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

Does the Meat Inspection law pro.
tect the foreigner9
1t certainly does not protect the Chi.
cagoan.
Chicago Is revealing In a feast Of
lumpy Jaw beef, tuberculosis cattle and
the like.
The new Federal meat inspection law
Is In force. but, SO far MS Chicago ia
concerned. 1t Is a dead letter.
The United States law only applies
to meat intended for export and for
meat shipped to other States.
This is as far as the Federal author.
ity can go.
It cannot interfere with local condi.
lions.
These are wholly under the control
of the local government and the local
government believes that when the
tubercular parts OF the beef and the
lumpy Jaw or cancerous parts Of the
beef are cut out, that the rest of the
carcass Is good to eat
SO thousands Of Chicagoans are eat.
Ing lumpy Jaw cattle every day, IN
blissful ignorance OF the awful facts
and the Beef Trust Is setting richer
than ever by purveying bad food to the
people.
The most radical legislation IL neces.
sary to obliterate this evil and the
people will get It when they wake up
and realize the terrible danger that
constantly menaces themselves and
their families under present conditions.
Speaking Of the seriousness Of the
matter. the Chicago Tribune In a re.
Gently printed editorial declared:
"The Health Department should at
once enact and enforce the regulations
which have been prepared BY the Do
partment Of Agriculture.
"lf those regulations are necessary
to insure the good quality Of Chicago
meat which II to be eaten BY English.
men they are equally necessary to In.
sure the good quality 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 sane degree Of pro.
lection unless the local inspection IL
as good as the Federal inspection.
There will be an attempt to work
of on Chicago consumers inferior meats
which cannot be marketed elsewhere.
Many Of the smaller packers who have
no outside trade will not maintain
high standard Of cleanliness In their
establishments unless they are forced
to. There In need Of vigllant municipal
inspection to keep this city from be-
coming 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 members
Of Congress first heard about the Beef
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 are
like morgues. The Beef Trust mag
mates love to praise their cleanliness
In magazine articles. OF course thes<
slaughter joints are clearly. They
have to be. They are sanitary In near
ly every respect The only unsant
tary things about the Trust slaughts'
houses are the cancerous cattle. the
tuberculosis cows and the trlchina
hogs. The surroundings have to b<
kept clearly. like all buildings devot
ed to the care Of cadavers. Even thu
embalmed beef turned out BY TIN
Trust Is sanitary-from an embaimeri
standpoint
One hundred and sixteen articles pre-.
duced by the Beef Trust In Chicago
have been examined and condemned by
the honest pure food commissioner OF
the State Of North Dakota. Every on'