Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-04

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be cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3,035.OOO pounds Of
food condemned In 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors. DR.. c.
]. Whalen, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF TIE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS y
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan),
American Medicine December %
says: One stands aghast at the crlmi.
nal cupidity which will induce men tc
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. It Is now
In order to 60 a step farther and find
out who Is responsible for this moral
obliquity.
att IL well known that combinn.
tions Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rais.
Ing the price Of food stuffs beyond the
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry has
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
e.st time are the combinations which
coA.rol the food supply, brought ix., q
direct relation to public health.
"'1t Is high time TINT thlS n utter
be taken out Of the class Of mino, of.
fenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
to war, when al kinds Of brutality. ara
sanctioned. Il Il the height Of de.
honOr-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of country. 10 Il any
better to poison the food supplyf II
10 time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction "
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
partment Bulletin, November (, 1905
"The total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1,34S.343
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. a. PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, ~ per cent for
actinomycosis-lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin. Dec. o.
1906: "A total Of 147,O0O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
(during the past weekly under the su.
pervision Of the department inspectors
Mt the Union Stock Yards. This In.
Guides 1858 pounds Of government.in.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
49,
Health Department Bulletin. Novem.
Der II, 1905:
although the condemnation and de-
structiOn Of food supplies undt for
human consumption during the past
three months-since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult..
BY order Of tho CommIssiOner-hav
reached immense proportions, much un.
ft food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
conditions. recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cillties for microscopic laboratory OK.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
OF beef carcasses, 3 hogs and q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"The total stock yards condemnatlons
amounted to l76,SOS pounds"
parts Of beef carcasses
In other words 1t hns been and In
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tumors ana let the rest OF
the carcass go TO the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
The Beef Trust will find It hard
TO get a resting place when the peo.
pie of this country rise against It,
as they surely will. The people OF the
whole world are crying for its exter-
minatiOn.
An average Of $4,000 pounds OF dis.
eased meat Is condemned every week by
Chicago Health Department inspectors
In butcher shops and grocery and de.
partment stores "inside the Union
loop."
II this great amount of tubercular,
and maggoty material can be
found by the inspectors and destroyed
inside the loop" small territory
by the river, Van Buren, street,
and Fifth avenues, how many
million pounds are sold to the public
md consumed In the vast territory out.
side the loop?
This is a very pertinent question.
That $1,000 pounds of diseased meat
AN escape stockyards inspection every
week and find itself into department
md other stores "inside the loop"
hOuld suffice to call attention to the
'ast amount Of poisonous food that ca.
apes Inspection at the stockyards and \
sold outside the loop.
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