Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-16

How do we know that sufficient ore.
cautions are taken to prevent contaml.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen know,
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair: TINT IL, their bust.
ness: they will manage It as they 80
flt. Whose AFFAIR Is It, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trichinac, II cancer In.
crcases?
OTHER countries are not so dull 40
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perlls involved In the meth.
ods OF this monopoly, and. therefore,
try to exclude American meats.
TO quiet their objections the United
States Is supposed to keep an inspector
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon 1t nm official stamp certify.
Ing that 1t ls fit Tor food.
II. then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef, about which
there IL nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. on
which there ls no inspection ut allP
Whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 70
on year after year violating the law
ana no attempt made to prevent 1T
Why are the lnws inert against this
criminal organization? Why is a man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing a nve-dollnr check and these men
60 free for swindling a nation?
Why do we contribute our dollars
year utter year to swell unnecessary
hOnrtlsY
Why IRE we content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
taInly suggest fraud and treacheryP
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
As to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
losls and the cancer, put stop to pri.
vate slnughterlng. Let all the siaugh.
toring 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 slaush.
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 I'm invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When Il comes 70
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man haa Q right
to saved profits that bs makes b.
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back bcause some gantlemau's
profits IRE threatened. The State viii
not allow you to 20 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 are
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera Il can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, u million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaush.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case is ut least as clear
as In the other.
Health Department Bulletin, Dec,
%, 1905:
AT the Union Stock Yards the fol.
lowing have been condemned and de.
strOyed:
"2soh cattle. weighing l4s,s2a
pounds:
1856 hogs. weighing 4O475 pounds,
"Cut meats weighing 5,O24 pounds,
"l5 calves, weighing s5J pounds.
~ sheep, weighing 2GO pounds. /.
"Twenty-One cattle, nine hogs ana
5.O24 pounds cut meats We're con.
demned after (passing) government In.
spectl0n."
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Health Department Bulletin, Noveu.
ber %, 1905:
"Condemnations Of unit food during
the week:
AT the Union Stock Yards, OS, nal
pounds Of cattle, hogs, calves and sheen.
AT retail markets GG.730 pounds Of
beef, ham and poultry"
~SA =
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 INA.
jority OF the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now. thanks to the
Beef Trust the great majority Of ths,
EaSple who die are adults, the averaos
age OF the deceased having increases
from Infancy In 1875 to 81 years III