Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-01-19
people In ignorance Of true. but awful.
conditions which menace their health.

people In ignorance Of true. hut awful.
conditions which menace their health.
The Illinois Legislature should In.
vcstignte the Beef Trust thoroughly
this winter.
Chicago Is the headquarters Of this
nefnrious Trust, and therefore Illinois
Ii more Interested In the subject than
any other state.
That Is. Illinois ought TO be more
Interested In the subject.
But while Kentucky and North Da.
kota and Pennsylvania and Vermont
and other states, through their pure
food departments. have adopted drastic
measures against the Beef Trust pol.
sons. Illinois hns rested supine.
The Legislature can ascertain from
the pure food commissioners Of Ken
lucky ana North Dakota. what the
lawyers of the Beef Trust promised to
do In those States. II given another
chance.
The Legislature can also ascertain
what the Beef Trust Is not required to
do In Illinois.
Tuberculosis. cancer and append.
citis. all directly traccable to Beef
Trust products. are on the increase.
The new Government Inspection law
does nothing for the people of Illinois.
IL tuberculosis any better for the
,eople this year than II was last year,
In another column will be found ex.
:racts from the Health Department an.
iual report ana weekly bulletins. DO
you think that In the face Of these doc.
iments ana the facts they contain that
the city Gun refuse to continue the In
.pection and condemnation Of tuber.
.ulOsls and cancerous cattle ut the
stock Yards?
How many concerns make fancy lard
for culinary use out Of hogs that die
Il cholera?
How many thousands Of carcases
nave the city inspectors condemned that
we're found hanging In coolers with the
tuberculosis trimmed out?
Where does all the meat that ar.
lives ut the Stock Yards ut night
ONE from9
How many condemned hogs have been
>Old as mess pork?
IL II, or Ii 1t not so, that some OF
the cattle condemned by city inspec.
tors have been found with their whole
nsides one mass Of corruption?
10 II not true that the butchers ut
the yards are afraid to cut some cattle
or fear Of contracting cOntagion them
selves?
IL It true that many canned cattle
ire now killed outside the city ana their
urcases shipped In with tumors ana
ancers still attached?
Why do Kansas city and other
points ship their tuberculOus. lumpy.
Iawed and cancer cattle to Chicago?
Why Ia It that diseased cattle can.
not be shipped TO any point east Of
Chicago?
Why Is II. and by whose orders was
It that after the city inspectors had
condemned 10 lumpy-jawed cattle
that they were "released"?
BY whose orders was 1t done?
Is there another city besides Chi.
cagO that will even allow lumpy-
Iawed "critter' to enter 1t?
Is II not true that IN st. Louis each
lumpy-jawed beast means u fine of
$500, and that In Toronto, Canada. the
beast aud even its hide are destroyed?
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The Chicago Reef Trust house which
pleaded guilty In Pennsylvania to the
charge of selling poisonous and adul-
tcrated sausnges, was fined on two
charges.
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All pork for Germany Is examined
carefully for trlchina before exporting
Pork for Great Britain Is never ey.
amincd for trichina.
Hence the following figures may be