Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-27

Of them was condemned because Il
contained a poison and was therefore
detrimental to the public health. L0ck
Of space alone prohibits us from print.
ing the list and the. names Of the
houses shipping the stun.
The Beef Trust mas caused BIZ
raise In the price Of shoes. The al.
legged beef trust controls incidentally
the domestic hide market. which Con.
gress closed practically for the benent
Of the beef trust BY clapping duty Of
10 per cent nd valorcm on foreign
hides. The alleged beef trust, accord.
ing to Associated Press dispatches.
now also controls the domestic tanning
industry. Hence the beef trust fixes
now the cost Of the leather. the raw
material out Of which shoes are made,
and hence II controls both the prices
Of shoes In the domestic market and
In the export shoe trade. built up nc
great expense by our shoe manufac-
turers.
Furthermore, Il Is common knowl.
edge that the domestic price Of butter.
eggs, butterlne. dressed poultry, the
grains. fruits, vegetables, apples, p0ta.
toes and probably other foods Ii regu.
lated largely by the same trust Of cor.
p0rations.
This 10 logical and unavoidable at
present. II 10 due In part b special
privileges Of lower rates In the ship.
ping, private refrigerator lines, im.
mense grain elevators and cold.storags
plants scattered at the strategic points
and In part, no doubt, to the sheer
brutal force OF unlimited millions Of
dollars: a power welded by few per.
sons whom society does not hold per
sonally Responsible at present.
The spirits OF Thousands Of poor
boys who went out to fight Cor The
United States In the spanish.Ameri.
can war. must hover over the fortunes
Of the Beef Trust In Q demand fos
vengeancci
These Thousands were killed By the
"embalmed beef" Of the Beef Trust
and by the poisons used In the makeup
Of their Beef Trust rationa
Neither the bullets Of the spaniards
or the terrors Of the Cuban climate
did any havoc to the American soldise,
poor boy, at all comparable with the
damage done BY the frightful embalm'
ed food Of the Beef Trust.
The young fellows who offered thelf
lives to the American government, did
not for q moment imagine that the
country for which they were nghtins
would permit q Beef Trust TO furnish
them with poisoned rations.
But II did.
The soldiers trusted their country
and ate the poison.
The result was death, disease, broken
constitutions for Thousands.
These are facts which the war reo'
ords will corroborate.
st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 20.-A coro-
ner's jury investigating the death Of
Ernest Goers, who died Feb. 3 after
eating pork sausage, to-day returned =
verdict recommending that the author.
tiles take proper means for more
rigid inspection and examination Of all
food products. The testimony showed
that the sausage eaten by Goers was
bought from South st. Paul packing
house, where government inspectors In
spect all meat products.
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Sterling, Ill.,, Dec. 28.-(Special.)-
Eating canned meat almost caused ths
death of Mrs. BENJAMIN Eick to-day.
She Is In a critical state.
The Beef Trust 10 still trottng people
over here from England and sending
them back with glowing reports OF tia
Trust and its products.