Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-13

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 goes On
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair: that their buol.
ness; they will manage Il a. they 80
ut. Whose affair 10 Il, then, II The
nation cats diseased meat, II We are
poisoned BY trlchinac. II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 10 dull %
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous pcrlls involved In the meth
DDS 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 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 ls nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. on
which there Is no inspection ut ALL
whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 70
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent 1T
Why IRE the laws inert against this
criminal organixation2 Why Ii q man
sent to prison for five years for fors.
Ing a hvc-dollar check and these men
60 free for swindling a nationf
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
hOartls2
Why are We content to have our
food prepared for 10 In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind css.
tainly suggest fraud and treacheryf
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
As to tho "lumpy Jaw" the tubcrcu
losis and the cancer, put a stop to pri.
vate slaughterlng. Let all the slaugh.
tering OF food animals be done BY the
State In the light Of day, without any
OF this dark lantern bushes on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
Tho cities ana towns run their slaugb-
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 10
life and death there arc NO private
rights Of business. No man has q risht
to saved profits that be makes by
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back bcause some gentlemaus
pr0fts IRE threatened. The State wiz
not allow you to 90 arOv I'd with small.
pOx or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house. although each may be strictlS
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger, smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. II the State :, take radical
measures to stamp out cholera Il can
take radical measures to STAMP ont
cancer. q million tnes worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaueb-
ter houses for public safe, ;. And its
duty In the one case is ut lea. ss clear
as In the other.
I0aA
Insanitary conditions In the stock
yards were severely censured by DR..
Arnold 9. Klebs In lecture on "Con.
sumption and the Home" given In the
tubilc Library under the auspices of
the Chicago Medical Society.
Some day these insanItary c0ndi-
lions out at the stock yards will cause
great upheaval In Chicago" he said.
fhey are directly responsible for q
great deal Of the tuberculosis now
prevalent In Chicago, and I firmly
oeiieve that one of the greatest strides
tnat can be made towards stamping
out this disease is to bring nbout
proper conditions ut the stock yards"
II the laws regarding the selling Of
diseased meet were enforced the Beef
Trust would now be In JAIN.
The lumpy-jaw Industry Is thriving.
30 Is scarlet fever, diphtherla and tu-
berculOsis.
The Beef Trust will be stopped. no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees compos ed
Of experts try to save It.
Thirty years ago, according to tho
Chicago Health Department, the ma.
|ority of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust, the great majority OF tho
Dasple who die are adults. the averase
lge Of the deceased having incrsasoA
pr0m lnfAnCy In 107k n ~ vnaM -