Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12

certificate that 1t had been examined
mcroscopically and found sound. When
the new regulations were submitted to
the authorities here they ruled that
they did not comply with the old
agreement.
Ambassador Mccormick. under In.
structiUns from Washington. made OIL.
ergetlc representations to the foreign
Office. pointing out that while the mi.
crOscopic examination had been eliml.
mated the new meat Inspection was
more rigorous and more efficient"
Why should a foreign government
believe u word In favor Of U. 8. inspec.
ton. when they were told over and
over again by our diplomatic rcprescn.
tatlvcs abroad that the old L. s. in
spcctlOn was most rigorous and ell.
Gent"
Tho elimination OF the microscopic
test for trlchina or other infection was
u barcfaccd and scandalous outrage.
But the Beef Trust will stop ut moth.
Ing.
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Why doesn't Mayor Dnnnc got after
the Beef Trust? Just see how they do
things In Vermont. Read this:
(By the Associated Press.)
Burlington. Vt. Oct. 3l.-Thc Chit
tendon County grand jury to-day 70.
turned eight indictments In connection
with the sale AMI expectation of dis.
eased beef nnd cattle In the State Of
Vermont. Four Of the indictments were
against the Consolidated Rendering
Company and four were against l.. l..
brigham, manager of the Burlington
Rendering Company's plant In this city.
The local company Is controlled by the
Consolidated company, which Is Il
Maine corporation.
The indictments against Brigham ana
tho Consolidated company were identI.
cal and charged, first, the sale of dis.
enscd meat; second, the sale of dis.
eased COW; third, the possession of
meat of calf under four weeks old.
for the purpose of shipping 1t out of
the State; fourth, the possession of the
body of calf, to be sold for food p,ir.
poses. Each of the indictments con.
talns 100 counts.
Counsel for Brigham secured a con.
finuance OF one of the cases against
him until the March term of the court.
All the defendants were held In bail
for $500.
49,
The single city inspector ut the
Stock Yards condemned 142.95G pounds
Of meat during the week ending Oct.
II, 1906. No prosecutions.
In a speech at New York Oct. IL,
1906, United States Senator Beveridgc,
Of Indiana, said:
NEARLY everybody eats meat, and so
long MS everybody eats meat the meat
industry should be organized SO that
1t can serve all the people. But the
government Of all the people, whom the
organized meat Industry serves should
s"e that 1t deals justly by all the peo-
plc whom 1t serves.
"And so, while the government OF
all the people should not own the meat
Industry that serves all the people, 1t
should regulate the meat industry that
serves all the people When that bust
ness becomes so great that 1t affects
all the people 1t becomes not only
private business but public business.
The profits for It's owners are no longer
the sole consideration, but the health Of
the people Is also consideration"
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The United States government Is to
withdraw its suits against the Beef
Trust because the government is afraid
that 1t would not get justice in its
own courts
The following Is taken from the Chi.
cago Chronicle, Dec. IA:
London, Dec. 13.-Dr. COllingridge,
the medical officer OF the health de-