Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-28

passed government inspection &. those
places"
This shows shs sort Of government
inspection we have had.
II few Of the governmental omIs.
slons are rectined how many thous.
ands are mott
How many homes IN Europe and
America are at this moment harborins
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle3
~ above report Of the Health Com.
Aaneooef 4,on0 Of meat hanging II
the coolerH q mQgt houses. with tuber.
cular tumors trimmed out" ready 10
be cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 8.osS.0o" sounds Of
food condemned a 1905 By Chicaeo
Health Department inspectors, DR.. G.
i J. Whalen, Health Commissioner. says
In bis annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOslS,w
Commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan).
American Medicine December %.
says: One stands ashast at the criml.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
I attempt to sell such dangerous foods 10
an unsuspecting community. Il 10 now
In order to 20 Q step farther and flnd
out who 10 responsible for this moral
obllquity.
"'It 10 well known that combina.
tions Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rais.
Ing the price Of food stufIs beyond the
point 10 which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry ~
always been In protest against the n.
creased cost Of living. but here for the
erst time are the combinations which
coaerol the food supply, beougst isa> q
direct relation 10 public health.
"'lt 10 high time that thl1 m>tts,
b taken out Of the class Of mino, of.
fenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THn
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
en war, when all kinds Of brutality aro
@nctioned. Il 10 ths height of dls.
honor even murder-to poison the
water supply Of q country. 10 Il any
better to poison the food suppiyf L
70 time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this directions
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health Ds.
partment Bulletin, November I, 1905:
The total amount Of meats con.
dsmned during The period was l,8l8,Sl8
pounda OF The principal causes Of
condemnation. % PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCUL0sIs. II per cent for
actinomycosis-lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for bog cholera"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec. Q.
1905: "A total Of l47,000 pounds Of
meats was condemned and DESTROYED
(during the past week) under the %.
pervision OF the department inspectors
at the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 4.06S pounds Of government.in.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In tho West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
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Health Department Bulletin, Novsm.
bsr II, 1905;
although the condemnation and Dc.
struction Of food supplies unat for
human consumption during tho past
three months-since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
by order Of the Commissioners have
reached Immense proportions. much On.
nt food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats % show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable By
the naked eye. are now condemned. Ia.
ciIities for microscopic laboratory sx.
animation have not yet been restored
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
OF beef carcasses. 8 hogs and Q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"The total stock yards condemnatious
amounted to l70.S06 pounds"
"Parts OF beef carcasses!"
In other words It has been and ID
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumOrs aud let the rest Of
the carcass 70 to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
~
During the twelve months prior to
the withdrawal Of the city inspectors
from the stock yards. according to the
report of the Health Department for
1900, issued In 1907, the city inspectors
condemned and destroyed 28,O08 cat.
tic and hogs. The principal causes for
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis, So per cent:
lumpy jaw. II per cent; other causes,
4 per cent.
Hogs. tuberculosis, 05 per cent;
cholera and swine plague, 20 per cent;
other causes, o per cent.
But the city inspectors have now
been withdrawn from the stock yards.
~
The Beef lrust will nnd II hard
b get q resting place when the peo.
pie Of this country rise against Il
% they surely will. The people Of the
whole world are crying for its sxtsr.
minati0n.
The Beef Trust will be a campaign
Issue next year. The Government has
po,rv, csl,oH o,~ khto RcnA <.....k ..-l,l~A