Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-21
Placed Upon
Attempt

How do w know that sufficient peo.
cautions are taken 70 prevent contaml.
nationf
How do the trust gentlemen knowS
They inform % that what eoes %
behind the walls Of their plants u
their own affair; that 10, their buoa.
ness; they will manage Il % they 80
nt Whose affair 10 II, then. II ~
nation eats diseased meat, II W aro
poisoned BY trlchInae, II cancer II.
creases?
Other countries are not % dull -
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll TIE
nionstrous perils involved In the meth.
DDS Of this monopoly, and, therefore.
try to exclude American n,eatA
To quiet their objections the Unitsd
States 10 supposed to keep an inspsctoe
upon meat intended for export and -
place upon II an onicial stamp certify.
Ing TINT II II at Tor food.
II, then, these are the methods II
regard TO export beef, about which
there ID nominal inspection, what %
you suppose are the methods abouo
meat for domestic consumption, %
which there Il no inspection at ailf
Why was the Beef Trust allowed b %
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent ~
Why are the laws inert against this
criminal organixationi Why 10 Q man
sent to prison for ave years for fors-
Ing . nve.dollar check and these men
60 free for swindlins q nationi
WHY do We contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are We content to have our
food prepared for ~ In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind CT.
tainly suggest fraud and treacheryf
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
Az to the "lumpy jaw" the tubercu-
losis and the cancer, put stop to pr.
vate Strengthening. Let all the slaugh-
tering Of food animals be done By the
State In tho light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
Tho cities and towns run their slausu-
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 It comes b
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has q right
to saved profits that be makes BY
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation b
turn back because some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State wiz
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
cor. 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, q million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety II can provide slauRh.
ter houses for public safety. And III
duty In the one case Ia ut least a. clear
as In the other.
The Eagles prediction that the Beef
Trust would raise the price Of food
Oh the people has been fulfilled. The
action OF the packers 10 expected to
arouse particularly those members Of
Congress who have insisted that the
packers should pay the cost Of the
meat inspection, for which Congress
now appropriates 100000 annually.
One of the arguments used against this
proposal has been the allegation that
the packers would Mt once shift the
cost of the inspection to the cattle
raisers.
Now that the packers propose to
shift the loss from condemned car.
casses while ut the same time they
p"OuS ~ SuC uuVCbtscCAiCuS VI ttbe kOvs
eminent guaranty Of the wholesome.
ness of their products the proponents
OF the plan to make them pay for the
government inspection insist they have
an argument. Senators Beverldge, OF
Indiana, and Galllnger, of New Hamp-
shire. have already promised to renew
the fight In the next Congress,
Congress should ut once add to the
meat inspection law these three pro-
visions:
PACKERS should be obliged to
bear all the expense attached to In
specti0n.
2-Packers should be obliged to /.
print date Of canning on the labels Of
all canned goods.
a-All meat In transit should b IN
Pscted by the government