Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06

cular tumors ''trimmed out" ready 10
he cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3.03S. on sounds Of
food condemned n 1906 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DR.. G.
J. whalen, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT or TUBERCULOSIS."
Commenting upon tiiis condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan),
American Medicine December 70,
says: One stands aghast at the criml.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspectlng community. Il Ii now
In order to 60 q step farther and nnd
out who ID responsible for this moral
obliqulty.
att ID well known that comblna.
lions Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rails
Ing the price Of food stuffs beyond the
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry has
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
erst time are the combinations which
coA.rol the food supply, broagat ~, q
direct relation to public health.
att 10 high time that The 4 utter
be taken out Of the class Of minoa of.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Dven
II war, when all kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned. L n TIA height a az.
honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of Q country. 10 Il any
bettsr to poison the food supplyf II
10 time that the public mind should
develop . conscience In this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health Do.
partment Bulletin. November L 1905: :
The total amount Of meats con-
Damned during The period was l,3l8,S48
pounda OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. 60 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, II per cent for
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw-and 1 per
cent for bog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. 0.
1906: "A total Of 147,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
During the past weekly under the ~.
pervision Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 4.0S3 pounds Of governmentin.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
Health Department. Bulletin, Novem.
Der II, 1906:
although the condemnation and de-
struction Of food supplies unit for
human consumption during the past
three mOnths-since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
BY order OF the Commissioners
reached immense proportions, much IN.
ut food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats a. show gross
patholOgic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye. are now condemned. Fa-
cilities for microscopic laboratory u.
animation have not yet been restored.
"'rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses, 8 hogs and cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"The total stock yards condemnation
amounted to 176,SOs pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses I"
In other words 1t has been and IL
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumors and let the rest OF
the carcass go to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
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The Beef Irus, will find It hard
to get a resting place when the peO-
pie of this country rise against 1t,
AS they surely will. The people of the
whole world are crying for its exter-
minatiOn.
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