Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-26

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| dreadful records. The trend Of mcdi.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the In.
man cancer Infection Is to he found
In meat. II is no longer held to he
possible that cancer or tendency to
cancer can he inherited. The infec
ton II due always to an active agent
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lum.
ny jaw" would be such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust, week by week. many cnt.
tie 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 is 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 q fake exhibition Of fake
slaughtcring conducted 40 q 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 sees
the burning9 Who knows that 1t IL
done or how II is done2 Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All We know
Is that "lumpy law" IL cancer; that
many cattle have "lumpy Jaw that
"lumpy jaw" is communicable and that
cancer frightfully Increases.
The London Lancet. the leading
medical journal Of Europe. sent man
to Chicago to investigate. 10 fur a. he
could. the slanghtering processes Of the
trust houses. He returned with a reys.
lation that should have called for gov.
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanitary. That the work was done
In hurried. careless. slipsl,od way:
that there was no tolerable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
Of the world was menaced By these
conditions. 10 this scathing indIct.
ment from q great medical authorIty
no serious defense was ever made.
subsequently. there appeared In
jamestown, N. Y, a remarkable hook.
"The Dark Side Of the Beef Trust." /"
apparently written by an expert, sun.
plementIng the charges Of the Lancet
an" enforcing them with such details
as could hardly have been supplied by
anything but personal knowledge. Tho
whole process Of manufacture in the
trust houses was followed with mInute
care and the charge was expllcltIv
made that carelessncss reigned every.
where; that im.. ..re plvuucts were In.
bitually sent ont for consumption; that
meat tit only for destruction was ha.
bitually worked up with spices ana
drugs to disguise Its taste and sold m
the public.
10 TINS extraordinary array Of spe-
ellie assertions no answer was ever
made.
Here. then. are two witnesses TINT
solemnly declare that the conditions In |
The trust slaughter houses are exactly
such as would allow the meat OF |
'iumpy Jaw" cattle to be sent out az |
'OOd.
Suppose that we take Of the matter
The most charitable view possible.
suppose We assume that the trust gen.
flemen are most scrupul0us about all
The ways In which they make money.
Suppose we forget about the soldiers
poisoned by enibalmed beef. the games
II gouge aud robbery practiced by the
rust refrigerator car lines, the manip.
llatiOn OF thousand markets for
,rOfits. the tribute levied by this com.
,lnation upon all households In the
country. 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
4 the ''lumpy jaw" cattle2
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
n which the money 10 made?
How do the trust gentlemen knowi
Here 10 stream OF the most terrible
afA tica passing daily within q few
:iSna q zoe nations food supply.