Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09

SELVES LOOKED UPON IN TIM
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DAN0ERA nven
ln waf, when all kinds Of brutality sce
~octioned. Il 10 the height ef 6Ie.
honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of q country. ID it any
better to poison the food suppiyS Il
70 time that the public mind should
develop a conscience In this direction"
Speaking Of Reef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
partment Bulletin. November 4. 1905
THE total amount Of meats con-
demned during the period was 1,Sls,34s
pounds. OF the principal causes OF
condemnation. 80 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOs1s. ~ per cent for
actinomycosls-lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o.
10O6: "A total Of 147,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and DESTROYED
(during the past week) under the su.
pervlsion Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This in
cludes 1883 pounds Of government.in-
! spectcd cut meats shipped from pack-
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
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Health Department Bulletin, Novct,-
ber II, 1906:
ALTHOUGH the condemnation and de-
struction Of food supplies unit Tor
human consumption during tho past
three months--slnce the RESUMPTION OF
Stock Yards inspection August 2 ult.. J
BY order Of the Commissloner-hay
reached immense proportions, much un-
fit food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cilities for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city Inspcc-
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
OF beef cnrcasses, 3 hogs and q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
TIE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
THE total stock yards condcmnations
amounted to l76.SOS pounds"
PARTS Of beef carcasses! I"
In other words It has been and Is
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tuDercuInr tumOrs and let the rest OF
the carcass 90 to the people for food!
And yet we call ourselves civillsed.
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During the twelve months prior 10
tho withdrawal Of tho city inspectors
from the stock yards. according to the
report Of the Health Department for
1907. Just issued. the city inspectors
condemned and destroyed 20. 600 cat
tic and hOgA Tho principal causcs for
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis. S2 per cent:
lumpy jaw. II pcr cont; other causes.
4 pcr cent.
Hogs. tuberculosis. % per ceut
cholera aud swine plague. 20 per cent
other causes. o per cent.
But the city inspectors have NOW
been withdrawn from the stock yarvS.
The following. taken from page ~
Of the Chicago Health Densr rtmcnt
annual report for 1907. just Issued,
speaks for itself:
IN addition to this the inspectors
at the Union Stock Yards have do
stroyod 837,37S pounds Of cut meats.
Most Of this was returned from the
various branch houses or was confined
In the sausage rooms Of the large
packing houses. where 1t was being
made into sausage. The principaI
cause for condemnation was dec0m-
position. Most Of this meat Is either
sour or sllmy or In some cases oven
putrid."
And In the face Of these facts, city
Inspectors have been withdrawn from
the large packing houses"
Tho packers are not satisfied eyi-
IDENTIFY with the great influence they
apparently exercise over the
Chicago Health Department, the
Illinois Pure Food Department. and
the
drawers OF grand Jurlcs In COOk
County.
They have tremendous influence
with the Board of Assessors and
Board of Review. For particulars see
page 3 of this paper.
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The Beef trust will find II hard
20 get resting place when the peo-
Die OF this country rise against Il,
is they surely will. The people of the
whole world are crying for its exter-
ninatiOn.
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The Beef Trust Will be a campaign
ssue next year. The Government has
Oh this food trust which
IS the worst trust of all. PEOPLE do
not eat coal oil, but they do eat meat.
Joal oil Is cheap and meat Is dear. Is
he Beef Trust too powerful to prose-
ute, or is it to Ike forever Immune?
Congress should ut once add to the
neat inspection law these three pro-
yisiOns:
PACKERS should be Obliged to