Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-22

Does the Meat Inspection law pro.
tect the foreigner?
1t certainly does not protect the Chi.
cagoan.
Chicago IL revellng In n fenst Of
lumpy Jaw beef, tuberculosis cattle and
the like.
The new Federal meat inspection law
IL In force. but, so far MS Chicago Ia
concerned, Il II a dead letter.
The United States law only applies
to meat intended for export and for
meat shipped to other States.
This IL as fur 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 II good to eat
80 thousands Of Chicagoans are eat.
Ing lumpy jaw cattle every day, In
blissful ignorance of the awful facts
and the Beef Trust Ii getting richer
than ever BY purveying bad food to the
people.
The most radical legislation 10 neces.
sary to obliterate 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 the
matter. the Chicago Tribune In . -.
Gently printed editorial declared:
The Health Department should at
once enact and enforce the regulations
which have been prepared By the Do.
partmsut Of Agriculture.
"If those regulations ara necessary
10 insure the good quality Of Chicago
meat which 70 to be eaten By English.
men they are equally necessary to In
sure the good quality Of Chicago meat
which 10 10 b 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
% good 40 the Federal inspection.
'.rhere will bs 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 ths'S
establishments unless they are forced
to. There 10 need Of vigilant municipal
inspection to keep this city from b.
coming q dumping ground for poor meat
and TO enforce sanitary regulations In
packing houses which are outside thu
scope Of Federal supervision"
President Roosevelt and the member
Of Congress irst heard about the Bed
Trust horrors from the Eagle In No.
vember, 1905, and they have heard
more every week since then.
The Beef Trust slaughter houses an
like morgues. The Beef Trust mag
mates love to praise their cleanliness
In magaxine articles. OF course these
slaughter Joints are clearly. 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 trichlna
hogs. The surroundings have to bs
kept clearly, like all buildings devot
ed to the care Of cadavers. Even thu
embalmed beef turned out by the
Trust IL sanltary-fr0m an embalmer'l
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 one
Of them was condemned because II
contained poison and was therefore
detrimental to the public health. Lact
Of space alone prohibits Us from print
ing the list and the names Of thl
houses shipping the stun.
The Beef Trust has caused q BIZ
raise In the price Of shoes. The al
legged beef trust controls incidental!
the domestic hide market, which Con
gress closed practically for the Senea
Of the beef trust By clapping duty o
ID per cent id valorem on foreigl
hides. The alleged beet trust. accord
ing to Associated Press dispatched
now also controls the domestic tanning
industry. Hence the beet. trust Axe
now the cost Of the leather. the raw
material out OF which shoes are made
and hence It controls both the price
Of shoes In the domestic market an,
In the export shoe trade. built up Q
great expense By our shoe manufae
turers.
| Furthermore. Il 10 common knowl
edge that the domestic price OF butter
eggs, butterine, dressed poultry, tn
grains. fruits, vegetables. apples. pota
toes and probably other foods ID regu
lated largely BY the same trust Of cor
porations.
This ID logical and unavoidable Q
present Il u due In part b spscia
privileges Of lower rates In the ship
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