Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-22

How do we know that sufficient ore.
cautions are taken to prevent contami.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen know
They inform us that what eoes On
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that is, their busi.
ness; they will manage II AZ they 80
ht Whose affair IL Il, then, II tho
nation eats diseased meat, II We aro
poisoned by trichinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 40 dull %
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perils involved In the meth
ods Of this monopoly. and. therefore,
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the Uniteo
States Ii supposed to keep an inspector
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon 1t mn official stamp certify.
Ing that 1t Is ut for food.
II. then, these are. the methods In
regard to export beef. about which
there Is nominal Inspection. what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, on
which there Is no inspection Mt ailf
Whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 70
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent III
Why IRE the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why 10 q man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing a flvc.dollar check and these men
20 free for swindling a nationf
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and treachery9
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.
losis and the cancer, put stop TO pri.
vate slaughtering. Let all the slaugh.
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 oil. 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 slaughtse
houses are an invasion OF the private
rights Of business. When Il comes -
life and death there are NO private
rights Of business. No man hss q riaht
10 saved profits that b makee b
spreading disease. We have gone TOO
far on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back because some eentlemau's
PROFITS are threatened. The State WIN
not allow you to 60 around with smsll.
p0x or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house, although each may be strictl,
your own affair. Compared With can
Ger. smallpox and scarlet fever ars
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 II can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slaush.
ter houses for public safety. And In
duty In the one case IL at least % clear
% In the other.
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The Eagles prediction that the Beef
Trust would raise. the price Of food
on the people has been FULFILLED. The
action Of the packers IL expected to
arouse particularly those members Of
Congress who have insisted that the
packers should Iay the cost Of the
meat inspection, for which Congress
now appropriates $3.OOOOOO annually.
One OF the arguments used against this
proposal has been the allegation that
the packers would at once shift the
cost OF the inspection to the cattle
raisers.
Now that the packers propose y
euIit tue IOeS IVOu OuUt0uueO 0e
casseS while at the same time the1
profit by the advertisement Of the eov.
ernment guaranty Of the wholesome.
neSs OF their products tue proponents
Of the plan to make them pay for the
government inspection Insist they have
an argument. Senators Beveridee, of
Indiana, and Gallinser, OF New Hamp-
shire. have already promised to renew
the fight In the next Congress-
Congress should at once add to the
meat inspection law these three pro
visions:
PACKERS should be obliged to
bear all the expense attached to in
spectiOn.
2-Packers should be obliged to
print date OF canning on the labels Of
all canned goods.
3-All meat In transit sh0uld be In
spected by the government.