Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-18

How do We know that suficient ORE.
cautions are taken to prevent contami.
nation3
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 Il % they 80
nt. Whose affair IL Il, then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II We are
poisoned BY trlchinae, II cancer In.
creases3
Other countries are not 20 dull -
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perils involved in the meth
ods Of this monopoly, and, therefore,
try to exclude American meats,
To quiet their objections the United
States 's supposed to keep IN inspector
upon meat intended for export and to
place upon II an official stump certify.
Ing that II Is 1T Tor food.
II. then. these nre 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 IL no inspection at all3
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 70
or year after year violating the law
and no attempt made to prevent ~
Why are the laws inert against this
criminal organixationf Why 10 q man
sent to prison for I've years for fore.
Ing nve.dollar check and these men
60 free for swindlins q nationi
Why do We contribute our doilars
year after year to swell unnecessary
hOardsf
Why are We content 70 have our
food prepared for % In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind CT.
talnly suggest fraud and treachsryi
We are not obliged to have thsse
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 slaughterins. Let all the slaugh.
tering Of food animals be done By The
State In the light Of day, 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 slaugh.
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 oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughtss
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When Il comes 70
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has q right
to saved profits that he makes by
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur on the road to public sanitation to
turn back bcause some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State win
not allow you to 20 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 II can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer, q million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide slaugh-
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case IL ut least 40 clear
as In the other.
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Insanitary conditions In the stock
yards were severely censured by DIR.
Arnold Q. Klebs In lecture on "Con.
sumption and the Home" given In the
Public Library under the auspices OF
the Chicago Medical Society.
"Some day these insanitary condi-
lions out at the stock yards will cause
great upheaval In Chicago" he said.
''rhey nre directly responsible for a
great deal Of the tuberculosis now
prevalent In Chicago. and l firmly
believe that one Of the greatest strides
that can he made towards stamping
out this disease is to bring about
proper conditions at the stock yards"
II the laws regarding the selling OF
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Trust would now be In jail.
The daily papers should cease the
publication Of fake financial advertise
ments.
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The Reef Trust will be stopped, no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press and fake committees composed
of experts" try to save 1t.
Thirty years ago, according to the
Chicago Health Department. the ma.
jority Of the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust, ne great majority OF the
panple who die are adults. the average
age OF the deceased having increaseA
from Infancy In 1876 to q years u
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