Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-02

and Illinois.
The strange apathy of the Chicago
authorities In the matter Of Beef trust
violations of the law, Is arousng the
attention of the entire country.
The flooding of Chicago and the
state of Illinois with lumry Jaw, tub.
CIRCULAR and cancerous beef Is causing
widespread Indignation.
The Illinois State Board Of Health
issued Il strong circular contain
Ing recommendations to muncipali-
ties concerning the supervision and In.
spection of slaughter houses, packing
houses, etc.
The following extracts show how
hard the circular hits the city govern
ment of Chicago:
''The Illinois State Board Of Health,
BY special resolution. adopted ut regu.
lar meeting, held In Chicago June 10Th
and 2lst, 1905, urgently recommends
to the mayors and councils of all cities
anu the presidents and boards Of trus'
tees Of all villages. and to all other
health officials In oil parts Of the State.
the enactment and enforcement Of ordi.
nances providing for the supervision
and the regular and systematic inspec'
ton of all slaughter houses. packing
houses. storage houses, markets, Gel.
lars and all other establishments used
for the preparation, manufacture. stor.
age or sale Of food intended for hu.
man consumption.
"rhe health of the people Is largely
dependent upon the purity. quality ana
cleanliness of their food and these
may be controlled and guaranteed to
the people only through the consclen.
tious efforts OF health officials acting
under the powers conferred upon them
by the statutes.
"rhe people Of each municipality
have the right to expect that the OH
Gals whom they have entrusted with
the enforcement of the law, Will give
them every possible protection provided
by the law, and the statutes OF the
state Of Illinois are 30 liberal In their
construction as to give to the munich
pallty full power to control all OF those
things which may In any way effect the
health Of the people.
"Undcr the provisions OF an act to
provide for the incorporation OF cities
and villages. approved April 10, 1s'"'
(leyised Statutes. Chapter "a. Section
8o). the councils In cities and the presl'
dent and the board OF trustees In VII
lagos are empowered to regulate the
sale OF meat. poultry. fish, butter
cheese, lard. vegetables and oil other
provisions; to regulate the sale OF
bread and to prescribe Its quality; to
provide for the inspection of all articles
of food; to declare what shall con-
stitute "A nuisance ana to abate same
and to tine all who permit nulsances
to exist; to appoint II board OF henlti'
and prescribe It's powers ANA duties
TO DO ALL ACTS AND Make ALI.
REGULATIONS TO PROMOTES
HEALTH OR TO PREVENT DIS
EASE; to direct location and regulate
the management and construction Of
hacking houses either within the limits
Of the corporation or within one nnie
from its boundaries; to compel the
owner of any grocery or any unwhole
some or nauseOus place to cleanse ana
abate or remove same and to regulate
Its location. Under the provisions ol
the same law. municipalities are EN-
powered to impose fines. not exceeding
5000 for each Offcnse, or Imprisonment
not exceeding six months, for the Viola
ton Of any OF Its ordinances"
aside from the specific provisions Of
the law, quoted above, the one pro
vision. empowering the munlclpaht!
TO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE Ali
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE
gives ample authority for the local Oil
clals to undertake the supervision ant
systematic inspection Of those places
In which food for human consumption
Is either prepared, manufactured
stored or offered for sale. However
the specific provisions OF the statute
remove all doubt as to the limits L
which the municipality may 60 In TIN
protection OF the health OF the people.
"Animal food Is particularly suscep
tible to bacterial action and to decom
position which Is FASTENED by killtl
and handling In filthy slaughter house
or by improper refrigeration and stor
age"
"MEAr FROM DISEASED AM
MAILS, TOO FREQUENTLY sLAUGli
TERED FOR HUMAN FOOD, MA
RE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESPREAD
DISEASE AMONG THOSE WIZ
CONSUME IT,"
.
~The oft repeated statement tina
cooking will remove the poisonous prof.
critics Of spoiled meat Is not to be n
lied upon"
"In view Of these facts, It Is the dut
o.; the health officials Of all municipal
ties to establish such supervision an
inspectlon rs will render Impossible til
maintenance of unsanltary naughte
houses and packing houses, Ae KILN
of diseased animals or t..e sale q
meats and other foods VIII. n. by the
original character, or cha~ges Voc
have taken place In them. are unfit Il
human consumption"
'sThe presence Of q sick or disease
animal In n slauRhter house vhcaaI