Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-16
A Writer Holds This Awful Organization
Responsible for the Spread
Of Cancer
And Also Says that It Is Guilty of
Spreading tuberculosis and
Other Diseases.

How do we know that sufficient prs.
cautions are taken to prevent contami.
nation?
How do the trust gentlemen knov,
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own AFFAIR; that Ia. their bust.
ness they will manage II as they go
1T. Whose ahair Is Il, then, II the
nation cats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trlchinae, II cancer In.
creases?
Other countries are not no dull %
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very well the
monstrous perils involved In the meth.
DDS Of this monopoly. and. therefore,
try to exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the United
states Is supposed to keep IN inspector
upon meat intended for export and TO
place upon It m official stamp certify.
Ing that It Is ft Tor food.
If, then, these are 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 Ia no inspection at all3
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 70
on year after year violating the law
ana no attempt made to prevent III
Why IRE the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why ls a man
sent to prison for five years for fors.
ing hve.dollar check and these men
90 free for swIndling a nation3
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 treachery3
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies IRE simple enough.
Az to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu.
losis and the cancer, put stop to pri.
vate slaughtering. Let all the slaush.
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 slaughter
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When It comes 10
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man hss q rishA
to saved profits that be makes b.
spreading disease. We have gone too
fur on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back because some gentlemau's
pro6ts 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 strlctly
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 ont
cancer, million times worse than
cholera. II It can provide pest houses
for public safety It can provide slausb.
ter houses for public safety. And its
duty In the one case IL at least as clea,
as In the other.
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec.
%, 1905:
AT the Union Stock Yards the fol.
lowing have been condemned and de.
stroyed:
"2soA cattle. weighing 1882.
pounds:
800 hogs, weighing 4O.475 pounds.
cut meats weighing 5.O24 pounds.
10 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
Y sheep, weighing 200 pounds.
"Twenty-one cattle, nine hogs and
5,O24 pounds cut meats were con.
demned after (passing) government In.
spection."
Health Department Bulletin, Novsm.
Der o5, 1905:
concentrations Of unit food durins
The week:
AT the Union Stock Yards, 0s.70s
'ounds of cattle, hogs, calves and sheep,
AT retail markets 66.739 pounds Of
beef, ham and poultry"
The Beef 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.
ority OF the deaths In Chicago were
among infants. Now, thanks to the
Beef Trust, the great majority OF the
;aSple who die are adults. the averase
lge Of the deceased having ipcreasoA
rom Infancy In 1876 to 81 years n
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