associated Press dispatcher
now also controls the domestic tanninI
industry. Hence the beef trust IKE
now the cost OF the leather. the raw
material out Of which shoes are made
and hence II controls both the price
OF shoes In the domestic market am
In the export shoe trade, built up q
great expense BY our shoe manufae
turers.
| Furthermore, It Ia common know
edge that the domestic price Of butter
eggs, butterine, dressed poultry. tn
grains. fruits, vegetables, apples, pota
toes and probably other foods Is regu
lated largely by the same trust Of col
porations.
This Ia logical and unavoidable a
present. It ID due In part b specia
privileges Of lower rates In the shiI