Chicago eagle., 1907-06-29
Chicago Is Not The Only City with
tuberculosis. L0mpy Jaw and
Cancerous Beef.
The National Capital Menaced by
Tons of Food of the Char
acter Named.

posed upon in the matter. This Is
calf season, Tuesday witnessing the
arrival of 6.OOO to 10000, and both
packers and spectators are finding the
handling Of veal profitable proposi.
ton. Many Of these calves ought not
to be shipped alive from the country.
and the practice invites attention by
the Humane Society"
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With a corps OF Beef Trust inspec.
tors the fate Of the public will be worse
than 1t ever was.
The Chicago Tribune. after calling
attention to the fact that only q out
Of 100 meat product inspectors had
gone to work under the new law, said
on Tuesday, Sept. II. 1906: 1T will
be necessary to hold another examina.
ton before the full complement Of 100
men can be installed. and It Is doubt.
ful II a sufficient number will be avail.
able for duty when the new law goes
into effect Oct. 1. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions at
the plants principally, and Mr.. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab.
,lshments. They will inspect the trucks.
rooms. hangers. tables, pipes and floors.
Slxty.tive Of those who took the exam.
lnation recently passed but only twen.
ty.scven reported for duty. This Il nc.
counted for by the fact that Of those
who passed number arc now en-
pioyed In the packing houses Mt 500
a month. The salary Of IN inspector IL
but $3.50 n month"
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A great portion of the ''lumpy inv"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed as "sound" by the inspect.
ors II sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to a recent article in the
Chicago Tribune. st. Louis prohibits
both the slaughter and sale Of ''lumpy
Jaw" cattle In that city, and Kansas
City, while 1t permits the slaughtcring
Of such cattle. prohibits the sale Of the
beef.
That Chicago has become the "dump.
Ing ground" for practically all the
"iumpy Jaw" beef In the country was
revealed by food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle. OF these only small
fraction Is condemned as unfit for con.
sumption. The rest. with the diseased
parts cut out. Is sold for prime beef,
and brings the retailer rs good prices
as the best beef.
This Is possible by reason OF the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys Is part OF a
"lumpy Jaw" steer or not II the In.
spectors pass an infected animal. after
the post.mortem inspection, the beef Ii
placed In the cooler aud sold just as
any other beef.
Out OF II total days slaughter of 100
head of "lumpy Jaw" and otherwise In.
fected animals only twelve car.
casses were condemned after post.
mortem inspection. This means that ut
an average weight Of 1000 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days ut least l20,6OO
pounds of "!umpy Jaw" beef. How
much OF the same kind of meat Is
shipped into Chicago from Kansas City
and other places where Its sale Is pro-
hiblted would be difficult to estimate
but the quantity Is undoubtedly large
In most of the Eastern cities Ordi
nances are In force prohibiting the sale
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COSTS, the scientific name for "lumpy
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains as thu
only large market where that class OF
cattle may be slaughtered aud sold will
profit
The average weekly receipts of cattle
at the stock yards are 10000 head, ant
among these always are found from
100 to 200 animals Infected In ont
way or another.
2 The Beef Trust continues Its awfu
: work of murder. Even the employees
of the Government hired to sample
g their products are victims. Read this
, Washington, d. c., Nov. 2l.-Th'
| death Of Robert Vance Freeman, {
: member Of the Department Of Agricul
|. lures first poison squad,' Is likely t.
be followed by suit against the Gov
ernment by his mother.
Young Freeman succumbed to tuber
culoss after long illness, dating from
his discharge from the squad 81!
Q months after he Joined. When h
joined the "polson squad" three year
a ago he was declared TO be PHYSICAL,
p perfect. His mother declares the bori
, acid diet tests TO which he was sub
!, jected weakened his system. DR.. II. W
. Wiley, Government food expert, call
the theory absurd.
q Upon entering the "polson squad
vouuy Eraamon and nthpr memhar