Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-13

With a corps OF Beef Trust inspec-
tors the fate Of the public will be worse
than 1t ever was.
Tie Chicago Tribune. after calling
attention to the fact that only - out
Of 100 meat product inspectors had
gone to work under the new law, said
on Tuesday, Sept. II, 1900: 1T will
be necessary to hold another examine.
ton before the full complement of 100
men can be installed. and It Is doubt.
ful X u sufficient number will be avail.
able for duty when the new law goes
into effect Oct. 1. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions at
the plants principally. and Mr.. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab-
l!shments. They will inspect the trucks.
rooms. hangers. tobles. pipes and floors.
Sixty.iive Of those who took the exam.
ination recently passed but only TWEEN.
C-seven reported for duty. This Is &C.
counted for by the fact that Of those
who passed number are now EN-.
ployed In the packing houses at 500
month. The salary Of an Inspector Is
but $SS33 a month"
A great portion Of the 'lumpy jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed rs sound" BY the inspect.
ors IL sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to a recent article In the
Chicago Tribune. st. Louis prohibits
both the slaughter and sale Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle In that city, and Kansas
City. while It permits the slaughterlng
Of such cattle. prohibits the sale Of the
beef
That Chicago has become the "dump.
ing ground" for practically all the
'"lumpy Jaw" beef In the country was
revealed by food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head Of 'lumpy
Jaw" cattle. OF these only small
fraction IL condemned as UNIT for con.
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out, Il sold for prime beef,
and brings the retailer 40 good prices
As the best beef.
This IL possible by reason Of the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys Is part Of q
'lumpy Jaw" steer or not. II the In.
spectors pass an infected animal, after
the post inspection, the beef Ii
placed In the cooler and sold just as
any other beef.
Out OF total days slaughter OF 100
head of "lumpy jaw" and otherwise In
fected animals only twelve car.
cases were condemned after post.
mortem inspection. This means that at
an average weight Of 1900 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days ut least 10000
pounds Of "lumpy Jaw" beef. How
much Of the same kind Of meat Is
shipped into Chicago from Kansas City
and other places where Its sale Is pro.
hiblted would he difficult to estimate.
but the quantity IL undoubtedly large.
In most Of the Eastern cities Ordi.
nances are In force prohibiting the sale
Of meat from animals with actinomy.
COSTS. the scientific name for 'lumpy
jaw." Thus Chicago remains as the
only large market where that class Of
cattle may be slaughtered and sold with
profit.
The average weekly receipts of cattle
at the stock yards are 10000 head. and
among these always are found from
400 to 200 animals infected In one
way or another.
II government Inspection at the
Union Stock Yards Is such good
thing and Is 50 thoroughly done. how
is Ii that we find the following state
ments on the official records OF the
Chicago Health Department:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin of Octo-
Der %, 1908, speaks for itself:
The city inspectors at the Union
Stock Yards condemned "FIVE CAT
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS.
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT,
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS"
They also condemned and destroyed
3,O33 pounds Of cut meats shipped from
St Louis and Kansas City, having
passed government inspection at those
places"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec %,
1906
AT the Union Stock Yards the fol-
lowing have been condemned and de-
stroyed:
"2sOh cattle, weighing l4s,s2i
pounds.
1856 hogs, weighing 4o,47a pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 5,o24 pounds
"15 calves, weighing S55 pounds.
81 sheep. weighing o6O pounds.
"TwENTY-ONE CATTLE, NINE
HOGS AND 5,O24 POUNDS CUT
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED AFT
Err (PAssING) GOVERNMENT IN
sPECTION."
Health Department Bulletin, Dec. 0,
1905: "a total of 1880 pounds OF
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past week. under the SUI
perylslon OF the department inspectors
at the Union Stock Yards. This In
cludes 1883 pounds Of goyeriment-!n'
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