Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
Now it Has Raised the Price of the Food Products
the Country and Its Assaults Upon the Health
of Our Citizens Are Matters of Record.

How do we know that sufficient prs.
cautions are taken to prevent contami.
nationf
How do the trust gentlemen know1
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair: that II. their busi.
ness; they will manage II as they ses
ft. Whose affair IL Il, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trlchinae, II cancer In.
creasesf
Other countries are not no dull 40
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perils 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 IN official stamp certify.
Ing that II IL fit Cor food.
lf. then, these are the methods 10
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 Ii no inspection at all?
whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 20
on year after year violating the law
nnd no attempt made to prevent Il?
Why arc the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why IL man
sent to prison for five years for f0rg.
Ing a hvc-dollar check and these men
so free for swindllng q nation?
/ Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why arc we content to have our
food prepared for us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind cer.
tainly suggest fraud and treachery7
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
A to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubcrcu.
losis and tho cancer. put stop 70 pri.
vate slaughterlng. Let all the slaugb.
tcring 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 slaugh.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat
Aud 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 aud death there are no private
rights Of business. No man bas U right
to saved profits that be makes b.
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back bcause some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State will
not allow you to 60 around with small.
p0x 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, 4 million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case IL ut least 10 clear
a. In the other.
| lnSanltary conditions In the stock
iards were severely censured by DR..
Arnold Q. Klebs In lecture ON Con.
sumption and the Home" given In the
Public Library under the auspices OF
the Chicago Medical Society.
"some day these insanitary condi.
lions out ut the stock yards will cause
4 great upheaval In Chicago" lie said.
"fhey are directly responsible for u
great deal of tho tuberculosis now
prevalent In Chicago. and firmly
believe that one of the greatest strides
that can be made towards stamping
out this disease is to bring about
proper conditions ut the stock yards"
|
II the laws regarding the selling Of
diseased meat were enforced tae Beef
Trust would now bs In Jail.
The daily papers should cease the
publication OF fake financial advertise
ments.
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The Beef Trust will be stopped. no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press aud fake committees composed
of experts" try to save 1t.
Thirty years ago. according to tho
Chicago Health Department. the mn.
jority Of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Reef Trust, ne great majority OF thp
rssple who die are adults, the ayerass
age Of the deceased having Increased
from Infancy In 1876 TO 81 years u