Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-01-26

place the establishment under suspicion
as one In which such animals are
slaughtered for human consumption
Any unsOund meat or carcass found In
a slaughter house or In market should
be assumed as being there for sale.'
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Notwithstanding Its apathy and as
poor rs the city inspection Is ut the
Stock Yards because of the very small
number of inspectors. the government
inspection Is worse. In fact the govern.
ment inspection Is a farce as Is proven
by the following extract from the Chi.
cago Health Department report for the
week ending September Is. 1906:
"rhe Department inspectors at the
Union Stock Yards condemned and de.
stroyed 05.G0S pounds Of meats. OF
this amount 11,545 pounds were con.
demned by the Department INSPECTORS
after having been passed by other In.
spectOrs."
The "other inspectors" are the gov.
eminent inspectors.
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II Mayor DUNES administra ton d.
stroyed over 100000 pounds Of can.
cerOsls and tubercul0us meat In Ave
months. ~ the inspection work Of
only eleven inspeetoGs, how many bill.
lions Of pounds Of cancer and tuber.
culosis were fed to the people duriua
the years that there was no city IN.
,pectioui
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The pure food laws will, OF course,
be enforced against some poor little
grocer. But against the Beef Trust,
never!
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How many tuberculosis or iumpy inv
cattle have been released from guar.
antine" by order Of the Health De.
pnrtment.
What object can the members Of the
Beef Trust have In opposing the III.
nOls pure food laws ana wanting them
amended?
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During the week ending Sept. 8 the
few city meat inspectors ut the Union
Stock Yards condemned and DESTROYED
SS0t,3 pounds Of meats. The food In.
spectors In the "loop district con.
demned ana destroyed 47,SG2 pounds
Of unfit foodstuffs.
A million pounds Of bad meat sold
outside the loop district were eaten by
the people. No inspection.
The Beef Trust continues to spread
tuberculosis, cancer and other diseases
with impunity.
One fact that escapes general atten.
ton Ii that the lntestlnes, blood, liv
er. heart and lights Tor lungs) Of an
animal are already used before the
carcass proper gets to the inspector.
This includes also what Is known az
the gut fats, out of which lard, suet,
table oils and various other things
are made.
Az soon a. beef IL killed, Il 10
hung up by the heels and disembow.
eled.
All Of the "lnnards" are hauled
away.
Even the blood IL received into q
receptacle and carried OF to be
made into blood sausage. beef extract
and the like.
The intestines are carried to the
sausage rooms to be used AZ castings.
The stomach goes elsewhere to be
used as tripe.
The liver. lights, heart, ETC., find q
ready market.
And. mind you, every bit Of these
portions Of the "critter" are used
whether 1t IL suffering from cancer.
tuberculosis. lumpy Jaw, or any other
disease.
The carcass after its "innards'' are
removed Ia swung along and carried to
another place where the inspectors pass
upon 1t or pretend to pass upon 1t.
DR.. G. ]. Whalen, the efficient Health
Commissioner Of Chicago, reported the
condemnation Of nearly four million
pounds Of meat during the four months
ending December 30, 1905.
Now s. per cent of these 100000
pounds were found to be afflicted with
tuberculosis.
Every ounce Of these 100000
pounds belonged to the main carcass
and had passed government inspection.
What about the hearts, livers, lights,
intestines, fats, blood, tripe and other
inside belongings of these tuberculosis
cattle from which 1000 900 pounds OF
tuberculosis and cancerOus meat were
found and condemned2
They were sold to the people and
eateh as food!
The Cancer Trust and the Tubercu
losls Trust are still doing business.
Talk about government inspection!
We take the following from the last
annual report of DR.. Charles ]. Whalen,
OF Health Of the city of
Chicago. The facts speak for them
selves.
"At the Union Stock Yards during
the last five months of the year, seven
inspectors (five of whom were appoint.
ed In November) have condemned and
destroyed 2,704.03S pounds OF meat, as
being UNIT for food; all Of which
would have been sold In the city of Chi.