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

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cautions are taken to prevent contami.
nati0n2
How do the trust gentlemen knowS
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that IL, their bust.
ness they will manage It as they go
At. Whose affair Is II, then, II the
nation cats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trlchinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 20 dull %
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perlls involved In the meth.
DDS Of this monopoly. and, therefore.
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the Unitsd
States IL supposed to keep an inspector
upon meat intended for expert and to
place upon II an official STANG certify.
Ing that It Is ut Tor food.
If, then, these are the methods In
regard to export beef. about which
there Is nominal inspection, what do
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption on
which there Is no inspection at allf
whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 60
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent IT.
Why IRE the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why Ii a man.
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing a Hve.dollar check and these men
60 free for swindling a nation2
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
h0ards3
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for US In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
talnly suggest fraud and treachery2
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
Az to the 'lumpy Jaw" the tubercu-
losis and the cancer, put stop to pr.
vate slaughtering. Let all the slaugh.
tering OF food animals he done by the
State In the light Of dry, without any
Of this dark lantern business, on equal
terms for all. There are very few
private slaughter houses In England
The cities and towns run their slaugu.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not care
to be poisoned In their meat.
And we need not worry about the OBJ
lection that publicly owned slaughter
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When It comes 10
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has q right
10 saved profits that be makes By
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back because some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State win
not allow you to 60 around with small.
pox or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house, although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger, smallpox and scarlet fever are
nothing. II the State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera It can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, q million times worse than
} cholera. II It can provide pest houses
J for public safety It can provide slaugh.
J ter houses for public safety. And IL
duty In the one case IL at least % clear
% In the other.
The Eagles prediction that the Beef
! Trust would raise the price OF food
on the people has been fulfilled. Tie
action Of the packers 10 expected to
arouse particularly those members OF
Congress who have insisted that the
. packers should pay the cost Of the
,, meat inspection, for which Congress
, now apprOprlates $8,OOO.O0O annually,
: One of the arguments used against this
. proposal has been the allegation that
the packers would ut once shift tts
= cost Of the inspection to the cattle
!, ralsers.
!. Now that the packers propose II
\ shift the loss from condemned car
). casses while at the same time tlieJ
s profit by the advertisement of the gov
cTlIlohI BuUIuuty VI luC WAlOISkoSuC
Q ness Of their products the proponents
j. Of the plan to make them pay for thu
E government inspection insist they have
!. an argument. Senators Beverldge, q
Q Indiana. and Gallinger, Of New Hamp
Q shire, have already promised to renew
+ the fight In the next Congress-
Q Congress should at once add to IL
= meat inspection law these three pro
visions:
PACKERS should be Obliged Il
0 bear all tle expense attached to In
J. pecttOn.
&Packes sliould be obliged +
. print date Of canning on the labels o
all canned goods.
II aAll meat In transit sh0uld b n
!. pected by tho government