Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-16

ut food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats a. show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cllitles for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
THE Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs and cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'.rhe total stock yards condemnations
amounted to 176,SOS pounds"
Speaking Of the 1896, 600 pounds Of
food condemned in 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DR.. q.
J. Whaien. Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS"
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whalen) I,
American Medicine December %,
says: One stands aghast ut the crimi.
nal cupidity which will Induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
IN unsuspecting community. 1t IL now
In order to 90 a step farther and find
out who 10 responsible for this moral
obliQuity.
"'It II well known that combinations
Of the larger meat dealers have exist
cd In the past to the end Of raising
the price Of food stuffs beyond the point
to which healthy competition would re.
duce them. The outcry has always been
In protest against the increased cost
Of living. but here for the first time
are the combinations which control the
food supply, brought into direct rela.
ton to the public health.
"It 10 high time that this matter
be taken out of the class Of minor Of
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
In war, when all kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned, II IL the height Of dis.
honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of a country. Is It any
better to poison the food supply2 1t
Ia time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction "
Speaking of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health Dc
partment Bulletin, November 4. 1900
"The total amount OF meats con-
demned during the period was 1,3a3. S43
pounds. OF the principal causes OF
condemnation, So PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS. u per cent for
actinOmy cosis-lumpy 3aw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Chicago IL at the mercy Of the Beet
Trust. The Illinois legislature must
come to her rescue.
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The Government meat law, passed to
oblige the packers, In lieu OF q law
which would please the people, fools
nobody.
Senator Beverldge Of Indiana, an
able and honest man, riddled the new
meat law In a great speech recently.
He declared that the law ought to
be amended 80 as to make the pack
ers and not the Government pay for
the inspection, besides being vitality
amended In a number of other ways.
In the meantime the people Of the
world are slowly discovering, despite
the concealments of the subsidized
American press, that the present sys
TEN Is a deluslon and snare. In thii
connection, the following dispatch from
Paris, France, explains itself:
paris, Nov. 20.-OmissiOn of the
microscopic examination OF pork from
the new American meat inspection reg
ulations has resulted In a preliminary
decision on the part OF the French
customs authorities barring American
ham, bacon, canned pork, etc.
"After long diplomatic negotiations
several years ago France agreed ID
admit American pork on 4 government