Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-30

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This shows the sort oe eovernmsse
inspection we have had.
II q few Of the governmental omis.
slons are rectifed how many ttovu.
ands are not7
How mnny ho;l~s IN Europe and
America are at this moment hart,oring
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis y.,ttieS
A..y atss.e report Of the Health Con.
,A.xs.s:les -.,sika Of meat hanging n
the ,vN,lera o. vsdtsl hU,iseS. with ,ulee.
cular tuniOrs trimmed out" rpNdy %
be cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3.O35.OOo mounds Of
food condemned N 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors. Dr. q
]. whalen, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report: %,
EIGHTY PER CENT or THE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCUrIOSiA"
Commenting upon this conditioo
CONTINUES Commissioner wheian).
American Medicine December n
says: One stands aghast at the criml.
nal cupldity which will induce men b
attempt to sell such dangerous foods .
an unsuspecting community. It Il now
In order to 60 o step farther and finA
out who ID responsible for this moral
obliqulty.
att Is well known that cumbina.
tions Of the larger nieat dealers have
existed In the past to the end of rails.
Ing the price Of food stufIs beyond tn
point to which healthy comretltios
would reduce them. The outcry hss
always been In protest against the IN
creased cost Of living, but here Cor IL
erst time are the combinations whieh
cox:rol the food supply, brouzss ,.., Q
direct relation to public health.
"'It 10 high time that this !. >tAuP
be taken out Of the class Of mlnU al.
fcnses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN ran
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. evoo
81 war, when all kinds Of brutality aFo
rsuctioned. Il II thu height ~ q.
honor even murder-to poison -
water supply Of q country. ID Il asg
better to poison the food supplyf e
10 time that the public mind shoa10
develop Q conscience In this dlrectioa.'"
Speaking Of Beef Trust tubercuIosl0
read the following from the Health d.
partment Bulletin, November I, 1905:
"The total amount Of meats Co.
demned during the period was l.8&s1lD
pounds. OF the principal causes a
condemnation. .s5 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS. II per cent See
actinomycosis-lumpy jaw-and I pr
cent for hog cholera"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec. q
1905: "A total Of 147.0OO pounds q
meats was condemned and destroyeA
during the past weekly under tho -.
pervisIon Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. TliIs In.
cludes 4,OS3 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. Novcm-
ber II, 1905:
although the condemnation aud d.
structIon Of food supplies unit Tor
human consumption during the past
three mOnths-since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult,
BY order Of the Commissioners have
reached Immense proportions, much un.
Ut food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats % show grooG
pathologic conditions. recognizable By
the naked eye. are now condemned. -
cilities for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned aud destroyed 80 parts
OF beef carcasses, 3 hogs and q cnttIe
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED ny
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"The total stock yards condemnat tiona
amounted to 176,SOS pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses!'
In other words II has been and d
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular t,imors and let the rest Of
the carcass 20 to the people for food
And yet we cnll ourselves civilized.
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During the twelve months prior Il
the withdrawal OF the city Inspector
from the stock yards, according 10 TIN
report of the Health Department 10,
1906, issued In 1907, the city Inspector,
condemned and destroyed 26.O0G cat
tie and hogs The principal causes fol
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis, So per cent
lumpy jaw, II per cent; other causes
4 per cent.
Hogs, tuberculosis, G5 per cent
cholera and swine plague, 20 per cent
other causes, 8 per cent.
But the city inspectors have non
been withdrawn from the stock yards
The Beef trust will find it haH(
% get resting place. when the pea
ole of this country rise against Il
- they surely will. The people OF II
whole world are crying for its extes
nination.
| The Beef Trust will be 4 campaign
issue next year. The Government hal
four-fiushed on this food trust whicl