Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-29

How do we know that suf,icicu, pre.
cautions arc taken to prevent contami.
nation3
How do the trust gentlemen knowS
They inform us that what goes on
behind the walls Of their plants 10
their own aiYalr; that is, their busi.
ness; they will manage It ns they NO
fit Whose affair Is Il. then. II the
nation cats diseased meat, II we are
poisoned by trlchinae, II cancer In.
creascs?
Other countries are not 80 dnll 40
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 tho Cnite0
States Is supposed to keep an Inspector
upon meat intended for export and to
plnce upon It an official stamp certify.
Ing that It Is fit Tor food.
II. then, these IRE the methods In
regard to export beef. abont which
there Is nominal inspection. wbnt do
you suppose nre the methods about
meat for domestic consumption. on
which there ls no inspection ut all7
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 90
on year after year violating the law
ana no attempt made to prevent Il?
Why IRE the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why Ia n man
sent to prison for five years for fors.
Ing a fvc-iollar check and these men
20 free for swindling q nntionf
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 cer.
taInly suggest fraud and treachery7
We are not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
Az to the "lulnpy 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
The cities and towns run their slaush-
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 slaughtse
houses are an invasion Of the private
rights Of business. When Il comes b
life and death there are no private
rights Of business. No man hns o right
to saved profits that be makas b.
spreading disease. We have gone too
far OH the road to public sanitation b
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 strictlS
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 worSe than
cholera. II It can provide pest ho,,sss
for public safety II can provide slaush.
ter houses for public safety. And IT'D
duty In the one case 10 ut least a. clea.
90 In tive other.
I0SA
The Eagles prediction that the Reef
Trust would raise the price OF food
on the IeOple has been fulfilled. The
action Of the packers Is expected to
arouse particularly those members Of
Congress who have insisted that the
packers should pay the cost OF the
meat inspection, for which Congress
now apprOpriates $3OOO.OOO annually.
Ono of the arguments used against this
proposal has been the allegation that
the packers would ut once shift the
cost Of the inspection to the cattle
raisors.
Now that the packers propose to
shift the loss from condemned oar.
NooSSo W TIC Sttlic WING LllSy
profit by the advertisement Of the gov.
ernment guaranty Of the wholesome.
hess of their products the proponents
OF the plan to make them pay for the
government inspection insist they have
an argument Senators Beveridge, Of
Indiana, and Gallinger, of New Hamp-
shire. have already promised to renew
the fight in the next Congress.
Congress should at once add to tho
meat inspection law these three pro.
visions:
PACKERS should be obliged to
bear all the expense attached to in
spection.
SPackers should be obliged to
print date of canning ON the labels Of
all canned goods.
3-All meat In transit should be in