Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-17

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These are sampie pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of med'-
cai investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu.
man cancer infection Is to be found
In meat. II Ia no longer held to be
possible that cancer or tendency to
cancer can be inherited. The infcc'
ton Is due always to an active ngept
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lum.
nv Jaw" would be such IN agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust. week by week. many cnt.
tie afflicted with "lumpy Jaw" What
becomes Of them2
I don't know; you don't know: no.
body knows outside Of the precincts OF
the slaughter houses.
And yet there can be no question to
q man who desires to live that Is OF
greater Importance than this. The Op.
erations Of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider 10 allowed to glimpse what
goes on there. No representative Of
the public ever gets behind that cur.
tain. You can 20 there and be enter.
tanned with q fake exhibition Of fake
slaughtering conducted A. public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing
The real work no one ever sees but
the employees.
What becomes Of the diseased cat.
tie? theoretically they are burned and
converted into fertilizer. Who sees
the burning2 Who knows that 1t II
done or how II Is done3 Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All we know
Ii that "lumpy law" In cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaw;" that
"lumpy jaw" is communicable and that
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical journal Of Europe, sent man
to Chicago to investigate, 20 far as he
could, the Strengthening processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with revs.
latiOn that should have called for gov.
eminent investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanitary. That the work was done
In hurried, careless, slipshod way;
that there was no tolerabls inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
of the world was menaced BY these
conditions. To this scathlng indict
ment from q great medical authority
!: no serious defense was ever made
Subsequently. there appeared In
jamestown. N. Y, remarkable book
1.-THE Dark Side Of the Beef Trust.
apparently written by an expert, sup
plementing the charges Of the LANCE
anu enforcing them with such detaiL
as could hardly have been supplied BY
anything but personal knowledge. TIL,
whole process Of manufacture In til,
, trust hOuses was followed with minut,
care and the charge was explicitly
made that carelessness reigned every
where; that impure products were ha
!. bitually sent out for consumption; tina
4 meat ut only for destruction was ha
0 bitually worked up with spices ant
D drugs to disguise it, taste and sold I,
. the public.
A To this extraordinary array Of spe
3 ciAc assertions no answer was eve
Z made.
2 Here. then, are two witnesses tina
solemnly declare that the conditions Il
7 the trust slaughter houses are exactl,
s such az would allow the meat O
0 'lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out a
8 food.
. Suppose that we take Of the matte
the most charitable view possibl,
. Suppose we assume that the trust ger
D tlemen are most scrupulOus about q
2 the ways In which they make money
. Suppose We forget about the soldier
3 poisoned by embalmed beef, the same
D OF gOuse aIA robbery practiced by tn
y trust refrigerator car lines, the manil
o uiatiOn of a thousand markets ia
q profits, the tribute levied by this con
3 hinatiOu upon all households In dl
. country. Let ~ forget that they ar
B hw-breakess and monsy.mad and al
sumo tiiat not one OF them woul
touch q csat Of questionable profits.
;. SUI tlds question stares US in tn
9 iass: How do We know what become
Q Of the "lumpy Jaw" cattle!
.. How do the trust gentlemen know
. Their employees are employed
, make much money for t'ae trust ges
U tlsmep. How do We know tho vay
y In which ths money y nader
= How do the trust gntismsn know
n Here y Q stream Of the most tarrib'
4 ~ Ten passing daily within -
Il iash0 q ~ natea's food ssppt