Chicago eagle., 1907-06-29
It Floods Chicago with Lumpy Jaw
Cattle and the Authorities
Do Nothing.
This City the Dumping Ground for
All the Bad Cattle in the
West.

ping. private refrigerator lines, i'm.
mensc grain elevators and cold.storage
plants scattered at the strategic points
and In part, no doubt, to the sheer
brutal force Of unlimited millions Of
dollars; power welded by few per.
sons whom society does not hold Der.
sonally responsible at present.
The spirits Of thousands OF DOOR
boys who went out to fight eor the
United States In the Spanish.Ameri.
can war, must hover over the fortunes
Of the Beef Trust In q derand for
vengeance,
These thousands were killed by the
"embalmed hcef' Of the Beef Trust
and by the poIsons used In the makeup
Of their Beef Trust rations.
Neither the bullets Of the spaniards
or the terrors of the Cuban climate
did any havoc to the American soldier,
poor boy, at all comparable with the
damage done by the frightful embalm.
cd food Of the Beef Trust.
uC SVuh8 hCbsVWO WuV OuCECu tUSlk
lives to the American government, did
not for q moment imagine that the
country for which they were fighting
would permit Beef Trust to furnish
them with poisoned ratlons.
But Il did. .
The soldiers trusted their country
and ate the poison.
The result was death, disease, broken
constitutions for thousands.
These are facts which the war rec.
0rds will corroborate.
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st. Paul, Mlnn.. Feb. 20.--A coro.
ner's jury investigating the death Of
Ernest Gocrs. who died Feb. after
eating pork sausage, to-day returned q
verdict recommending that the author.
tiles take proper means for a more
rigid Inspection and examination Of NIL
food products. The testimony showed
that the sausage eaten by Goers was
bought from South st. Paul packing
house. where government inspectors In.
spect NIL meat products.
Talk about government inspectionl
We take the following from the last
annual report OF Dr.. Charles ]. Whaleu.
Commissioner or Health of the city Of
Chicago. The facts speak for them.
selves.
AT the Union Stock Yards during
tho last five months Of the year, seven
inspectors (ive Of whom were appoint.
cd In November) have condemned and
destroyed ?.704,0 ,03s pounds Of meat, 40
being UNIT for food: all of which
would have been sold In the city Of Chi.
cago. and for which the purchaser
would have paid hrst.class prices"
"From these hgures II In verv evident
that inspection by the city Of all food
products II Of untold value. not only
from a financial hut from a sanitary
and hyglenic standpoint"
"The following will show how neces.
snry city inspection IL at the Union
Stock Yards:
"'rhe city meat inspectors hnve con.
demned In the coolers ana on the cut.
ting floors AFTER PASSING GOV.
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"1o5 cattle. cause. actlnomycosis.
"07 cattle. cause, cmaciation.
"24 cattle, cause, tuberculosis, evl.
dence of disease having been trimmed
out.
40 cattle, cause, 'downers.'
"?7 sheep, cause, pneumonia.
'D4 hogs, cause, pyaemla and tubercu.
losis.
"+772O pounds Of cut meats shipped
from st. Louis, Omaha, etc, for can.
Ming This meat was sour and slimy."
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The new government inspection IL q
Joke.
The law went into force and effect
Oct. and every day since that dato
the market reports Of the daily news.
papers have quoted prices on "canner
cows" and "canner cattle"
Everybody knows, or ought to know,
by this time what "canner" IL.
1t may be rs well, however, to say
that a "canncr" Is a sickly animal,
diseased, crippled or worn out. A COW
that Inns "thrown" Its calf and that
gives no milk. An animal that is uu.
fit for dairy purposes and Ut only for
the hone yard.
This Is the liberated. cancerous or
tubercular creature that is thrown to
the tender mercies of the Beef Trust
and cut up and sold to the people.
Read the market reports aud you
will see the figure that the Gamer
cuts In the live stock market.
The Government inspectors, most of
whom were packing house employees.
have disclosed through the daily press
the wonderful way In which the public
Is to be protected.
They have caused to be printed fac
Smiles Of the government stamps,
showing cattle divided into seven sec.
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