Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-20


tors the fate Of the public will be worse
than II ever was.
The Chicago Tribune. after calling
attention to the fac, that only q out
Of 100 meat product inspectors had
gone to work under the new law, said
on Tuesday, Sept. IL. 1895: 1T VIII
be necessary to hold another examina.
ten before the full complement of 100
men can be installed. and II Is doubt.
fui II sufficient number will be avail.
able for duty when the new law goes.
into effect Oct. 1. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions ut
the plants principally. and Mr.. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab.
lishments. They will inspect the trucks.
rooms. hangers. tables. pipes and floors.
sixty five OF those who took the exam.
ination recently passed but only TWEEN.
tyeeven reported for duty. This Is ac-
counted for by the fact that Of those
who passed q number are now elm
ployed In the packing houses Mt 500
q month. The salary Of an inspector IL
but SIS 33 month"
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A great portion Of the "lumpy jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
aud passed as Sound" by the inspect.
crs is sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to a recent article In the
Chicago Tribune. st. Louis prohibits
both the slaughter and sale Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle In that city, and Kansas
City. while 1t permits the Strengthening
Of such cattle. prohibits the sale Of the
beef.
That Chicago has become the dump.
ing ground for practically all the
slumpy Jaw" beef In the country was
revealed by food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle. OF these only small
fraction 10 condemned a. unfit for con.
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out. Ii sold for prime beef,
and brings the retailer a. good prices
% the best beef.
This IL possible BY reason Of the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys IL part Of a
"lumpy Jaw" steer or not II the In.
spectors pass an infected animal, after
the post.mortem inspection, the beef Is
placed In the cooler and sold Just as
any other beef.
Out Of total days slaughter Of 100
h>aA 80 ss,,,p,v,x, d UT ana DtlNopxvi M In.
fected animals only twelve car.
casses were condemned after post.
mortem inspection. This mems that ut
an average weight Of 100 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days at least 10000
pounds OF "lumpy jaw" beef. How
much OF the same kind OF meat Is
shipped into Chicago from Kansas City
and other places wliare its sale Is pro-
hibited would be difficult to estimate,
bot the quantity = undoubtedly large.
In most Of the Eastern cities ordi.
names are In force prohibiting the sale
~ meat from animals with actinomy.
coAs. the scientific name for "lumpy
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains as the
only large market where that class Of
cattle may be slaughtered and sold with
peoot
The average weekly receipts Of cattle
ct the stock yards are 10000 head. and
among these always are found from
100 to 200 animals infected In one
way OF another.
~
II government inspection at the
Union Stock Yards Is such a good
thing and Is 30 thoroughly done, how
"a II that we find the following state
ments ON the official records OF TIN
Chicago Health Department:
The following from the Chlcag'
Health Department Bulletin OF Octo
Der %, 1905, speaks for itself:
The city inspectors at the Unio'
stock Yards condemned "FIVE CAT
TILE FOUND IN THE COOLERS
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED 81
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
They also condemned and destroye'
zoos pounds Of cut meats shipped iron
St Louis and Kansas City, havin
passed government inspection at thos
places"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec q
1906:
Eat the Union Stock Yards the fol
lowing have been condemned and Dc
stroyed:
"2s0M cattle. Weighing 1882
pounds.
1855 hogs, Weighing 40,47S pounda
"Cut meats weighing 1924 pounds
"l5 calves, weighing SO pounda
~ sheep. weighing geo pounds.
.TwENTY-ONE CATTLE. MINI
HOGS AND 5,O24 POUNDS GU,
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED AFT
Err (PAssING) GOVERNMENT IN
sPECTION."
Health Department Bulletin, DEC.
1905: "a total Of 147,90O pounds o
meats va co0dsmned and destroys
during the past weekly under the 20
psevision OF The department Inspector
O the Union Stock YardA This In
Budss I.oes pounds a 0ovsrnmsot'tn