Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-23

1T food still reaches the market Only
such animals and meats ~ show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cllities for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
THE Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses, 9 hogs and o cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
1.-THE total stock yards condemnations
amounted TO 178.e0e pounds"
Speaking Of the 1896. 900 pounds Of
food condemned In 1905 BY Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DR.. q.
J. Whalsn. Health Commissioner. says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS"
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whalen).
American Medicine December Is.
says: One stands aghast at the crimi.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. 1t II now
In order to 90 a step farther and find
out who 10 responsible for this moral
obliquity.
"'It is we'll known that combinations
Of the larger meat dealers have exist
cd In the past to the end Of raising
the price OF food stuffs beyond the point
to which healthy competition would re-
duce them. The outcry has always been
In protest against tho increased cost
of living. but here for the first time
are the combinations which control thu
food supply. brought Into direct rela
ton to the public health.
"'It 10 high time that this matte,
be taken out OF the class Of minor Of
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Ever
in war, when oil kinds Of brutality arr
sanctioned. It II the height Of dis
honor-even murder-t0 poison tn
water supply Of a country. Ia 1t any
better to poison the food supply? II
il time that the public mind shOult
develop q conscience In this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosi'
read the following from the Health De
partment Bulletin. November 4. 1905
'The total amount OF meats con
demned during the period was 1,3A3,Sa'
pounds. OF the principal causes o
condemnation, IS PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS ~ per cent 70
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw-and pc
cent for hog cholera"
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Chicago n at the mercy Of the Bee
Trust The Illinois legislature mus
come to her rescue.
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The Government meat law, passed L
Oblige the packers. In lieu OF Law
which would please the people, fool
nobody.
Senator Beveridge Of Indiana, q
able and honest man, rlddled the neV
meat law In a great speech recently.
lie declared that the law ought I
DO amended so as to make the pack
ers and not the Government pay to
the inspection, besides being vitall
amended In number Of other ways.
In the meantime the people Of tn
world are slowly discovering, despit
the conceaiments OF the subsidize
American press, that the present syi
TEN IL a delusion and a snare. In TIL
connection, the following dispatch froI
Paris, France, explains Itself:
"Paris, Nov. 20.--OmissiOn of til
microscopic examination of pork froI
the new American meat inspection rel
ulatlOns has resulted In preliminar
decision on the part OF the Frenc
customs authorities barring America
! ham, bacon, canned pork, etc.
safer long diplomatic negotiation
several years ago France agreed I
. admit American pork on q govsrnmsr