Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-23
It Floods Chicago with Lumpy Jaw
Cattle and the Authorities
Do Nothing.
This City the Dumping Ground for
All the Bad Cattle in the
West.

Does the Meat Inspection law pro.
tect the foreigner?
1t certainly does not protect the Chi.
cagoan.
Chicago IL reveling In a feast Of
lumpy Jaw beef, tuberculosis cattle and
the like.
The new Federal meat inspection law
Is In force. but. so far as Chicago IL
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 us the Federal author.
lty can 90.
1t cannot interfere with local condl.
tions.
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 Il 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 Is getting richer
than ever BY purveying bad food to the
people.
The most radical legislation Is neces.
sary to oblitcrnte this evil ana the
people will get It when they wake up
and realize the terrible danger that
constantly menaces themselves and
their families under present conditions.
Speaking Of the suplneness Of the
Chicago Health Department In this
matter, the Chicago Tribune In re.
Gently printed editorial declared:
"The Health Department should Mt
once enact and enforce the regulations
which have been prepared BY the Do.
partment Of Agriculture.
NJ those regulations IRE necessary
to insure the good quality Of Chicago
meat which 10 to be eaten by English.
men they are equally necessary to In
sure the good quality Of Chicago meat
which II 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 Il
as good a. the Federal inspection.
"rhere will be an attempt to work
OF on Chicago consumers inferior meats
which cannot he marketed elsewhere
Many Of the smaller packers who have
no outside trade will not maintain q
high standard Of cleanliness In the;I
establishments unless they are forced
to. There Is need Of vigllant municipal
inspection to keep this city from be
coming a dumping ground for poor meat
ana to enforce sanitary regulations II
packing houses which are outside thu
scope Of Federal supervision"
;apers make over the insurance Ssao
dals! And yet not one person In 1000 u
affected by them. Yet the daily news
papers have nothing to say against tn
Beef Trust, which rObs every mau
woman and child In the cOmmunit.
every day.
The workingman and every otnel
man for that matter IL entitled to pur'
food and pure medicine. a government
that does not protect man and hi
family In these particulars deserves Il
DO OverthrOwn. The Beef Trust mus
20.
%SA
The Beef Trust Is going to cOntr0
the grazing business rs we'll as tn
rest of the cattle trade. 1t Is acquir
Ing title to millions Of acres Of liant
In Colorado for the purpose Of rails
Ing cattle.
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The number of cattle afflicted witt
tuberculosis Is said to be very large
The report of the Chicago Health De
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