Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-02

NJ 1OOU UtlIj Te0CueS the murkets OuIy
such animals and meats as show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye. are now condemned. Fa.
cilitles for microscopic laboratory OK.
animation have not yet been restored.
''The Union Stock Yards city inspcc.
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs and o cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'.rhe total stock yards condemnatlons
amounted to 170,SOS pounds"
Speaking Of the 1895. 600 pounds Of
food condemned In 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors. DIR. g.
]. Whalen. Health Commissioner. says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED on
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS"
Commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whalen),
American Medicine December %,
says: One stands aghast ut the criml.
nal cupldity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspectlng community. 1t Is now
In order to 60 a step farther and lind
out who Is responsible for this moral
Obliqulty.
"'It IL well known that combinations
OF the larger meat dealers have exist.
ed In the past to the end Of raising
the price Of food stuiYs beyond the point
to which healthy competition would re.
duce them. The cutlery has always been
In protest against the increased cost
OF living, but here for the first time
are the combinations which control the
food supply, brought into direct rela.
ton to the public health.
"It is high time that this matter
be taken out OF the class OF minor Of
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
In war, when all kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned, 1t Is the height OF dis
honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of a country. Is 1t any
better to poison the food supply? II
Is time that the public mind should
develop q conscience in this direction.
| Speaking of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1903
"The total amount Of meats con
demned during the period was 1,3i3,3i'
pounds. OF the principal causes o.
condemnation, So PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS II per cent fol
actinomycosls-lumpy jaw-and pei
cent for hog cholera"
~
Chicago Is at the mercy of the Bee
Trust. The Illinois legislature mus
come to her rescue.
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The Government meat law, passed 4
oblige the packers, in lieu OF Law
which would please the people, fool
nobody.
Senator Beveridge of Indiana, al
able and honest man, rlddled the new
, meat law in a great speech recently.
lie declared that the law ought b
be amended so as to make the pack
ers and not the Government pay 10
the inspection, besides being vitall
! amended In a number OF other ways.
In the meantime the people OF tn
world are slowly discovering, despit
, the concealments of the subsidies
American press, that the present sys
TEN Is a delusion and snare. In thl
connection, the following dispatch frOr
Paris, France, explains itself:
paris, Nov. 20.--Omlssion OF tn
. microscopic examination Of pork fron
the new American meat inspection reg
ulatlons has resulted In a prellmlnar
. decision on the part Of the Frenc
customs authorities barring American
ham, bacon, canned pork, etc.
"After long diplomatic negotiation
several years ago France agreed +
admit American pork on a government