Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-23
4 Writer Holds This Awful Organization
Responsible for the Spread
Of Cancer
And Also Says that It Is Guilty Of
Spreading Tuberculosis and
Other Diseases.

How do we know that sufficient pre.
cautions are taken to prevent contami.
natlon7
How do the trust gentlemen know
They inform us that what goes on
behind tho walls Of their plants n
their own affair; that ID, their bust.
ness; they will manage It a. they 80
ut. Whose affair is II, then, II the
nation cats diseased meat, II We are
poisoned By trichinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 20 dull %
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous pcrils involved In the meth.
ods Of this monopoly, and, therefore,
try to exclude American meats
To quiet their objections the United
Suites is supposed to keep an inspsctor
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon It an Official stamp certify.
Ing that It is At Tor food.
II, then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef. about which
there is, nominal inspection. what DO
you suppose IRE the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there Ii no inspection ut aili
Whywas the Beef Trust allowed 10 70
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent ~
Why are the laws inert against this
criminal organisation2 Why 10 Q man
sent to prison for i've years for fors.
Ing q 6ve-d0llar check and these men
20 free for swindling q nationf
WHY do We contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
hoarisf
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for 10 In secret under
conditions that TO any sane mind CO...
tainly suggest fraud and treacheryf
We are not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
Al to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubsrcu.
losis and the cancer. put q stop to pri.
vate slaughtering. Let all the slaush.
tering Of food animals be done BY the
State In the light Of day. without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
The cities and towns run their slaugh.
ter houses under medical Inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat
And we need not worry about the oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are an invasion of the private
rights Of business. When II comes 20
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has q right
10 saved profits that be makes by
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back bcause some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State win
not allow you to 60 around with small.
pox or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house. although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger. smallpox and scarlet fever arc
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera Il can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer. . million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slaush.
tor houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case 10 at least a. clear
- In the other.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
q, 1906:
AT the Union Stock Yards the fol.
lowing have been condemned and de.
str0yed:
"ssoN cattle. weighing l4s.se4
pounds:
1865 hogs, weighing 4O.475 pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5.024 pounds.
"16 calves. Weighing S55 pounds.
u sheep, weighing 28O pounds,
"Twenty.one cattle, nine hogs and
6,O24 pounds cut meats were CON.
demnsd after passing) government In.
spect0n."
Health Department Bulletin, Noyem.
ber 25, 1905:
OouuciuudtIOub OF unut food durlnR
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards 6s. .7oa
pounds OF cattle, hogs, calves and sheen.
AT retail markets 80.739 pounds Of
beef. ham and poultry"
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The Beef Trust will be stopped, no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
Of experts" try to save It.
Thirty years ago, according to the
Chicago Health Department, the ma.
jority Of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust the great majority OF the
0asple who die are adults. the averaes
age OF the deceased having increase0
from Infancy In 1876 70 81 ysars =
'"' 49,