Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-01-19
Government Meat inspectors Chosen from
Beef Trust Employees Under the
New inspection Law.
Everything to Be Sold in Cans to
the Public Without Any
Restraint.

with corps OF beet lrust HlspcS'
tors the fate of the public will be worse
than 1t ever was.
The Chicago Tribune, which Will
not be accused by anyone OF being an
enemy o. the Beef Trust. after calling
attention to the fact that only - 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 examine
ton before the full complement Of 40
men can be Installed, and II Is doubt
ful II u sufficient number will be avail.
able for duty when the new law goes
into effect Oct. ]. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions at
the plants principally. and MIR. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab.
lishments. They will inspect the trucks,
rooms, hangers. tables, pipes and floors.
Sixty.hve Of those who took the exam.
ination recently passed but only TWEEN.
ty.eeven reported for duty. This Is nc.
counted for by the fact that Of those
who passed number IRE now EN-.
ployed In the packing houses Mt 500
a month. The salary Of IN inspector 10
but $SS.33 a month"
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A great portion Of the "lumpy jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed rs sound by the inspect.
ors Is sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to a recent article In the
Chicago Tribune. st. Louis prohibits
both the slaughter and sale Of "lumpy
law" cattle In that city, and Kansas
City. while It permits the slaughtering
Of such cattle. prohibits the sale OF the
beef.
That 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 head Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle. or these only u 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 Us good prices
a. 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 q
"lumpy Jaw" steer or not. II the In
spectors pass an infected animal. after
the post. mortem inspection, the beef IL
placed In the cooler and sold just as
any other beef. or course the attitude
Of Health Commissioner Whalen and
others Is that the locally infected cattle
are not generally unfit for food.
Out OF a total days slaughter Of IN
head OF "lumpy Jaw" and otherwise In
fected animals only twelve car
cases were condemned after post
norton inspection. This means that a
an average weight Of 1900 pounds eacl
there will be sold In Chicago durln'
the next few days at least $4,000
pounds OF "lumpy Jaw" beef. How
much OF the same kind OF meat !
shipped into Chicago from Kansas CIT,
and other places where Its sale Is pro
hibited would be difficult to estimate
but the quantity Is undoubtedly large
In most Of the Eastern cities ord
nances are In force prohibiting the sal
OF meat from animals with actlnomy
COSTS, the scientific name for lump
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains as tn
only large market where that class q
cattle may be slaughtered and sold wit
profit.
The average weekly receipts Of cattl
at the stock yards are 10000 head, an
among these always are found froI
100 to 200 animals infected in on
way or another.
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Several foreign governments woul
do well TO send secret investigator
here to ascertain the kind of meats e.
ported 10 their countries. According
all accounts several of their represen
atives are very friendly TO the BE,
Trust. So markedly so that commel
upon the fact has quite decided al
positive tone.
The Beef Trust Is happy over Its vi
tory In the matter of labels.
II can feed the people what 1t lik
and make them pay for what they
not want.
The new government law has fall,
down already on the labels as IL has
other details.
The labels on the canned goods OF Il
Beef Trust Will continue TO lie.
False labels on Beet Trust came
pnnls have recelEel gOYernment san