Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

tect tue IOrelgnerg
1t certainly does not protect the Chi.
cagoan.
Chicago IL revellng in a feast Of
lumpy Jaw beef, tuberculosis cattle and
the like.
The new Federal meat inspection law
Ia In force. but, SO far as Chicago Is
II Is a dead letter.
The United States law only applies
to meat intended for export and for
meat shipped to other States.
This Is as far as the Federal author.
lty can 20.
It cannot interfere with local condl.
lions.
These are wholly under, the control
Of the local government aid the local
government believes that when the
tubercular parts Of the beef and the
lumpy jaw or cancerous parts Of the
beef are cut out, that the rest Of the
carcass Is good to eat
So thousands Of Chicagoans are eat.
Ing lumpy jaw cattle every day, N
blissful ignorance of the awful facts
and the Beef Trust Is getting. richer
than ever by purveying bad food to the
people.
The most radical legislation Ii neces.
sary to obliterate this evil and the
people will get It when they wake up
and realize the terrible danger that
constantly menaces themselves and
their families under present conditions.
Speaking Of the seriousness Of the
matter. the Chicago Tribune in q re.
Gently printed editorial declared:
1.-THE Health Department should at
once enact and enforce the regulations
which have been prepared by the De.
partment Of Agriculture.
III those regulations are necessary
to insure the good quality Of Chicago
meat which 10 to be eaten BY English.
men they are equally necessary to In.
sure the good quality Of Chicago meat
which II to be eaten In Chicago. II
foreigners are deserving Of protection
the people Of Chicago are also. They
will not get the same degree Of pro.
lection unless the local inspection Il
as good 40 the Federal inspection.
''rhere will be an attempt to work
of on Chicago consumers inferior meats
which cannot be marketed elsewhere.
Many Of the smaller packers who have
no outside trade will not maintain Q
high standard Of cleanliness In their
Establishments unless they are forced
to. There IL need Of vigilant municipal
inspection to keep this city from be-
coming dumping ground for poor meat
and to enforce sanitary regulations In
packing houses which are outside the
scope Of Federal supervision"
President Roosevelt and the member
of Congress first heard about the Beef
Trust horrors from the Eagle In No.
vember, 1905. and they have heard
more every week since then.
The Beef Trust slaughter houses are
like morgues. The Beef Trust mag
mates love to praise their cleanliness
In magazine articles. OF course these
slaughter joints are cleanly. They
have to be. They are sanitary In near
~ every respect. The only unsanl
tary things about the Trust slaughter
houses are the cancer0us cattle, thu
tuberculosis cows and the trlchina
hogs. The surroundings have to bt
kept Clearly. like al buildings devot
ed to the care Of cadavers. Even tn,
enbalmed beef turned out by thu
Trust Ia sanitary-from an embalmer'l
standpoint.
One hundred and sixteen articles pro
duced by the Beef Trust In Chicago
have been examined and condemned BY
the honest pure food commissioner Of
the State Of North Dakota. Every ont
Ut them was condemned because I
contained poison ana was therefor'
detrimental to the public health. L2cl
Of space alone prohibits us from print
ing the list and the names Of TIN
houses shipping the stun.
The Reef Trust mas caused a bi
raise In the price Of shoes. The al
legged beef trust controls incidental,
the domestic hide market. which Con
gress closed practically for the bench
of the beef trust by clapping a duty o
10 per cent ad valorem on foreigl
hides. The alleged beef trust, accord
Ing to Associated Press dispatches
now also controls the domestic tannin
industry. Hence the beef trust IKE
now the cost of the leather, the raw
material out Of which shoes are made
and hence II controls both the price
of shoes In the domestic market an
In the export shoe trade, built up a
great expense by our shoe manufae
turers.
Furthermore, 1t Is common know
edge that the domestic price of butter
eggs, butterine, dressed poultry. tn
grains, fruits, vegetables, apples, pota
toes and probably other foods Is regu
lated largely by the same trust of col
pOratiOns.
This Is logical and unavoidable a
present. II is due In part to specia
privileges of lower rates In the shir