Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-02
It Floods Chicago with Lumpy Jaw
Cattle and the Authorities
Do Nothing.
This City the Dumping Ground for
All the Bad Cattle in the
West.

Does the Meat Inspection law pro.
tect the foreigner?
1t certainly does not protect the Chi
cagoan.
Chicago Is revellng IN feast of
lumpy jaw beef, tuberculosis cattle and
the like.
The new Federal meat inspection law
Is In force. but. so far rs Chicago Is
concerned. IL Is a dead letter.
The United States law only applies
to meat intended for export and for
meat shipped to other States.
This is as far as the Federal author.
ity can go.
It cannot interfere with local condl.
tiOns.
These are wholly under the control
Of the local government and the local
government believes that when the
tubercular parts Of the beef and the
lumpy Jaw or cancerous parts Of the
beef are cut out. that the rest Of the
carcass Is good to eat.
So thousands Of Chlcagoans are eat.
Ing lumpy Jaw cattle every day, ~
blissful ignorance Of the awful facts
and the Beef Trust Is getting richer
than ever by purveying bad food to the
people.
The most radical legislation Is neces.
sary to obliterate this evil and the
people will get 1t when they wake up
and realize the terrible danger that
constantly menaces themselves apd
their families under present conditions.
Speaking OF the supineness Of the
Chicago Health Department In this
matter, the Chicago Tribune In re.
Gently printed editorial declared:
''rhe Health Department should at
once enact and enforce the regulations
which have been prepared by the De.
partment OF Agriculture.
III those regulations nre necessary
to insure the good quality OF Chicago
meat which Is to be eaten by English
men they are equally necessary to In
sure the good quality Of Chicago meat
which Is to be eaten In Chicago. II
foreigners are deserving Of protection
the people OF Chicago are also. They
will not get the same degree OF pro-
lection unless the local inspection Is
rs good rs the Federal inspection.
There will be IN attempt to work
IN on Chicago consumers inferior meats
which cannot Ike marketed elsewhere
Many OF the smaller packers who have
no outside trade will not maintain
high standard of cleanliness In the'i
establishments unless they are forced
TO. There Is need Of vlgilnnt municipal
inspection to keep this city from be
coming a dumping ground for poor mea
and to enforce sanitary regulations u
packing houses which are outside TN
scope of Federal supervision
What an awful fuss the daily news
:apers make over the Insurance Ssa0
dals! And yet not one person In 1000
affected by them. Yet the daily news
papers have nothing to say against tn
; Beef Trust. which rObs every NAV
woman and child In the "Ommunlt
, every day.
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The workingman and every otne
man for that matter Is entitled to pur
food and pure medicine. a government
, that does not protect a man ana hi
family In these particulars deserves Z
he oyerthrOwn. The Beef Trust mus
50.
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, The Beef Trust Is going to contrt
the grazing business us well as tn
rest of the cattle trade. 1t Ia acquil
ing title to millions OF acres OF Ian
In Colorado for the purpose Of rah
!, Ing cattle.
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The number of cattle afflicted Wit
tuberculosis Is said to be very larg
The report of the Chicago Health ID