Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-04

" them was condemned because it
contained poison and was therefore
detrimental to the public health. Lock
Of space alone prohibits us from print.
ing the list and the names Of the
houses shipping the stun.
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The Beef Trust has caused a big
raise in the price Of shoes. The al.
legged beef trust controls incidentally
the domestic hide market. which Con-
gress closed practically for the benent
Of the beef trust by clapping a duty Of
Is per cent nd valorem on foreign
hides. The alleged beef trust, accord.
ing to Associated Press dispatches,
now also controls the domestic tanning
industry. Hence the beef trust fixes
now the cost Of the leather, the raw
material out Of which shoes are made,
and hence II controls both the prices
Of shoes In the domestic market and
In the export shoe trade. built up at
great expense BY our shoe manufac.
turers.
Furthermore, Il II common knowi.
edge that the domestic price Of butter,
eggs. butterins. dressed poultry, the
grains, fruits, Vegetables. apples. pota.
toes and probably other foods y regu.
lated largely By the same trust Of coz.
poratdons.
This u LOGICAL and Unavoidable q
present Il y due IN part - special
privileges Of lower rates IN the chip.
ping. private refrigsrator lines, in.
menss grain elevators and cold.stosago
plants scattered at the strategic points
and In part, no doubt to the sheer
brutal force Of unlimited millions Of
dollars: q power welded BY q few per.
sons whom society does not hold per.
sonaily responsible at present.
The spirits Of thousands Of poos
boys who went out 10 aght Cor IT,
United States In the Spanish.Amssi.
can war. must hover over the fortunes
Of the Dfsf Trust IN Q demand TO-
venseanccs
These thousands were killed By ~
'smbalmed heef' Of the Beef Trust
and BY the poisons used In the makeup
Of their Beef Trust rationa.
Neither tho bullets Of the SpaniardO
or the terrors Of the Cuban climate
did any havoc 10 the American soldise,
poor boy, at all comparable with the
damage done BY the frightful smbaim.
ed food Of the Beef Trust.
The young fellows who offered thsls
lives to the American government, did
not for q moment imagine that The
country for which they were lighting
would permit . Beef Trust to furnish
them with poisoned rations.
But II did.
The soldiers trusted their country
and ate the poison.
The result was death. disease. broken
constitutions for thousands.
These are facts which the war rec
0rds will corr0borate.
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st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. ?0.--A coro.
ner's jury investigating the death Of
Ernest Goers. who died Feb. 8 after
eating pork sausage, to-day returned q
verdict recommending that the author.
tiles take proper means for more
rigid inspection and examination OF all
food products The testimony showed
that the sausage eaten by Gocrs was
bought from South st. Paul packing
house, where government inspectors In.
spect all meat products.
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Sterling, ILL.,, Dec. 26.-(Special.) y
Eating canned meat almost caused the
death Of Mrs. Benjamin Eick to-day.
She Is In a critical state.
The Beef Trust Is still trottlng people
over here from England and sending
them back with glowing reports OF the
Trust and Its products.