Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-15

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These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. Tie trend OF med'.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu.
man cancer Infection IL to be found
in meat. It Is no longer held to he
possible that cancer or a tendency to
cancer can be Inherited. The infec
ton Is due always to an active agent
taken In some way into the system.
The meat OF cattle afflicted with "lim.
py jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust. week by week. many cn:.
tic. afflicted with "lumpy jaw" What
becomes Of them?
I don't know; you don't know; no.
body knows outside Of the precincts Of
the slaughter houses.
And yet there can be no question to
a man who desires to live that Is Of
greater Importance than this. The Op.
erations Of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider IL allowed to glimpse whnt
goes on there. No representative Of
the public ever gets behind that trcur.
tain. You can 20 there and bc enter.
tained with q fake exhibition Of fake
slaughterIng conducted as public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing.
The real work no one ever sees bat
the employees.
What becomes Of the diseased cat.
tic? Theoretically they are burned and
converted into fertilizer. Who sesss
the burningY Who knows that It II
done or how II Ia d0ne2 Nobody out.
side OF the employees. All we know
Is that "lumpy law" Ii cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaws" that
"lumpy jaw" is communicable and that
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet, tho leading
medical journal Of Europe, sOnt u man
to Chicago to Investigate. 10 far as ho
could. the slaMghtering processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with revs-
lati0n that should have called for gov.
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
uiIsanltary. That the work was done
In hurried. careless, slipshod way;
that there was no tolerable inspection,
, or sanitary supervision; that the health
Of the world was menaced by these
conditions. 10 this. scathing indlct.
ment from a great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made.
Subsequently, there appeared In
Jamestown, N. T., q remarkable book,
'"rhe Dark Side Of the Beef Trust"
apparently written by an expert, sup.
plementing the charges Of the Lancet
ana enforcing them with such details
as could hardly have becn supplied BIZ
anything but personal knowledge. The
whole process Of manufacture In the
trust houses was followed with minute
care and the charge was explicitly
made that carelessness rcigned every.
where; that impure pN,iucn were la.
bitually sent out for consumption: that
meat ut only for destruction was ha.
bitually worked up with spices and
druss to disguise Its taste and sold to
the public.
To this extraordinary array Of sps-
cihc assertions no answer was eypr
made.
Here, then, are two witnesses that
solemnly declare that the conditions In
the trust slaughter houses are exactly
such as would allow the meat OF
"lumpy jaw" cattle TO be sent out as
food.
Suppose that We take of the matter
the most charitable view possible.
suppose We assume that the trust gen.
tlemen are most scrupulOus about all
the ways In which they make money.
Suppose we forget about the soldiers
poisoIsd by embalmed beef, the games
Of gOuge aia robbery practiced by the
trust refrigerator car lines. the manip.
ulation OF a thousand markets for
profits. the tribute levied by this com.
bination upon all households In the
country. Let us forget that they are
breakers and m0ney.mad and a..
sumo that not one of them would
touch q cent Of questionable profits.
Still this question stares us IN the
face: How do We know what becomes
of the "iumpy jaw" cattleY
How do the trust gentlemen know 2
Their employees are employed to
make much money for the trust gen.
tlcmen. How do we know the ways
In which the money 10 nader
How do the trust gentlemen know1
Here 10 q stream OF the most terrible
infection passing daily within . fsW
inchss Of the nations food supplU.