Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-18

posed upon In the matter. This Is
calf season, Tuesday witnessing the
arrival Of 5000 to 10000, and both
packers and spectators are finding the
handling of veal 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 y out
Of 100 meat product inspectors had
gone to work under the new law. said
on Tuesday, Sept. II, 1890: 1T will
be necessary to hold another examlna.
ton before the full complement Of 100
men can be installed, and II Is doubt.
full n a sufficient number will be avail.
able for duty when the new law goes
Into effect Oct 1. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions at
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. hongerS. tables, pipes and floors.
sixty five Of those who took the exam.
ination recently passed bat only TWEEN.
ty.sevcn reported for duty. This II &C.
counted for BY the fact that OF those
who passed q number are now EN-
ployed In the packing h0uses at 500
q month. The salary Of an inspector ID
but SSS8S a month"
A great portion Of the "iumpy Jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed 20 sound" BY the Inspect.
ors 10 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 oil 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. OF These only 4 small
fraction 10 condemned a. unit for con.
sumption. The rest. with the diseased
parts cut out IL sold for prime beef,
and brings the retailer AZ good prices
an the BEST beef.
This 10 possible by reason OF the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys IL part Of
"lumpy Jaw" steer o. not II the In
spectors pass an infected animal, after
the post.mortem inspection, the beef ID
placed In the cooler and sold just az
any other beef.
Out Of a total days slaughter Of 10
head Of "lumpy jaw" and otherwise In
fected animals only twelve car
cases were condemned after post.
mortem inspection. This means that ri
an average weight Of 1900 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days at least $4,000
pounds Of "lumpy jaw" beet. How
much Of the same kind OF meat I,
shipped into Chicago from Kansas City
and other places where its sale Ia pro
hibited would be difhcult to estimate
but the quantity u undoubtedly large
In most Of the Eastern cities 0rdi
nances are In force prohibiting the ssl'
OF meat from animals with actn0my
COSTS. the scientific name for "lumps
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains a. tn
only large market whore that claas o
cattle may be slaughtered and sold witt
profit.
The average weekly receipts Of cattl
at the stock yards are 10000 head, ant
among these always are found frot
100 to 200 animals infected In ON
way or another.
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The Beef Trust continues Its awfu
work Of murder. Even the emplOye
OF the Government hired to sampl
their products are victims. Read this
Washington, ID. c., Nov. 2l.-Irh
death Of Robert Vance Freeman,
member of the Department OF Agricu
Iture's first poison squad" IL likely :
be followed by suit against the Gov
eminent by his mother.
Young Freeman succumbed To tubel
culosls after long illness, dating frOI
his discharge from the squad 81
months after he Joined. When h
joined the poison squad" three year
ago he was declared to be PHYSICAL
perfect. His mother declares the bOrf
acid diet tests to which he was sun
jected weakened his system. DIR. II. "
Wiley, Government food expert, call
the theory absurd.
Upon entering the poison squad
young Freeman and other member
signed an agreement absolving tn
Government from all blame from an
results that might happen. 1t Is con
tended by Freeman's mother that h
was not OF age when he signed Oh
paper.
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II government Inspection at Tn
Union Stock Yards 10 such q goo
thing and IL 70 th0rOughly done. hOy