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

The Chicago Tribune. which will
not be accused by anyone of being all
enemy OF the Beef Trust. after calling
attention TO the fact that only % Oft
Of 120 meat product inspectors had
gone to work under tie new law. said
on Tuesday. Sept. II. 1906: 1T will
be necessary to hold another cxamlna.
ton before the full complement OF 100
men can be installed, and it Is doubt.
fui 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 Mt
the plants principally. and Mr.. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four cstab-
llshments. They will inspect the trucks,
rooms. hangers. tables. pipes and floors.
sixty five of those who took the exam.
nation recently passed but only TWEEN.
ty%even reported for duty. This Is nc.
counted for by the fact that Of those
who passed number IRE now EN-.
pioyed In the packing houses at 500
q month. The salary Of an inspector Is
but $Ss.33 a month";"
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A great portion Of the "lumpy jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
end passed n sound" BY the inspect.
ors II sold and consumed In Chicago.
according to 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 It permits the slaughtering
Of such cattle. prohibits the sale Of the
beef.
That Chicago has become the dump
Ing ground" for practically all the
"lumpy Jaw beef In the country was
revealed by food inspectors.
AZ ONE plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head Of "lunpy
jaw" cattle. OF these only small
fraction II condemned a. unfit for con.
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out, Is sold for prime becf,
and brings the retailer as good prices
% 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
''lumpy jaw" steer or not II the In.
spcctors pass m Infected animal, after
the post.mortcm inspection, the beef Is
placed In the cooler and sold just as
any other beef. OF course the attitude
Of Health Commissioner Whnlen and
others Ii that the locally infected cattle
are not generally unfit for food.
Out Of a total days slaughter OF 100
bead OF "lumpy jaw" and otherwise In.
fected animals only twelve car.
casses were condemned after post.
mortem inspection. This means that at
an average weight Of 1900 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days Mt least 10000
pounds Of "iumpy jaw" beef. How
mech Of the same kind Of meat IL
shipped into Chicago from Kansas City
and other places where its sale In pro.
hibited would be difficult to estimate.
but the quantity In undoubtedly large.
In most of the Eastern cities ordi-
nances are In force prohibiting the sale
Of meat from animals with actinomy-
COSTS. the scientific name for "lumpy
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains as the
only large market where that class Of
cattle may be slaughtered and sold with
prodt
The average weekly receipts Of cattle
At the stock yards are 10000 head, and
among these always are found from
100 70 900 animals infected In one
way OF another.
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Several foreign governments would
DO we'll to send secret investigators
here to ascertain the kind OF meats ex'
ported 10 their countries. According to
oil accounts several OF their represent.
atives are very friendly TO the Beef
Trust. So markedly 50 that comment
upon the fact has quite a decided and
positive tone.
The Beef Trust Is happy over its vic.
tory in the matter OF labels.
II can feed the people what II likes
and make them pay for what they do
no. want.
The new government law has fallen
down already on the labels as it has in
other details.
The labels on the canned goods of tho
Beef Trust will continue to lie.
False labels on Beet Trust canned
goods have received government sane,
ton. Witness:
Washington, ID. C., Sept. l3--Canned
roast beef will continue to bear the
label OF "roast beef" Notwithstanding
the fact that II really Is boiled beef
This was decision rendered at n con.
ference to-day between Secretary vii
son and Senator Hopkins, of Illinois
and Thomas r.. Wilson, general man.
ager Of the Nelson Morris Packing
Company OF Chicago.
Mr.. Wilson explained that the meth
Cd Of preparing canned roast beef was
t. parboil the meat for fifteen minutes
and then put II In cans ana subject II
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