Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
Chicago Is Not the Only City with
tuberculosis. Lumpy Jaw and
Cancerous Beef.
The National Capital Menaced by
Tons of Food of the Char.
acter Named.

Chicago is not the only place that
M suffering from the indiscriminate
eale Of tubercular and luinpy jaw beef
and from trichina hogs.
The National capital itself Is men.
accd by this awful food Us the fol.
lowing. taken from the Chicago Daily
News. of April IL. 1907, testities:
Especial Correspondence of The Chi.
cago Daily News
Washington. u. c.. April 15.--'rhe
recent discovery that tuberculous cat.
tie. condemned for dairy purposes.
were being slaughtered and sold for
food In the markets of Washington has
emphasized the necessity of extreme
watchfulness on the part of State and
city food INSPECTORS in all parts of the
country. The discovery created sch.
sation In the national capital but the
facts were fully verified and has led
to a strengthening of the local inspec.
ton service which may hereafter re-
Quire that condemned cattle shall he
absolutely destroyed in the presence of
the inspectors.
When the meat.inspection law was
passed by Congress 1t provided solely
for the. inspection Of meats for inter.
state and foreign commerce. II was
specifically pointed out at the time
that intrastatc commerce was not
concerned In the provisions of the law
and there Is nothing on the statute
books to prevent diseased meats from
being sold In Washington, Chicago or
anywhere else. IL slaughtered and ship
ped within the confines Of a state. ex.
cept for the provisions OF the state
and municipality and the vigilance Of
their officials. Following the investl.
cations mt Chicago by Messrs. Nelll
and Reynolds for the President. 1t was
pointed out In these columns that re-.
lief OF the local markets from the sale
OF diseased meats could not be had
without an application Of the most
stringent regulations and inspection.
The discovery In Washington during
the past week Is Illustrative Of what
can easily happen and what may be
expected In any community, despite
the untirlng efforts OF health officials
to prevent the sale OF bad meats Ia
city markets.
The discovery OF this condition IN
Washington was brought about by a
united effort on the part of the health
officials to trace the causes OF typhoid
fever. tuberculosis and other mortal
diseases. particularly deadly In the
District OF Columbia. Examinations
by health experts on dairy farm In
Virginia, near Washington. led to the
discovery Of seventeen cases Of tubcr
culOsis In the dairy herd.
The bureau of animal Industry OF
the department OF agriculture has re
peatediy called attention to the growtl
Of ntagious disease In animals uset
for food. Previous to the passage Of
the inspection law, experience In TIN
large abattolrs inspected under fedora
supervision showed 3 per cent OF hog
suffering from tuberculosis and man!
other diseases were prevalent in pro
portion. The annual loss OH hogs alon'
to the packers ms n result Of this con
demnatlon was S3,OOOOOO annually
The bureau never ceased to declar
that abattolrs having no inspection
could not possibly avoid the purchas
Of diseased carcasses.
Under the meat.inspectlOn law, n
IL now operates, intrastate shipment
OF diseased carcasses slaughtered b.
small butchering establishments no
engaged In Interstate or foreign CON
merce are not Inspected, aud, lnferei
italy, are subject to the same susp
cion which the government formerl
had on larger establishments engage
In interstate and foreign trade which
similarly, had no government lnspe,
ton. IL clearly behoOves the meal
producing States and the cities of III
country, In the light of the recent eS
perlence OF Washington, 10 redoubl
their vigilance, else they may rlgh
fully be charged with neglect q
duty and by failure 10 supplement- tn
national laws and inspection service
guarantee only 10 the foreigner an
their neIghbors in other States eXeml
ton from the use of diseased meats
LEROY Il. VERNON.
The Chicago Examiner in Its maj
ket report, published April II, 1901
said:
"Speculators at the Stock Yards ar
navIno 81 and 81 Der head for thou