Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-02
The General Public Has a Fine 0ppor.
tunity to Get All It Wants
Of L.
Health Department Finds Cattle In
Trust Coolers with Tuber.
culOsis Trimmed Out.

murder--to poison the
water supply Of country. Is It any
better to poison the food supply? 1t
Is 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 4, 1905:
"The total amount Of meats con-
iemned during the period was 1.343,343
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
S5 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, IL per cent for
actinomycosis--lumpy jaw--and per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o.
1905: "a total Of 147.000 pounds Of
meats was condemned aud destroyed
during the past week) under the su.
pervislon OF the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludcs 4,0S3 pounds of government-in.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses in the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
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Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
Der II, 1905:
although the condemnation ana de-
structlon Of food supplies unfit for
human consumption during the past
three months-since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
BY order Of the Commissioners
reached immense proportions, much un.
1t food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats % show gross
conditions, recognizable BY
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
clllties for microscopic laboratory *.
animation have not yet been restored.
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs ana o cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED By
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'rhe total stock yards condemnations
amounted to 17G,sOS pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses!"
In other words It has been ana II
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tuberculnr tumors and let the rest Of
the carcass 80 to the people for food
And yet We call ourselves civilized.
Health Department Bulletin. Dec
10, 1905:
"The department has made a new
ruling In regard to 'lumpy jaw OF
actlnomycotlc animals. Hereafter oil
animals that show, on post.mortem
examination. q degeneration Of the
lesion, with cavity formation, contain
ing pus. will be condemned and de-
stroyed.
Heretofore only those with q gen
sral infection were destroyed
Health Department Bulletin, Nov
30. 1905:
"stOckyards inspection Of meats fol
Chicago retail markets was resumed
by order Of the Commissioner Of
Health on Aug. Z, uit., with two de
partment inspectors employed. On
Oct. Z three additional inspectors were
put to work, and Oct. 10 authority
was given by the Finance Committed
OF the city council for the employ
ment Of six more.
Between Aug. Z and Nov. 80 q
grand total Of 2,7Sl,l87 pounds Of
food supplies were condemned and dc
stroyed as unwholesome, diseased Of
otherwise unfit for human food"
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Health Department Bulletin. Dec
10, 1905:
"FOllowing Is a summary Of unAt
food condemned and destroyed during
the week:
"At the Union Stock Yards-?02 cat
tie, weight l52,500 pounds; 362 hogs
weight 5s,S3S pounds; Is calves
weight 615 pounds; IL sheep. weight
900 pounds; 1918 pounds cut meats
Total, 23l $3.50 pounds.
AZ CITY Tetuu uuThctS--lo,uOS
pounds of fish; 30 calves, 4 hogs, 2,
900 pounds; 2 cattle. sheep. OBS
pounds of poultry and dressed meat,
and vegetables, 1,401 pounds. Total
2l,114 pounds.
aggregate cOndemnatl0ns of unf
food during the week, 252, -
pounds"
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The Beef Trust will be Investigated
by the next Legislature.
And what a showing up there vii
be!
The investigation of the insurance
companies by the New York Legisla
ture will not be u circumstance to 1t.
Chicago's multi.millionaires growI
rich selling disease and poison to the
people will g.r their Just dues then.
The Chicago Newspaper Trust can
not save them.
The Eagle will keep up Its fight OF
the cattle and packing people until thu
sale of animals afflicted with cancer
and tuhorcu1Osla io stOnnod onti rolv