Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-23
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 is the headquarters OF this
ncfarious Trust, and therefore Illinois
IL more Interested In the subject than
any other state.
That Is. 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 suplne.
The Legislature eau ascertain from
the pure food commissioners OF Ken.
lucky ana North Dakota. what the
lawyers Of the Reef 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.
c!tls, NIL directly traceable to Beef
Trust products, are on the Increase.
The new Government Inspection law
does nothing for the people OF Illinois.
In tuberculosis any better for the
eoplc this year than 1t was last year!
In another column will he found ex.
racts from the Health Department an
iual report and weekly bulletins. Do
you think that In the face OF these doc
iments and the facts they contain that
the city Gun refuse To continue the In
.pection and condemnation Of tuber'
.ulosis and cancerous cattle ut the
stock Yards?
How many concerns make fancy lard
FOR culinary use out VI hogs that die
u cholera?
How many thousands Of carcase'
nave the city inspectors condemned that
we're found hanging In coolers with thu
tuberculosis trimmed outf
Where doea all the meat that A.
eives ut the Stock Yards at night
ONE fr0mf
How many condemned hogs have beer
cold 40 niesa p0rkf
10 II. or 10 Il not 10, that some 0l
the cattle condemned by city .nspec
tors have been found with their Who'll,
,nsides one mass IT corruption?
10 Il not true that the butchers a
the yards are afraid to cut some cattl,
or fear Of contracting cOntagiOn them
sslves?
IL II true that many canned cattl,
ire now killed outside the city and thei
,arcases shipped In with tumors an,
) 'ancers still attached?
Why do Kansas city and Othe
points ship their tuberculOus. lumpy
Iawed and cancer cattle TO Chicago?
Why Is II that diseased cattle can
not be shipped TO any point east @
Chicago?
; Why Is II, and by whose orders wa
II that after the city inspectors ha
condemned 10 lumpy-jawed cattl
that they were released?
BY whose orders was II done?
Is there another city besides Oh
, cago that will even allow u lumpy
jawed "critter'' to enter It?
Is II not true that in st. Louis eac
. mpy-jawed beast means fine q
$500, and that In Toronto, Canada, tn
beast and even its hide are DESTROYED
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= Pork for Great Britain is never g,
y amined for trichina.
Hence the following figures may
interesting:
Z In 1904 Great Britain imported frol
{ the United States 7,5I6,45O pounds {
@ canned pork, valued mt $7T0,4GS, an
n i3,999,G5l pounds OF fresh pork, value
:, ut $l,2OOS55.
In 1904 Germany imported from II
United States 4S,10O pounds of cam,