Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-27
For Years Stole Millions Gallons Of Water from the People
Of Chicago through blind Ppes and Never Made Resi-
tuition and Never Was Punished for SteaEnq
Now it Has Raised the Price of the Food Products of
the Country and Its Assaults Upon the Health
of Our Citizens Are Matters of Record

How do we know that sutiIcIeut prs.
cautions are taken to prevent contsmi.
nation7
How do the trust gentlemen know1
They inform us that what goes On
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own affair; that is, their busi.
ness; they will manage Il a. they go
IT. Whose affair is II, then, II The
nation eats diseased meat, II We are
poisoned by trichInae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not 10 dull %
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perlls involved In the meth.
ods Of this monopoly, and. therefore,
try to exclude American meats,
To quiet their objections the United
States Is supposed to keep an inspector
upon meat Intended for export and to
place upon It an official stamp certify.
Ing that It Is fit for food.
II. then, these IRE 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 ut ailf
Whywas the Beef Trust allowed to 70
on year after year violating the law
ana no attempt made to prevent ~
Why are the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why Ia q man
sent to prison for five years for forg.
Ing a five.dollar check and these men
20 free for swindling a natIonf
Why do we contribute our dollars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why are we content to have our
food prepared for Us In secret under
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud and treacheryf
We are not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. Tho
remedies are simple enough.
As to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
losis and the cancer, put stop to pri.
vate slaughtering. 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
Tho 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 slaughter
houses are I'm invasion Of the private
rights OF business. When Il comes 10
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has q right
10 saved profits that be makes b.
spreading disease. We have gone too
far on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back because some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The STATE win
not allow you to 60 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 Il can
take radical measures to STAMP ont
cancer. q million times w0rss than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slsugb.
ter houses for public safety. And jts
duty In the one case is ut least as clear
a. In the other.
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.
They are directly responsible for a
great deal Of the tuberculosis now
prevalent In Chicago. and FIRMLY
believe that one Of the greatest strides
that can be made towards stamping
out this disease Ia to bring about
proper conditions at the stock yards"
1t the laws regarding the selling Of
diseased meat were enforced the Besf
Trust would now be In jail.
The lumpy-jaw Industry Is thriving.
10 is scarlet fever, diphtherla and tn.
berculOsls.
The Beef Trust will be stopped, no
matter how hard the Chicago trust
press aud fake committees composed
Of experts" try to save It
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. the great majority OF tho
panple who die are adults. the averasD
age Of the deceased having increaso0
from Infancy In 1870 10 q years =
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