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trade rather than stand loss from the
condemnation Of animals and meat and
bear the expense OF complying with the
sanitary requirements. This latter
fact emphasizes the necessity for
thorough State or city Inspection"
To adopt the new charter means the
e'stab ablishment OF an unbreakable ring
IN the City Council for four years.
Congress should ut ooce add to the
meat inspection law these three pro
visions:
Fuckers should he obliged t.
bear all the expense attached to In.
spection.
PACKERS should he obliged b
print date Of canning ON the labels Of
all canned goods.
3-All meat Ia transit should be In,
spected by the government.
1t will rejoice the public to know
that meat condemned because 1t 10 dis
ettsed. IL 'tanked," stewed into lard
and placed on the market.
Illinois Ia not only the headquarters
Of the Beef Trust, hut the people OF
Illinois are Its principal victims.
In the course OF an able editorial on
"u. s, Inspected and Passed" In its
issue Of Dec. 20, 1906, the Chicago
Daily News said:
1T Is well for the people OF Illinois
and OF Chicago to remember, however,
that this law applies only to interstate
and foreign commerce. While the larger
packing houses engaged In interstate
and foreign business doubtless will pre-
pare all their product-whether for
outside or local cOnsumptiOn-under
the same conditions. there Is In the
Federal law nothing which OF itself az.
fords protection to the local consumer.
1t is quite possible that some OF the
smaller concerns might make bust.
ness Of'putting On the Illinois and Chi.
cagO market meat products that could
not be exported into other States. For
the protection OF local consumers prop
er local inspection may now be OF more
importance in some instances than IL
was before the passage OF the Federal
inspection law"
~6A
II you want to he taxed to death,
vote for the new city charter Sept. II.
II you don't, vote against II.
Are all diseased beef carcaasas To be
sold 10 the poor after this. instead u6
being destroyed by city inspectors?
~
There 10 great graft In the new char.
ter
~
The people OF Chicago are not In
favor Of Sunday closing.
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You will see from the above figures
that the average price paid by the
Beef Trust is about 4 cents pound,
But do the people who have to pay
exorbitant prices for food get good
food?
Let us look at some Of the records
Of the Chicago Health Department for
a reply:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin OF Octo-
ber 2S, 1906, speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors at the Union
Stock Yards condemned "FIvE CAT.
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS.
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCULOsIS TRIMMED OUT.
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED RY
THU GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS"
'They also condemned and destroyed
a083 pounds Of cut meats shipped from
St Louis and Kansas City. having
passed government inspection at those
places"
This shows the sort of government
inspection we have.
II a few OF the governmental omis.
sions are rectined how many thous-
ands are not?
How many homes IN Europe and
America are at this moment harboring
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattlei
The above report OF the Health Com.
missioner speaks OF meat hanging In
the coolers OF trust houses. with tuber-
cular tumors trimmed OUT ready 70
be cut into steaks.
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DIR. A. d. Melvin, chief OF the Bu-
Yeau OF Animal Industry, in the course
Of an address TO the chief meat inspec-
tors convention at the stock yards last
month, declared that it was s,lrpris-
ing TO note the large number OF pack.
ers who Ignored the new national law
until the railroads refused their ship
nents. Inspection has been with.
drawn fran fortyslx establishments"
said DR.. Melvin. "Of these withdraw.
ais twelve were for cause, principally
on account Of failure TO maintain the
proper standard OF sanitation, and
some were for using prohibited preser-
yatives. Most Of the establishments
preferred to forfeit their interstate
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1ne most amazing stupidity COnCeiv.
able Of any people with foreheads 10
that they should allow their supply
Of food to pass into the hands Of one
speculative interest, says Charles Ed.
ward Russell In q powerful article
written BY him In the Appeal to Rea.
son. You can understand how a care.
less community might tolerate a mo.
nopoly Of some things, how II might
endure to have its transportation. for
instance, or its electric light, control.
led by one ownership, for men can
live without sleeping cars or arc
lamps; but that It should tolerate a
monopoly Of the primal necessity Of
food is beyond comprehension and
without precedent. Even mixed saw.
ages have uniformly been too wise
for that. and the only nation that has
ever submitted to such a monstrous
condition Is our own.
From thousand Illustrations Of the
Injuries we all suffer from this idiotic
arrangement let Us cite one.
There IL no way Of communicating
disease to the human body surer than
through infected meat tissue. Some
Of the worst and most destructive ba.
GILL that prey upon mankind are com.
mon among the animals he eats for
food. Cows have tuberculosis and
spread vast quantities Of 1t through
the human population. Il 10 30 com.
mon among cows that the wise and
the forewarned will use none but ster-
ilixed milk. What IL hog cholera"
among swine ID merely typhoid fever
In men. Trichinea In hogs poisons
human beings. Both these diseases
are common among swine.
Worse than ali these, and more
deadly. 10 another fact that 10 seldom
commented upon because II 10 too ap.
pallinv to dwell much upon. What II
called '''lumpy jaw" In cattle 10 simply
cancer. The germs Of cancer are
communicable. Many cattle have
'lumpy jaw" Any animal with
''lumpy jaw" 10 unnt for human
food.
This opens a field that demands the
IHucOAuSc utVchttOu W Iu0 kVVeSus
ment. Cancer IN the most terrible Of
all diseases. After Il has reached q
certain stage Of development Il 10 ab.
solutely incurable. Its progress to
that stage may be without the pa.
tient's knowledge or suspicion. Its
advance beyond that stage cannot
even be checked. Il slays its victims
with the most horrible torture.
In this country the recent increase
Of this most terrible OF human af.
nictions has been something to alarm
no all 1t was once rare; Il now
threatens to become common. In the
Cincinnati hospital, In the year 1870.
n, the number Of cancerous patients
was one In 6S7. In 1904 the number
was one In 278. In 1870. when the
total population Of the city was 2l6,.
280, the number Of cancer cases 70.
ported at all the institutions was q;
In 1900, with Q total population Of
S25, ,9O2, the number Of cancer cases
reported at oil the institutions was
l0s. and In 1908, with about the same
population. the number was 207. I
append the table that shows this %.
tonishing increase.
Here 10 . similar report from two
well.known hospitals elsewhere:
ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL, NEW
YORK,
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Congress should pass a law con-.
pclling packers to print the date of
the canning on the labels Of all came !
goods sold by them.
The fact that the Beef Trust fought
a proposed law to this effect, last year.
only goes to emphasize the necessity
that exists for one.
According to all accounts the canned
goods of the Beef Trust are bad enough
when comparatively new. without un.
loading on the public canned goo,is that
have been years in warehouse.
More than that. the government
should compel the packers to pay all
the expenses of meat inspection.
The government should also inspect
all meat IN transit.
Lately the Beef Trust has been
branching out and gobbling up other
lines of business.
1t controls the meat business.
1t controls the poultry trade.
1t controls the egg market.
1t controls the hide market.
1t controls the boot and shoe trade.
And lately 1t has stepped into tie
control Of a large part Of the vegetable
market.
In order that the multi.mllllOnaires
Mt It's head may thrive. II has raised
the price Of living upon the people Of
the United States.
1t IL the Beef Trust and the Beef
Trust alone that has made the cost
Of living as high as 1t Is.
The Beef Trust buys cattle, swine
and sheep on the hoof for almost moth
Ing.
II you will take the trouble to look
ut the market reports Of the daily
papers you will see that the trust pays
from $1.25 to 81 per 100 pounds for
canning COWS. This Ii cent and a
quarter to two cents pound. For
very high grade meat they pay as
high as five or six cents a 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 u
big profit Itself
But II IL too hoggish to do this. 1t
has the American public by the throat
and makes the American public pay
outrageous prices
The following from the Chicago
Daily Journal market report for June
~. 1907, Is u fair sample of what the
Beef Trust pays for cattle, per 100
pounds:
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ordinations In freight charges among
other things. The Federal grand jury.
among It's duties, looks after violations
Of the Interstate Commerce lave.
/lID

The price OF meat continues to soar
aud soar. Here is n comparison of
present prices with the prices Of two
years ago:
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Congress should at once add to the
meat inspection law these three pro
visions:
PACKERS should be obliged to
bear all the expense attached to In
spection.
-Packers should be obliged to
print date Of canning on the labels Of
all canned goods.
&All meat In transit ahould be In
spected by the government.
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The people Of Chicago are not In
favor Of Sunday closing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
CHARLESTON, MO.

June IS. 1907.

June IS, 1907.
Harry j. Drane son Of NJ A Dranc
circuit clerk of Mississippi county Is
now in Annapolis. Md. where he viii
on Wednesday next stand the cXamin
alton for admission 10 the United
States Naval Academy The young
man entered competitive eXamina
ton at Cape Girardeau, Mo. several
days ago and vas successful in landing
the appointment for the place which
was made by Congressman J. j. Rus
sell
Wheat cutting will commence in this
county Monday morning, unless ferth.
er rain interferes with he work. The
excessive rainfall has had tendency
to drown ont large part Of the crop
but local wheat men say that The
yield will be fairly good.
Silas French. proprietor of French
Theatorium. has added an orchestra
to his pleasure place and this. with
the electric fans, adds a great deal t.
the attractiveness OF his resort. Good
crowds are attending the show.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
TROOPS STOP OUTBREAK
Concluded from First Page.)

event should occur simultaneously
with the opening of the conference
was generally deplored. There is gen
aral disapproval as to the wisdom of
he dissolution.
Call Peace Move a Comedy
A demonstration against the peace
conference was held this afternoon in
4 field in the outskirts of the city,
but il was not great success. The
organizers expected that Gustave
Herve, the leader of the anti-militaey
movement, would be present, but he
did not appear, telegraphing that he
lad ben detained in connection with
legal proceedings agaist him atNanies.
The speakers were confined to
Dutch orators. who addressed about
2,e00 persons against the idea that
The various governments really had
any intention to tighten the military
burdens which were sappmg the ,ener-
gies of the European states. The
peace conference they denounced as
a comedy played to deceive the
masses. rsE
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
SEVEN WORTHLESS CHECKS
CASHED BY CAIRO MERCHANTS
Presented to Them During Busy Hours Of Sat-
urday Night In Payment For Purchases
Contractor Fraser Shame Used

Seven OF Cairos well known,
Istaunch and hard-headed business
men were caught Saturday night by
trick as old as the hills, as common
as an old shoe, and they mourn each
the loss Of $3.50 in cash and mer-
chandlse The trick was neatly
played and its very boldness and
simplicity allayed suspicion and made
IN successful A negro or two negroes
visited all Of the seven and passed a
check on each Of hem for $3.50. The
fellow or fellows timed his visits In
each place when the projectors and
clerks were busiest with the usual
Saturday night rush. and when there
isn't much time for deliberate action,
and the rascal told his story so well
that he got what he wanted in nearly
every place he visited The checks
were all signed with the name Of a. 81
Fraser the well known contractor
whose credit seems to be good In all
the stores. They were written in a
legible but somewhat strained hand
such as a school boy Or girl might
write and their phraseology was not
sucl as enc accustomed to writing
checks would use. For instance, the
check passed at the store of Joe Alt
man. on Commercial avenue. was
dated June G-15, 1907. and in the
amount was written out Twelve and
a half dollars. Mrs Altman waited
on the fellow who asked for a pair of
Iousers, selecting pair costing
s1.75 also a suit of underwear. When
ne presented the check Mrs. Altman
consulted Mr. Altman who was busy
with another customer and directed
her to cash il knowing Mr.. Fraser to
be all right.
The proceedings were very much
alike at all the places. At kaufman
Bros. he bought few pieces of dry
goods, at Winter Bros he bought
groceries. at r. S. Haas he bought
hat for 81, from Ruby's he got pair
of trousers. from B. McManus, Jr.
he bought pair of cheap shoes and
from Sam Gruskin he bought a pair
Of trousers.
Mr.. Grusllin suspected momentarily
that there might be something wrong.
II was TO O'Clock at night when The
fellow came, and Mr.. Gruskin asked
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17

July i0.11-To III vacancies as the.
nay occur IN the positions indicated
lboye. The salary for the position
u topographic craftsman ranges
from 81 900 10 $500 per annum, ane
for copyist topographic craftsman
from 5000 to $1,000 per annum.
July l7-~To I'LL vacancies as they
may occur In the position Of electro
typer's helper IN the Government
Printing Office. Washington u. G..
az 40 cents an hour or $500 per diem
July Ito All vacancy In, the
position OF nurseryman, 5000 per an
mum. in the Chilocco School, Okla.
homa. and vacancies as they may oc
cur IN any branch Of the service re
curing similar qualifications.
July ITO fill a vacancy In the
position Of inner. $3.50 per annum
and ration, Quartermaster's Depart
nent at Large, Fort Riley, Kas., va.
oancy In the position Of timer. at
$3.50 per annum, In the Indian service
az Phoenlx. Arlz., and vacancies as
they may occur in any branch Of the
service requiring similar qualities.
lions.
July Ito I'll two vacancies IN
the position OF printer, one at $72o
and the other at $3.50 per annum In
The Naval Academy Annapolis, Nd
and vacancies as they may occur in
any branch Of he service requiring
similar qualifications.
July 1719-To fill a vacancy in the
position of electrical engineer and
IN the Supervising Archl-
tects Office. at SLIGO per annum, anu
several vacancies in this position as
hey may occur during he period Of
q gibility, At salaries ranging from
s1,200 to $1,000 per annum.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
FORECAST Of THE
EVENTS OF WEEK

| The Associated Press forecast for
Important events of the week follows:
Delegates to the public lands con.
veniion will assemble in Denver this
week For weeks preparations for
the big meeting have been in pro
gress and during that time there has
been active campaignin for the per
nanent Craftsmanship of the body.
Four candidates are in the field. Sen
ator Thomas Carter of Montana !;
Lieutenant Governor Harper of Colo
RADIO: Or. ~ Wilson. of Wyoming
ana Frank Goudy Of Colorado. One
OF the features OF the gathering Will
be the big chamber of commerce ban
quet "Wednesday evening. Two mem
bers Of President Roosevelt's cabinet
ands several prominent westerner
will speak.
Former President Cleveland will
deliver the principal address, at Will
mingion. Del. next Saturday at the
Gnveling Of memorial statute TO
Thomas F. Bayard who was the first
sec etary of the state in Mr. Cleve-
lands first cabinet. the first ambassa-
dor Of the United States to the court
OF St. James. and at one time a mem
ber of the United States senate.
Advocates Of the idea Of municipal
play grounds for children will meet at
Chicago on Thursday. Friday and sat
Hrday If this week 20 attend The an
n1sl meeting Of the Playground AZ
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17

The university, In its campaign to
Ifeach the goal set for 1t by the first
president and become the national
finishing school for scholars and
the intellectual center Of the nation
has the heartiesl endorsement of all
the members Of the administration.
A committee, with Professor Mitchell
Carroll at its mead, is asking patriotic
citizens throughout the country TO
make possible the realization Of the
university's ambition by subscribing
to an endowment fund The appeal is
meeting with some response, which
the universitys friends believe will
be much greater when its patriotic
character becomes better known.
II is hoped that the growth Of the
institution will be great enough to
keep pace with the trend of public
events, for there admittedly is no city
in the United States in which to train
men for the public service having the
advantages that Washington pos.
sesses. SUCH men will have the adj
vantage, not only of well equipped
institution of learning, but also of
being at the very fountainhead of gov
ernment.
The various departments and the
lessons they contain will do as much
to fit them for the duties of consular
life as the lectures of classrooms. The
two. taken together, will result in
turning out class Of man eminenly
fitted to uphold the dignity Of the
United States in foreign capitals and
trade centers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
ILLIMO BURNED DOWN.
Report That Little Was Left Of the
Place After Fire of Saturday.
Fire Burned Till Night.

People who came down from
Tbebes Saturday evening reported that
the town of limo in Missouri opposite
Thebes, some distance inland, was
Turning up Three houses had burned
down and others were in flames when
the train left Thebes at 1880 p. m,
and the entire place was believed to
have burned down. Report was yes
terday that the fire did not stop till
night having burned all afternoon
and razing nearly every building in
the place.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17

HIN; why he had waited so long when
he received his check at o'clock.
The fellow said he went home from
work and was busy there and could
not come down town any sooner. He
said he had been at work week for
Mr. Fraser on the Ohio street pave
ment, and had been paid with the
check AT some places the fellow
seemed hard TO please in what he pre-
tended to want Al Mr. Haas place
he spent some time looking for hat
to suit him, and this tended to allay
suspicion AT Rubys Toggery every
one was busy and the clerk who
waited on the negro got rid Of him as
quickly as possible to wait on the
next man AT Winter Bros. every
thing was in rush also and they
tell joke on the Ex-Mayor He hap
pened into Haas place late at night
and MI Haas showed him the check
and asked ii he thought 1t genuine
Ms Winter scrutinized II a bit and
replied "Of course, that's all right.
1t looks too clean 10 be wrong II
was not till Yesterday morning that
Mr. Winter discovered that his firm
also had one Of them
Messrs. Kaufman Bros. were the
frs to discover the forgery and they
notified Chief Egan about $50
O'Clock. The chief gave the hint to
all the night force and telephoned to
Bridge junction and Mounds, and all
day yesterday diligent search was
made but no trace of the rascal was
found. One difficulty seems to be
that while mos of the victims are I'M
able to give satisfactory descrip-
ton of the fellow, several of them
give conflicting descriptions. For in
stance, Mr. Altman says the fellow
who presented the check at his place
was of slight build and yellow, while
AT Winter Bros he il described as
black and weighing from $50 10 165
pounds His dress also is described
variously. At one place he wore
white jumper and at another dark
suit.
Mr. Fraser could throw very little
light on the subject He did not pay
off in checks Saturday but all cash.
and he does not recognize any of his
men in the descriptions given.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
SEVENTEEN ARRESTS
Nm. o'Donley Accused Of Striking
and Cutting People From Harris
bura-Many Drunks.

Two men and two women from Har
risburg, ILL.,, went into young O'Don
ley's restaurant yesterday afternoon
AT Thirteenth and Commercial. and
after ordering something TO eat and
drink. a misunderstanding arose and
young ODonley is accused of striking
both the men and cutting one of them
In The arm. The entire party We're ar
rested and will have hearing in the
city court TODAY.
There were seventeen arrests in all
bv the police yesterday and last night
thirteen Of which were for drunken
ness.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
DON'T SWALLOW 1T.

Don't be forced to swallow those mu-
cous discharges which drop into your
throat, caused by catarrhal affection.
Porter's Ca-Tarrh-O is guaranteed to
cure catarrh when applied regularly ac-
cording to directions. Try il.
Don'tbe beguiled into thinking you can
be cured OF catarrh by merely smelling of
medicine Get a box of Porter's Ca
Tarrh- O, price 30 cents at all druggists.
Send stamps if not kept by your dealer.
Porter's Ca-Tarrh- o contains neither
opiatcs nor narcotics. II is simply anti
septic and curative. Sold on guarantee.
PORTER MEDICINE Co. b. PARIS, TENS.
PAUL G. scHuH q SONS
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
GHOpplNG Off OF HEADS
concluded from First Page,)
NJ. S. EGAN,
Chief Of Police.


free again. and vacant place vii
be filled with the mep chosen by Che
prosecutor to take the mayors chair
The mayor will then be ordered tc
esign; the board will be instructed
10 place the member OF his stead, and
he ne wmember as acting mayor will
start by chopping off Chief Of Police
0inans head and then proceed down
the line
This is the plan which District Ar
orney Langdon acknowledges has
3een gwen the most serious consider
ition and which may be pit into exc
cntion within the next few days.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
Brother Killed in Wreck.

Robert Nint. operator for the Cairo
Commission company has received
particulars concerning The death Of
his brother. Fred S. Vini. who was
killed in a street car accident at Los
Angeles. Cal. a week ago yesterday
The decedent formerly resided in
Paducah. Ky.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
CUTS wIFE's THROAT.

Oskaloost la, June 16.-EllswOrth
Rains tonight cut the throat of his
divorced wife in the presence of OFF.
GERS who had come to arrest him
Rains was prevented from seeing his
children. Mrs. Rains refusing him All
mission 10 The house She probably
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
NELL TO ACT FOR PRESIDENT.

oyster Bay. June lG.-Presden
Roosevelt has referred to Charles !
Neill. commissioner of labor. without
I, mment, the various appeals which
ave been made 10 him by wire ami
nail to intervene to prevent the
threatened telegraphers strike.
Attention is called to the fact that
Neill has on his own motion acted
With more or less success in severa
receni strikes simply by making an
investigation and bringing 10 light
the silent facts in the controversies.
his reports being the basis on which a
settlement was later reached.
The Roosevelt pew at the Christ
Episcopal church was occupied today
by The president, Mrs. Roosevelt
Ethel Archie and Quentin
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
CAR BARNS DESTROYED

New York, June 49,. Fire this after
noon destroyed the car barns Of the
New York Railway company in Mad,
'ison avenue, between Eightynfth and
Eighty-sixth streets Nearby resi-.
dences were damaged The loss Is
100000. Thirty electric automobiles
several cars, and the records Of The
company were lost.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-17
ASSASSINATION AT sEsAsroPoL

Sebastopol. June l6.-Colonel Cues
sekoffsky. assistant harbor command
ant, was killed by a revolver sho.
near the docks today. The assassin
vas arrested.