Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-16

place the establishment under suspicion
as one In which such animals are
slaughtered for human consumption
Any unsOund meat or carcass found In
slaughter house or In market should
be assumed as being there for sale"
Notwithstanding its apathy and as
Door as the city inspection is at the
Stock Yards because of The very small
number of inspectors. the government
inspection Is worse. III face the govern.
ment inspection is a farce as is proven
by the following extract from the Chi.
cago Health Department. report for the
week ending September 10. 1906:
"rhe Department Inspectors at the
Union Stock Yards condemned and de.
stroyed 0J.GOS pounds of meats. or
this amount 11,5i5 pounds were con.
demned by the Department Inspectors
after having been passed by other In.
spectors."
The "other Inspector" are the gov.
eminent inspectors.
~aA
II Mayor DUNES administra ton De.
stroyed over 100000 pounds Of can.
cero,s and tuberculous meat IN Ave
months, by the inspection work Of
only eleven inspectors, how many bill.
lions Of pounds Of cancer and tuber.
culosis were fed to the people during
the years that there was no city IN.
ypecti0nf
The pure food laws will, or course,
he enforced against some moor little
srocer. But against the Beef Trust,
never!
How many tuberculosis or lumpy jaw
cattle have been released from guar
antine' by order Of the Health DE.
partment.
What object can the members of tho
Beef Trust have in opposing the Iii.
po's pure food laws and wanting them
amended2
During the week ending Sept. 8 the
few city meat inspectors at the Union
Stock Yards condemned and destroyed
SS,OG3 pounds Of meats. The food 10.
RpectoS In the "loop dIstrIct' con.
demned aud destroyed 47,S02 pounds
Of unit foodstuffs.
A million pounds Of bad meat sold
outside the loop district were eaten by
the people. No inspection.
~HA
The Beef Trust continues to spread
tuberculosis, cancer and other diseases
with lmpunity.
One fact that escapes general atten.
ton IL that the intestlnes, blood, liv'
er, heart and lights Tor lungs) Of an
animal are already used before the
carcass proper gets to the Inspector.
This includes also what Is known as
the gut fats, out Of which lard. suet,
table oils ind various other things
are made.
As soon a. a beef Ii killed. It 10
hung up by the heels and diselnbow.
eled.
All Of tue "innards" are hauled
away.
Even the blood 10 received Into q
receptacle aud carried Oh to be
made Into blood sausage. beef extract
and the like.
The intestines are carried to the
sausage rooms to be used ~ castings.
The stomach Coca elsewhere to be
used az tripe.
The liver. lights, heart, ETC., ind .
ready market.
And. mind you. every bit Of these
portions OF the "critter' are used
whether It Ii suffering from cancer,
tuberculosis, lumpy Jaw, or any other
disease.
The carcass after its "innards" are
removed Ia swung along and carried to
another place where the inspectors pass
upon 1t or pretend to pass upon 1t.
DIR. q. J. Whaien, the efficient Health
Commissioner of Chicago. reported the
condemnation Of nearly four million
pounds Of meat during the four months
ending December 30, 1905.
Now IS per cent Of these 100000
pounds were found to be afflicted with
tuberculosis.
Every ounce of these 100000
pounds belonged to the main carcass
and had passed government inspection.
What about the hearts, livers, lights.
intestines, fats, blood, tripc and other
inside belongings Of these tuberculosis
cattle from which 100000 pounds of
tuberculosis and cancerOus meat were
found aud condemned?
They were sold to the people and
eaten as food!
~
The Cancer Trust ana the Tubercu.
losis Trust are still doing business.
&eA
Talk about government inspection!
We take the following from the last
annual report of Dr. Charles ]. Whalen,
Commissioner of Health of the city of
Chicago. The facts speak for them.
selves.
"At tho Union Stock Yards during