Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-02

than IL ever was.
The Chicago Tribune. which will
not be accused by anyone OF being an
enemy Of the Beef Trust. after calling
attention to the fact that only q out
Of 100 meat product inspectors had
gone to work under the new law. said
on Tuesday. Sept. II, 1906: 1T will
be necessary to hold another examina.
ton before the full complement of 100
men can be installed, and 1t Is doubt.
full II "A sufficient number will be avail.
able for duty when the new law soes
into effect Oct. !. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions ut
the plants principally. and Mr.. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab.
ilshments. They will inspect the trucks.
rooms. hangers. tables, pipes and floors.
Sixty.iive OF those who took the exam.
iuation recently passed bat only TWEEN.
ty.seven reported for duty. This Is &c.
counted for BY the fact that OF those
who passed number IRE now c,n.
ployed In the packing houses Mt 500
a month. The salary Of IN inspector IL
but $SS.33 a month";
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A great portion Of the "lumpy Jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed as sound" by the inspect.
ors IL sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to a 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 1t permits the slaughtcring
Of such cattle, prohibits the sale Of the
beef.
Tint Chicago has become the "dump.
ing ground for practically all the
"iumpy jaw" beef In the country was
revealed by food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 bead Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle. OF these only small
fraction Is condemned as UNFIT for con.
sumption. The rest. with the diseased
parts cut out, Is sold for prime beef.
and brings the retailer rs good prices
as 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 n
''!umpy Jaw" steer or not. II the In.
spectors pass on infected animal. after
the post. mortem inspection, the beef Is
placed In the cooler and sold Just rs
any other beef. or course the attitude
OF Health Commissioner Whalen and
others Is that the locally infected cattle
are not generally unit for food.
Out OF n total days slaughter Of 100
head OF "lumpy jaw" and otherwise In
fected animals only twelve car
cases were condemned after post.
norton inspection. This means that ut
an average weight OF 1900 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days at least 10000
pounds Of 'lumpy Jaw" beef. How
much OF the same kind Of meat IL
shipped into Chicago from Kansas City
and other places where Its sale Is pro-
hibited would be difficult to estimate
but the quantity Ia 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
profit.
The average weekly receipts Of cattle
ut the stock yards are 10000 head. ani
among these always are found from
100 TO 200 animals infected In one
way or another.
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Several foreign governments woult
do we'll to send secret investigator
here TO ascertain the kind OF meats eX
ported to their countries. According L
atlves are very friendly 20 the Bee
Trust. So markedly so that common
upon the fact has quite decided an,
positive tone.
The Beef Trust Is happy over It's vic
tory In the matter OF labels.
II can feed the people what 1t likes
and make them pay for what they dc
not want.
The new government law has fallen
down already on the labels as 1t has IN
other details.
The labels on the canned goods of the
Beef Trust will continue 10 lie.
False labels ON Beet Trust canned
goods have received government sane
ton. Witness:
Washington, j.. c., Sept 13-Canned
roast beef will continue to bear the
label Of roast DSss." notwithstanding
the fact that II re. y soiled beef.
This was decision rem, d at a con-
ference to-day between Secretary vii.
son and Senator Hopkins, OF Illinois,
and Thomas T.. 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
s,d then put It in cans and subject II
- steam heat for tire hours. Mr..