Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-13

cautions arc taken to prevent contsmj.
nation3
How DO the trust gentlemen knov'
They inform ~ that what goss o.
behind the walls Of their plants q
their own affair; that H. their boz.
ness; they will manage Il % thsy ~
nt Whose affair 10 Il then, II the
nation eats diseased meat, II 10 aso
poisoned By trichInas, II cancer II.
creases3
Other countries are not % dull .
we are about these thingx Other
countries understand very we'll the
monstrous peFils involved In the msth.
DDS Of this monopoly. and therefore,
try TO exclude American meats.
To quiet their objections the Unitsd
States 10 supposed to keep an inspsceoe
upon meat intended for export and %
place upon Il an ofiicial stamp certify.
ing that Il 10 nt Tor food.
II, then, these are the methods u
regard to export beet, about which
there II nominal inspection, what %
you suppose are the methods about
meat for domestic consumption, o.
which there 10 no inspection at ailf
whyw the Bsef Trust allowed b %
on year after year violating the law
and no attempt made 70 prevent ~
Why are the laws inert against this
criminal orsanisationi Why 10 Q man
sent to prison for i've years for forg.
Ing Q 0ve-dollar check and these men
20 free for swindlins q natioui
Why do We contribute our dollars
year aftar year 10 swell unnecessary
hoards3
Why are W content 10 have our
food prepared for ~ In secret under
conditions that b any sane mind CO.
tainy suggest fraud and trsachseyf
We are not obliged to have these
things II We do not want them. The
remedies are simple enough.
Al to the ''lumpy Jaw" the tubsrcu.
losis and the cancer. put q stop b pr.
vate slaughterinG Let all the slaueh.
terins Of food animals b done By The
state In the light Of day, without any
Of this dark lantern buslnsss, on equal
terms for all There are very few
private slaughter houses In ENGLAND
The cities and towns run their slaugh.
tor houses under medical inspection
But In England the people do not care
10 be poisoned In their meat
And we need not worry about the Oh.
lection that publicly owned slaushtse
houses are an invasion OF the privste
rights Of business When Il comes %
life and death tl,ses are no privats
rights OF businsss. No man haa Q rieht
10 saved profits that b makes b.
spreading disease. We have gone TO
far on the road b public sanitation 10
turn back because some Osntiemau's
profits are threatened The STATE wiz
not allow you to % around with small.
pox or 10 conceal scarlet nevee 10 youe
house. although each may b strictaS
your own a6ajr. Compared with can.
Ger. smallpox and scarlet fever ars
nothing. II the Gtate can take radical
measures 10 stamp out cholera Il On
take radical measures b stamp OF
cancer. Q million times wosse than
cholera. IL Il can provide psst houeae
for public safety Il can provide slaueh.
ter houses for public safsty. And ID
duty In TIE one cass 10 ct least % clear
% In the other.
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The Eagles prediction that the BsaR
Trust would raise the price Of food
ON the people has been fuiallad. tn
action OF the packers 10 expactad b
arouse particularly those members OF
Congress who have insisted that the
packers should pay the cost Of the
meat inspection. for which Congress
now appropriates 100000 annually.
Ono Of the arguments used AGAINST this
proposal has been the allegation that
the packers would at once shift TIE
cost Of the inspection 10 the cattle
ralsers.
Now that the packers propose -
shift the los from condemned oar
cases while at the same time they
profit by the advertisement OF Tho Gov
ernment guaranty OF the whOlenme-
ness Of their products the proponents
Of the plan to make them pay for the
government inspection insist they have
an argument Senators Beveridea Of
Indiana, aud Gallinger, Of New Hamp-
SHIRE have already promised to renew
the dght In the next C0ngrsss.
Congress- should at once add to the
meat inspection law these three pro.
visions:
Fuckers should be obliged TO
bear all the expense attached to In
specttOn.
2-Packers should be obliged 70
print date of canning on the labels q
all canned goOda
8-All meat In transit should b ~
spected BY thu government