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

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packers and spectators are finding the
of veal q profitable PROPOSE.
ton. Many of these calves ought not
to be shipped alive from the country.
and the practice invites attention by
the Humane Society"
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With a corps of Beef Trust inspec.
tors the fate Of the public will be worse
than 1t ever was.
The Chicago Tribune. after calling
attention to the fact that only q out
Of 100 meat product inspectors had
gone to work under the new law. said
on Tuesday, Sept. II, 1906: ut will
be necessary to hold another examina.
ton before the full complement Of 100
men can be installed, and II Is doubt.
ful II "A sufficient number will be avail.
able for duty when the new law goes
Into effect Oct. /. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions ut
the plants principally. and Mr. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab.
ilshments. They will inspect the trucks.
rooms. hangers. tables. pipes and floors.
Sixty live Of those who took the exam.
nation recently passed but only TWEEN.
ty.seven reported for duty. This Is &C.
counted for by the fact that Of those
who passed number IRE now en-
ployed In the packing houses Mt $iW
q month. The salary Of an inspector Is
but ssS.33 a month";"
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A grent portion Of the "lumpy jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed Us sound" BY the inspect.
ors Il sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to q recent article In the
Chicago Tribune. st. Louis prohibits
both the slaughter and sale Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle In that city, and Kansas
City. while It permits the slaughtering
Of such cattle. prohibits the sale OF the
beef.
That Chicago has become the "dump.
Ing ground for practically all the
"lumpy Jaw" beef In the country was
revealed by food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle. or these only small
fraction Is condemned as unfit for con-
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out, Is sold for prime beef,
and brings the retailer us good prices
AZ the best beef.
This Is possible by reason Of the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys 10 part Of q
"lumpy Jaw" steer or not. II the In.
spectors pass an infected animal, after
the post.mortem inspection, the beef Is
placed In the cooler aud sold just as
any other beef.
Out of total days slaughter Of 100
head OF "lumpy jaw" and otherwise In.
fected animals only twelve car.
cases were condemned after post.
norton inspection. This means that at
an average weight Of 100 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days at least 10000
pounds of "lumpy Jaw" beef. How
much of the same kind OF meat Is
shipped into Chicago from Kansas City
and other places where Its sale IL pro
hibited would be difficult to estimate
but the quantity Is undoubtedly large
In most of the Eastern cities Ordl
nances are In force prohibiting the sale
of meat from animals with actlnomy
COSTS, the scientific name for "lumpy
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains as the
only large market where that class OF
cattle may be slaughtered and sold will
profit.
The average weekly receipts of cattle
at the stock yards are 10000 head, ant
among these always are found from
100 to 200 animals infected In on,
way or another.
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The Beef Trust continues It's awfu
work of murder. Even the employee,
of the Government hired to sampl,
their products are victims. Read this
| Washington, ID. c., Nov. Filth,
death Of Robert Vance Freeman, {
member of the Department Of Agrlcul
lures first poison squad" Is likely t.