Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-08

J. whaien, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT or TUBERCULOSIS"
Commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan),
American Medicine December %.
says: One stands aghast at the crlmi.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
nm unsuspecting community. II Ia now
In order to 60 step farther and find
out who is responsible for this moral
obliqulty.
"'lt Is well known that cOmblna.
tiOns Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rails.
ing the price Of food stufrs beyond the
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry has
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
e:st time are the combinations which
cON.rol the food supply. brouy:t !<4- =
direct relation to public health.
"'It ID high time TINT thls n. utter
be taken out Of the class of mino, of.
fenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
:n war. when all kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned. Il n the height Of dis
honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of country. II II amy
better to poison the food supply2 II
ID time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction :"
Speaking of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1905 !:
"The total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1,343, 3,343
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. So PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS. ~ per cent for
actinomyc -lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
The Beef Trust must bc stopped!
~
How many reform bodies are con-
trolled by the Beef Trust?
| Health Department Bulletin. Dec. o,
1905: "a total Of 147,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned ana destroyed
during the past week) under tile su'
pervision Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In
cludes 4.0S3 pounds Of government.in'
spected cut meats shipped from pack
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
Health Department Bulletin, Novem'
Der II, 1905:
"Although tho condemnation and do
struction OF food supplies undt 10,
human consumption during the past
three montlls---since the resumption OF
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.
by order Of the 0mmlssiOner-have
reached immense proportions, much un
ut food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats az show gross
pathOlogic conditions, recognizable BY
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa
cilities for microscopic laboratory ex
animation have not yet been restored
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
OF beef carcasses, 3 hogs and q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"rhe total stock yards condemnatlon'
amounted to 17G,s0S pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses !"
In other words 1t has been and Il
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumors and let the rest Ol
the carcass 90 to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
The Beef Trust will find 1t hare
TO get resting place when the peo
pie of this country rise against II
as they surely will. The people OF tn,
whole world are crying for it's exter
minatiOn.
An average Of $4,000 pounds Of dis
eased meat IL condemned every week BY
Chicago Health Department inspectors
In butcher shops and grocery and de
partment stores "inside the Unlol
loop"
II this great amount of tubercular
cancerous and maggoty material can b.
found by the inspectors aud destroyed
"lnslde the loop" small territory
bounded by the river. Van Buren, street
Wabash and Fifth avenues, how many
million pounds are sold to the public
and consumed In the vast territory out
side the loop?
This is a very pertinent question.
That 10000 pounds of diseased mea,
can escape stockyards inspection every
week and find Itself into department
and other stores "inside the loop
should suffice to call attention to the
vast amount OF poisonous food that e.
capes inspection at the stockyards and
Ia sold outside the loop.
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