Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12

tit food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats Us show gross
pathOlOgic conditions. recognizable by
the naked eye. are now condemned. Fa-
cilltlcs for microscopic laboratory OK.
animation have not yet been restored.
'rhe Union stock Yards city inspcc.
tors condemned AMI destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses. 3 hogs and q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
TIE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
''i'hc total stock yards cOndemnations
amounted to 176,SOs pounds
Speaking of the 3.035.OOO pounds OF
food condemned In 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, Dr. &.
J. Whalen. Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF TIE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED on
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whnlcn)
American Medicine December -,
says: One stands aghast ut the crim!.
nal cupldlty which will induce men Ia
attempt to sell such dangerous foods Ia
an unsuspectlng community. II Is now
In order to 90 Il step farther and find
out who Is responsible for this moral
Obllqulty.
| 1T Is well known that combinations
OF the larger meat dealers have exist
cd In the past to the end Of raising
the price of food stuifs beyond the point
to which healthy competition would re-
ducc them. The cutlery has always been
In protest against the increased cost
of living. but here for the first time
are the combinations which control the
food supply, brought into Il direct rcla'
ton to the public health.
ut Is high time that this matter
bo taken out of the class of minor Of
lenses AND THE DEALERS CHEM
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN TIE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
In war. when all kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned, 1t IL the height OF dis.
honor-even m,lrder--to poison the
water supply of Il country. Is 1t any
better to poison the food supply? II
Is time that the public mind should
develop n conscience in this direction
Speaking of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De
partmcnt Bulletin, November !, 1905 .
"Thc total amount Of meats con-
dcnined during the period was l,343,5i3
pounds. or the principal causes of
condemnation, 81 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, II per cent for
actinomycosls-lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera
~SA
Chicago In at the mercy OF the Beef
Trust. The Illinois Legislature must
come to her rescue.
%S
The Government meat law, passed to
ohllgc the packers, in lieu of law
which would please the people, fools
nobody,
senator Beverldge of Indiana, an
able and honest man, rlddlcd the new
meat law in a great speech recently.
lie declared that the law ought to
b. amended so as 10 make the pack
ers and not the Government pay for
the inspection, besides being vitality
amended in II number of other ways.
In the meantime the people of the
world are slowly discovering, despite
the conceallaents Of the subsidized
American press, that the present sys,
| TEN Is delusiOn and snare. In this
connection, the following dispatch from
Paris, France, explains itself:
paris, NOV. 2O.--Omisson of the
| microscopic examination OF pork from
the new American meat inspection reg.
ulations has resulted IN preliminary
decision on the part of the French
customs authorities barring American
ham, bacon, canned pork, etc.
AFTER long diplomatic negotiations
several years ago France agreed to
admit American pork on a government