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

The Reef Trust stole millions of gal.
Ions of water from Chicago water
mains by means of ''blind pipes" lead
ing from the streets To their packing
houses. While other people had to pay
for the water they used. the Beef
Trust gentlemen paid nothing.
The discovery Of these thefts caused
great Indignation among the people at
the time. but the Reef Trust was never
Obliged to make restitution and the
officials who were bribcd. were never
punished.
The record of the Beef Trust Is a
record of rascality. venality ana cor
ruptlon.
Caught rcd.han,lc,l stealing water
from the people. It simply asked them
what they were going to do about 1t.
Every attempt to prevent the sale
of lumpy jaw beef in Chicago has
been blocked by the agents of the
Beef Trust.
These are facts that are easily prov.
on and yet the lives AMI happiness Of
millions of people are daily put In
peril by this awful trust.
Lately the Beef Trust has been
branching out AMI gobbling up other
lines of business.
1t controls the meat business.
1t controls the poultry trade.
1t controls the egg market.
1t controls the hide market.
II controls the boot and shoe trade.
And lately II hns stepped into the
control Of u large part Of the vegetable
market.
In order that the multi.mil Tres
ut Its head may thrive. It has raised
the price Of living upon the people Of
the United States.
II II the Beef Trust and the Reef
Trust alone that has made the cost
Of living as high as II Is.
The Beef Trust buys cattle. swine
and sheep on the hOOf for almost moth
Ing.
II you will take the trouble to look
at the market reports of the daily
papers you will see that the trust pays
from Sl.25 to 81 per lW pounds for
| canning cows. This is u cent AMI u
quarter to two cents II pound. For
very high grade meat they pay ns
high as five or six cents u pound.
The trust utllizcs every portion Of the
cattle. hOofs. horns, intcstincs, hide.
hair and bones.
II could afford to sell the people
meat ut reasonable prices and make II
big profit Itself.
But 1t Il too hogglsh to do this. II
has the American public by the throat
ana makes the American public pay
outrageous prices.
Tho following from the Chicago
Daily News market report for April
~ 1907, II u fair sample Of what the
Beef Trust pays for cattle, per lW
pounds:
Good To prime steers. .Sl.90ni a.
Common to good stcers.... 415M $50
Inferior to common steers. :,SI6i /. ~
Good to fair cows and
h"lI"rS ........,........ 'i.'"'W1 80
iearings, good to choice. 5,l5ni 600
Good cutting to fair beef
cows :. ................ o,45Ma22i
Fair to choice feeders. -. 3.SOM 800
Fair 10 choice stOckers. 3.OOGi H.
Common to good canning
cows =. ................ l.25Gio. ~
Bulls, common 10 good. .... c.o5ma15
Bulls, good to choice. ...... 3.I56i i.225
Calves, fair to good. .,.... 3mGIJ.T ~
Calves, good To choice. ..,,,. G.Wim 100
You will see from the above figures
that the average price paid by the
Beef Trust IL about 3 cents n pound.
But do the people who have To pay
eXOrbltant prices for food get good
food?
Let us look at some of the records
of the Chicago Health Department for
II reply:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin OF OctO-
ber %, 1905, speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors ut the Union
Stock Yards condemned "FIVE CAT.
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS,
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT,
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED by
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS"
'I'hey also condemned and destroyed
3 ,O93 pounds of cut meats shipped from
st. Louis and Kansas City, having
passed government inspection at those
Places"
This shows the sort OF government
we have.
IL few of the governmental Omis-
'ions are rectlfed how many thous-
inds are not?
How many homes In Europe and
america are at this moment harboring
,uts OF meat from tuberculosis cattle?
The above report Of the Health Com.
missioner speaks OF meat hanging In
he coolers Of trust houses. with tuber.