Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-02


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These are simple pages from the
dreadful records. The trend Of mcd'.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the llu.
man cancer infection Is to be found
In meat. 1t is no longer held to be
possible that cancer or Il tendency to
cancer can he inherited. The infec'
tion Is due always to an active agent
taken In some way into the system.
The meat Of cattle afflicted with "lum.
py jaw" would he such an agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
Of the trust. week by week. many cut.
tic afflicted with "lumpy jaw" What
becomes Of them?
I don't know; you don't know; no.
body knows outside Of the precincts 0f
the slaughter houses.
And yet there can be ndk question to
man who desires to live chat II Of
greater importance than this. Jae op'
erntions Of those slaughter houses \pre
conducted behind closed doors. ~
outsider IL allowed to glimpse whS
goes Oh there. No representative oi
the public ever gets behind that cur
tain. You can 90 there and be enter
tained with Il fake exhibition Of fake
slaughtcrlng conducted NJ u pubic
spectacle. That amounts to nothing
Tho real work no one ever sees bu
the employees.
What becomes OF the diseased cat
tie? Theoretically they are S2.iiel and
converted into fertilizer. Who sees
the burningY Who knows that II Is
done or how II is done? Nobody out
side OF the employees. All we know
Is that "lumpy law" II cancer; that
many cattle have ''lumpy jaw" that
"lumpy jaw" IL communicable and tina,
cancer frightfully increases.
The London Lancet, the leading
medical journal Of Europe, sent u mar
to Chicago to investigate, 80 far as b,
could, the slaMghtering processes Of tn.
trust houses. He returned with reve
lation that should have called for gov
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were mos,
unsanitary. That the work was done
In a hurried. careless. slipsh0d way
that there was no t0lerable Inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
Of the world was menaced by those
conditions. To this scathing Indlct
ment from great medical authorit,
no serious defense was ever made
Subsequently. there appeared II
jamestown. n. Y, a remarkable book
"rhe Dark Side Of the Beef Trust
apparently written by an expert, sun
plementing the charges of the Lance
anu enforcing them with such detail,
as could hardly have been supplied b,
anything but personal knowledge, Tn,
whole process OF manufacture In III,
trust houses was followed with mlnut,
care and the charge was explicit,
made that carelessness reigned every
where; that impure pr.A,ucts were ha
bitually sent out for consumption; tina
meat ut only for destruction was In
bituaily worked up with spices ani
drugS to disguise Its taste and sold Il
the public.
10 this extraordinary array of spe
cific assertions no answer was eve
made.
Here, then. are two witnesses tina
solemnly declare that the conditions Il
the trust slaughter houses are exactly
such as would allow the meat o.
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out al
food.
Suppose that We take of the matte
the most charitable view possible
Suppose we assume that the trust gen
tlemen are most scrupulOus about a!
the ways In which they make money
Suppose we forget about the soldier
poisoEed by embalmed beef, tho game
OF gouge ana robbery practiced by th
trust refrigerator car lines, the manip
ulation of a thousand markets TO
profits, the tribute levied by this com
blnatlon upon all households In tn
country. Let us forget that they ar
law.breakers and mOney.mad and az
sumo that not one Of them woult
touch a cent Of questionable profits.
| Still this question stares us In tn,
face: How do we know what becomes
Of tho 'lumpy Jaw" cattle9
How do the trust gentlemen know
Their employees are employed (,
make much money for tho trust gen
tlemen. How do we know the way
In which the money is made?
How do the trust gentlemen know
Here Ia stream Of the most terrible
infection passing daily within q few
inches Of the nations food supply