Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12

How do We know that suflcIent pre.
cautions are taken to prevent contsmi.
natlonf
How do the trust gentlemen knowS
They inform us that what GOES On
behind the walls Of their plants h
their own affair; that ID, their buei.
ness; they will manage II "a they ~
1T Whose affair IL Il, then, II to
nation cats diseased meat, II We are
poisoned By trlchinae, II cancer 10.
creases9'
Other countries are not 10 DUH -
we are about these things. Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous perlls involved In the meth.
ods OF this monopoly, and. therefore.
try to exclude American meats
To quiet their objections the United
States 10 supposed to keep an inspector
upon meat intended for export and b
place upon II an official stamp certify.
Ing that II Ia At Tor food.
II, then, these are the methods IN
rcgard to export beef, about which
there IL nominal inspection, what DO
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, 90
which there Is no inspection at ailf
Why was the Beef Trust allowed to 70
on year after year violating the Law
and no attempt made to prevent III
Why IRE the laws inert against this
criminal organization? Why is q man
sent to.prison for five years for forg.
Ing q nvc.dollar check ahd these men
90 free for swindling a natloni
Why do We contribute our doliars
year after year to swell unnecessary
boards?
Why IRE VIC content to have our
food prepared for us In secret undcr
conditions that to any sane mind Ger.
tainly suggest fraud aud treacheryf
We are not obliged to have these
things II we do not want them. The
remedies ire simple enough.
Az to the "lumpy Jaw" the tubercu-
losis and the cancer, put q stop to pri.
vate Strengthening. Let all tho slaugh-
tering Of food animals be done by the
State In the light Of day. without auy
Of this dark lantern business, on equs'
terms for all. There arc very few
private slaughter houses In EnglanA.
Tho cities and towns run their siaugu.
ter houses under medical inspection.
But In England the people do not cars
to be poisoned In their meat.
And we need not worry about the Oh.
lection that publicly owned slaughtss
houses are I'm Invasion OF the private
rights Of business. When II comes to
life ana death there are no private
rights Of business. No man has right
to saved profits that he makes By
spreading disease. We have g0ne too
fur on the road to public sanitation 10
turn back bcause some gentlemau's
profits are threatened. The State win
not allow you to go around with small.
pOx or to conceal scarlet fever In your
house, although each may be strictly
your own affair. Compared with can.
Ger. smallpox and scarlet fever arc
nothing. II tho State can take radical
measures to stamp out cholera Il can
take radical measures to stamp out
cancer. million times worse than
cholera. II 1t can provide pest houses
for public safety 1t can provide sIaugh.
ter houses for public safety. And Ito
duty In the one case Ii ut least 10 clear
az In the other,
The Eagles prediction that the Beef
Trust would raise the price Of food
on the people has been fulfilled. The
action OF the packers Is expected to
arouse particularly those members OF
Congress who have insisted that the
packers should pay the cost Of tho
meat inspection, for which Congress
now approprlates 100000 annually.
Ono OF the arguments used against this
proposal has been the allegation that
the packers would Mt once shift the
cost OF the inspection to the cattle
raisers.
Now that the packers propose to
shift the loss from condemned car
casses while ut the same time they
profit by the advertisement OF the gov
eminent guaranty of the wholesome
ness OF their products the proponents
Of the plan to make them pay for the
government inspection insist they have
IN argument Senators Beveridge, of
Indiana, and Gallingcr, OF Nlw Hamp-
shire, have already promised to renew
the fight In the next Congress.
Congress should ut once add to the
meat Inspection law these three pro.
YiSlOnS.