Chicago eagle., 1907-05-11

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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 Beef Trust was never
obliged to make restitution and the
officials who were bribei, were never
punished.
The record Of the Beef Trust Ii a
record of rascalty, venality anu cor
ruption.
Caught rcd.handcd stealing water
from the people. 1t 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 and happiness of
millions Of people are daily put In
peril by this awful trust.
Lately the Beef Trust has been
branching out and 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.
1t controls the boot and shoe trade.
And lately II has stepped into the
control Of large part Of the vegetable
market.
In order that the multi-mlllionaircs
ut its head may thrive, 1t has raised
the price Of living upon the people Of
the United States.
1t IL the Beef Trust and the Beef
Trust alone that has made the cost
Of living as high as It is.
The Beef Trust buys cattle, swine
and sheep on the hoOf for almost moth.
Ing.
II you will take the trouble to look
ut the market reports Of the daily
papers you will see that the trust pays
from $i.?5 to 81 per 100 pounds for
canning COWS. This IL cent and a
quarter to two cents a pound. For
very high grade meat they pay as
high as five or six cents pound.
The trust utilixcs every portion Of the
cattle, hOOfs, horns, intestlnes, hide,
hair and bOneA
1t could afford to sell the people
meat at reasonable prices and make q
big profit itself.
But It IL too hOggish to do this II
has the American public by the throat
and makes the American public pay
outrageous prices
Tho following from the Chicago
Daily News market report for May
=, 1907. Is Il fair sample OF what the
Beef Trust pays for cattle, per ION
pounds:
Good to prime steers. .$5.0O6fG7I
| Common to good steers. -. 4.156I5.
Inferior to common steers. 3.S56I4.7,
Good to fair cows ana
heifers ................3 3.5OM5.2.
Yearllngs, good to choice. 5.l5MGOl
Good cutting to fair beef
cows ................ 2.456l32 2,
Fair to choice feeders. :. 3.SO6l5.O,
Fair to choice stOckers. -. 3,OOM4.2,
Common to good canning
cows :. ................ 1.25M2.4I
Bulls, common to good. ..... 2.25M3.7I
| Bulls, good to choice. ...... 3.75di4..2
Calves, fair to good. ..,,... 3OO0L5.7d
Calves, good to choice. .,... coca 10,
YOu will see from the above figures
that the average price paid by tn,
Beef Trust Is about cents pound.
But do the people who have To pay
cyOrbitant prices for food get GOOD
| food?
Let MS look at some of the record,
of the Chicago Health Department fol
reply:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin of Octo'
ber 2S, 1905, speaks for ITSELF
The city inspectors at the Union
Stock Yards condemned FIVE CAT.
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
or TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS
"They also condemned and destroyed
3,O03 pounds of cut meats shipped from
st. Louis and Kansas City, having
passed government Inspection at those
places"
This shows the sort Of government
inspection we have.
II few of the governmental omls-
sions are rectlflcd how many thous,
ands are not?
How many homes In Europe and
America are at this moment harboring
cuts of meat from tuberculosis cattle? ?
The above report Of the Health Com
missioner speaks OF meat hanging In
the coolers Of trust houses, with tuber-