Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-25
It Floods Chicago with Lumpy Jaw
Cattle and the Authorities
Do Nothing.
This City the Dumping Ground for
All the Bad Cattle in the
West.

It certainly does not protect the Chi.
cagoan.
Chicago Il reveling In n feast Of
lumpy jaw beef, tuberculosis cattle and
the like.
The new Federal meat inspection law
IL In force. but, 10 far AZ Chicago Ia
concerned. II Il a dead letter.
The United States law only applies
to meat intended for export and for
meat shipped to other States.
This Is rs far as the Federal author.
lty can go.
It cannot interfere with local condl.
| tions.
These are wholly under the control
Of the local government and the l0cai
government believes that when the
tnbercular parts Of the beef and the
!umpy Jaw Or generous parts Of the
beef are cut out. that the rest Of the
carcass IL good to eat.
SO thousands of Chicagonns IRE eat.
Ing lumpy jaw cattle every day, IN
blissful ignorance of the awful facts
and the Beef Trust IL getting richer
than ever by purveying bad food to the
people.
The most radical legislation Is neces.
sary to obllterate this evil and the
people will get It when they wake up
and re0hzc the terrible danger that
constantly menaces themselves aud
their families under present conditions.
Speaking OF the seriousness Of the
matter. the Chicago Tribune In re-.
Gently printed editorial declared:
'"The Health Department should at
once enact and enforce the regulations
which have been prepared by tile De.
partmsnt Of Agriculture.
| "If those regulations are necessary
to insure the good quality Of Chicago
meat which 10 to be eatsu BY English
men they are equally necessary to In
sure the good qualify Of Chicago meat
which IL to be eaten In Chicago. II
foreigners are deserving of protection
the people OF Chicago are also. They
will not get the same degree Of pro-
lection unless the local inspection II
" good a. the Federal inspection.
"rhere Will be an attempt to work
of on Chicago consumers inferior meats
which cannot he marketed elsewhere
Many Of the smaller packers who have
no outside trade will not maintain 4
high standard Of cleanliness In ths:l
establishments unless they are forced
to. There 10 need of vigilant municipal
inspection to keep this city from be-
coming a dumping ground for poor meat
and to enforce sanitary regulations IN
packing houses which are outside the
scope Of Federal supervision"
President Roosevelt and the member
of Congress first heard about the Bee
Trust horrors from the Eagle IN No
vember. 1906, and they have heard
more every week since then.
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The Beef Trust slaughter houses arl
like lnorgues. The Beef Trust mag
mates love to praise their cleanliness
In magayine articles. OF course thes,
slaughter Joints are clearly. They
have to be. They are sanitary In near
~ every respect. The only unsani
tary things about the Trust slaughter
houses are the cancerous cattle, thu
tuberculosis cows aud the trichins
hogs. The surroundings have to b,
kept clearly. like all buildings dev0t
ed to the care of cadavers. Even tn
cmbalmed beef turned out by thu
Trust Is sanitary-from an embalmer'l
standpoint.
One hundred ana sixteen articles Pre-
duced by the Beef Trust In Chlcas'
have been examined and condemned b!
the honest pure food commissioner o.
the State Of North Dakota. Kvsry ON
Ut them WAS condemned because !
contained a poison ana was therefor
detrimental to the public health. Incl
Of space alone prohibits us from print
ing the list and the names Of tn
houses shipping the stun.
The Reef Trust mas caused bi
raise In the price of shoes. The al
legged beef trust controls incidentally
|. the domestic hide market. which Con
gress closed practically for the henen
of the beef trust by clapping duty Q
IL per cent I'D valOrsm on foreig
aides. The alleged besf trust, accord
Ing to Associated Press dispatched
now also controls the domestic tannin
industry. Hence the beef trust IKE
, now the cost Of the leather. the ra,
material out OF which shoes are made
and hence II controls both the price
OF shoes In the domestic market an
In the export shoe trade. built up q
great expense by our shoe manufa(
turers.
: Furthermore, 1t 10 common know
edge that the domestic price Of butter
eggs, buttsrlne, dressed poultry. tn
grains, fruits, vegetables. apples. pots
toes aud probably other foods IL regu
lated largely by the same trust OF col
p0rations.
This u logical and unavoidable a
present. 1t ID due In part b speeds
privileges Of lower rates In the shiI