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

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sFrom 1886 to 1905 the figures are
missing.
These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of medi.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu
man cancer infection II to be found
In meat. It Ia no longer held to be
possible that cancer or tendency "a
cancer can he Inherited. The infec
tlOn In due always to an active ngept
taken In some way into the system
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lu,n.
py jaw" would be such Nh agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust. week by week. many cnt.
tic afflicted with "lumpy Jaw" Wha,
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 he no question to
a man who desires to live that IL Of
groater Importance than this. The or.
eratIons Of those slaughter houses nre
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider 10 allowed to glimpse what
goes on there. No representative Of
the public ever gets behind that cur.
tain. You can 20 there and be enter.
tained with a fake exhibition Of fnkc
slauRhtering conducted as a public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing.
The real work no one ever sees but
the employees.
What becomes Of the diseased cat.
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
converted into fertilizer. Who secs
the burnlngY Who knows that It IL
done or how II IL done? Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All we know
Ii that "lumpy law" II cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy jaw" that
"lumpy jaw" In communicable and thnt
cancer frIghtfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical journal Of Europe. sent a man
to Chicago to investigate. NO far az he
could. the slanghtering processes OF the
trust houses. He returned with reve.
latiOn that should have called for gov.
erninent investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanItary. That the work was done
In II hurried, careless. sllpshod way;
that there was no t0lerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
OF the world was menaced by those
conditions. 10 this scathlng indIct.
inent from great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made.
Subsequently. there appeared In
n. T., a remarkable book.
"rhe Dark Side Of the beef Trust"
apparently written by an expert, sun.
the charges OF the Lancet
anu enforcing them with such details
as could hardly have been supplied by
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 reigned every
where: that im,,dre pr~,.ucts were ha.
bltually sent out for consumption; that
ment tit only for destruction was In.
worked up with spices ana
IirugS to disguise its taste aud sold 10
the public.
To this extraordinary array OF spe-
rific assertions no answer was ever
made.
Here. then. are two witnesses that
solemnly declare that the conditions In
he trust slaughter houses are exactly
uch as would allow the meat OF
'lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out as
God.
Suppose that We take Of the matter
he most charitable view possible.
suppose we assume that the trust gen.
lemen are most scrupulOus about all
he ways In which they make money,
suppose We forget about the soldiers
'oisOred by embalmed beef. the games
4 gouge and robbery practiced by the
rust refrigerator car lines. the manip.
llatiOn of a thousand markets for
'rofits. the tribute levied by this com. |
'lnatlon upon all households In the
ountry. Let us forget that they are |
aw'breakers and money-mad and as. |
ume that not one Of them would
ouch cent Of questionable profits.
Still this question stares us In the
ace: How do We know what becomes
( the "lumpy jaw" cattle?
How do the trust gentlemen know?
Their employees are employed to
make much money for tho trust gen.
lemen. How do we know the Ways
. which the money Ia made?
How do the trust gentlemen knowl
Here II stream of the most terrible
Affection passing daily within q few
aches Of the nations food supply.