Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-02
people In ignorance Of true, but awful,
conditions which menace their health.

people in ignorance Of true. but awful,
conditions which menace their health.
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The Illinois Legislature should In.
vcstigate the Beef Trust thoroughly
this winter
Chicago IL the headquarters Of this
nefarious Trust, and therefore Illinois
Is more Interested In the subject than
any other state.
That IL, Illinois ought to be more
Interested In. the subject.
But while Kentucky and North Da.
kota and Pennsylvania and Vermont
and other states, through their pure
food departments. have adopted drastic
measures against the Beef Trust pol.
sons. Illinois has rested supine.
The Legislature can ascertain from
the pure food commissioners Of Ken.
lucky ana North Dakota, what the
lawyers Of the Beef Trust promised to
do In those States, II given another
chance.
The Legislature can also ascertain
what the Beef Trust is not required to
do In Illinois.
tuberculosis. cancer and append.
cltIs, all directly traceable to Beef
Trust products, are on the Increase.
The new Government inspection law
does nothing for the people Of Illinois.
IL tuberculosis any better for the
people this year than It was last yeari
In another column will be found ex.
tracts from the Health Department an.
dual report and weekly bulletins. DO
gou think that In the face Of these doc.
uments and the facts they contain that
the city can refuse to continue the In
specti0n and condemnation OF tuber.
cul0sis and cancerous cattle at the
stock Yardsf
How many concerns make fancy lard
for culinary use out Of hogs that die
Of cholera?
How many thousands Of carcases
have the city inspectors condemned that
we're found hanging In coolers with the
tuberculosis trimmed outf
Where does all tile meat that ar
ives at the Stock Yards at night
.ome fr0mi
How many condemned hogs have been
cold 40 mess pork?
II It, or II It not %, that some OF
the cattle condemned BY city inspec'
tors have been found with their whole
lnsides one mass Of corruption?
10 Il not true that the butchers at
the yards are afraid to cut some cattle
or fear Of contracting contagiOn them
selves2
10 Il true that many canned cattle
are now killed outside the city and their
carcases shipped In with tumors and
cancers still attached?
Why do Kansas City and 0thel
points ship their tuberculous. lumpy
jawed and cancer cattle to Chicago2
Why IL It that diseased cattle can
not be shipped TO any point east Of
Chicago?
Why Is II, and by whose orders wal
It that after the city inspectors hat
condemned 40 lumpy.jawed cattle
that they were "released"2
BY whose orders was It done?
10 there another city besides Chi
cago that will even allow a lumpy
jawed "critter'' to enter it2
10 It not true that in st. Louis eacl
lumpy-jawed beast means fine O
$500. and that In Toronto. Canada, tn,
beast and even its hide are destroyed
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The Chicago Beef Trust house whicl
pleaded guilty In Pennsylvania to tn,
charge Of selling poisonous and adul
terated sausages, was fined on tw,
charges.
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All pork for Germany Ia examine
carefully for trlchina before exportin,
; Pork for Great Britain Is never ex
amined for trichina.
Hence the following figures may
: interesting:
/. In 1904 Great Britain imported frol
J. the United States 7,570,450 pounds &
J. canned pork, valued at $77O.48s. an
9 5000. 85l pounds Of fresh pork, value
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