Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-23

Tho new government law, as every.
body knows, does not provide for the
inspection of meat consumed In Chicago
and Illinois.
The strange apathy Of the Chicago
authorities In the matter of Beef Trust
violations of the law, Is arOusing the
attention of the entire country.
The flooding of Chicago and the
state of Illinois with lumIy Jaw. tub.
CIRCULAR and cancerous beef Is causing
widespread indignation.
The Illinois State Board of Health
issued n strong circular contain
Ing recommendations TO municipal.
ties concerning the supervision and In.
spection of slaughter houses, packing
houses, etc.
The following extracts show how
hard tile circular hits tile city govern.
ment Of Chicago:
.'The Illinois state Board Of Health.
BY special resolution. adopted ut res,i.
lar meeting. held In Chicago June 10Th
and 2ist. lVO8. urgently recommends
to the mayors and councils Of all cities
an. the presidents and boards Of trus.
tees Of all villages, and to all other
health officials in all parts Of the State,
the enactment and enforcement Of ordi.
nanccs providing for the supervision
and the regular and systematic inspec.
ton Of all slaughter houses. packing
houses, storage houses. markets, Gel.
,ors and all other establishments used
for the preparation. manufacture. stor.
are or sale Of food intended for hu.
man consumption.
"rhe health Of tire people Is largely
dependent upon the purity. quality and
cleanliness OF their food and these
may be controlled aud guaranteed to
the people only through the conscien.
tlous efforts Of health officials acting
under the powers conferred upon them
by the statutes.
"rhc people Of each municipality
have the right to expect that the OIL
clals whom they have entrusted win
the enforcement Of the law, Will give
them every possible protection provided
By the law. and the statutes OF the
State Of Illinois are 40 liberal In their
construction as to give to the munich
rality full power to control all OF those
Things which may In any way eject the
health Of the people.
"Under the provisions Of an act 70
provide for the incorporation OF cities
and villages, approved April ID. 1877
(Reyised Statutes, Chapter "a. Section
Go), the councils In cities and the presi'
dent and the board Of trustees In VII
lagos are empowered to regulate the
sale OF meat, poultry. fish, butter
cheese, lard. vegetables and all othei
provisions; to regulate the sale OF
bread and to prescribe Its quality; tt
proy,de for the inspection OF all articles
of food; to declare what SHAH con
stitute nuisance and to abate same
and To fine all who permit nulsance'
to exist; to appoint board OF he'''t'
and prescribe Its powers and duties
no DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALI
REVELATIONS TO PROMOTE
HEALTH OR TO PREVENT Dis
EASE; to direct location and regulate
the management and construction o
hacking houses either within the limit
Of the corporation or within one nn''
from its boundaries; to compel TN
owner OF any grocery or any unwno'e
some or nauseous place to cleanse an
abste or remove same and to reSulat
it, location. Under the provlsions o
the same law. municipalities are EN-
powered to impose fines, not exceed'h
500 for each Ofiense, or imprisonment
not exceeding six months, for the violu
ton Of any Of Its ordinances"
"Aside from the specific provisions Q
the law, quoted above, the one PR
vision, empowering the municlpaht
ITO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE Al.
REGULATIONS TO PROMOrl
HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE
gives ample authority for the local oil
cials to undertake the supervision an
systematic inspection Of those place
In which food for human consumptlo
il either prepared. manufactures
stored or offered for sale. Howeve
the specific provisions Of the statute
remove all doubt as to the limits
which the municipality may 60 In ti
protection of the health OF the people
"Anlmai food is particularly suscel
tlble to bacterial action and to deeon
position which Is FASTENED by KILT
and handling In filthy slaughter house
or by improper refrigeration and sto
age"
"MEAT FROM DISEASED AN
MAILS, TOO FREQUENTLY SLAUGl
TERED FOR HUMAN FOOD. MA
BE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESPREA
DISEASE AMONG THOSE VII
CONSUME IT."
"rhe oft repeated statement TIL
cooking will remove the poisonous pro
critics of spoiled meat Is not to DO
lied upon"
"In view of these facts, 1t Is the du
n, The health officials of all municipal
ties TO establish such supervision AZ
inspection as will render impossible Il
maintenance of unsanitary "aught
houses ana packing houses. ne KILL
of diseased animals or tie SAFE
meats and other foods wh'h. by the
original character, or changes VOL
have taken place In them, are unfit I
human consumption"