Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-06
It Floods Chicago with Lumpy Jaw
Cattle and the Authorities
Do Nothing.
This City the Dumping Ground for
All the Bad Cattle in the
West.

Does the Meat Inspection law pro.
tect the foreigner?
1t certainly does not protect the Chi.
cagoan.
Chicago IL reveling In a feast of
lumpy jaw beef, tuberculosis cattle and
the like.
The new Federal meat inspection law
Is In force. but, 80 far as Chicago Ii
concerned. 1t Is a dead letter.
The United States law only applies
to meat intended for export and for
meat shipped to other States.
This Is as far as the Federal author.
ity can 20.
1t cannot interfere with local condl.
lions.
These are wholly under the control
of the local government and the local
government believes that when the
tubcrcular parts Of the beef and the
lumpy Jaw or cancerous parts Of the
beef are cut out. that the rest Of the
carcass Is good to eat.
SO thousands OF Chicagoans nre eat.
Ing lumpy jaw cattle every day, IN
bllssful ignorance Of the awful facts
and the Beef Trust Is getting richer
than ever by purveying bad food to the
people.
The most radical legislation Is neces.
sary to obliterate this evil and the
people will get It when they wake up
and realize the terrible danger that
constantly menaces themselves and
their families under present conditions.
Speaking Of the supinencss Of the
Chicago Health Department In this
matter. the Chicago Tribune In a re.
Gently printed editorial declared:
"'rhe Health Department should Mt
once enact and enforce the regulations
which have been prepared by the De
partment Of Agriculture.
III those regulations nre necessary
to insure the good quality Of Chicago
meat which Is to be eaten by English.
men they are equally necessary to In.
sure the good quality of Chicago meat
which Is to be eaten In Chicago. II
the people Of Chicago are also. They
will not get the same degree Of pro.
lection unless the local Inspection Is
rs good rs the Federal inspection.
"rhcrc will be an attempt to work
off on Chicago consumers inferior meats
which cannot he marketed elsewhere
Many of the smaller packers who have
no outside trade will not maintain
high standard Of cleanliness In Their
establishments unless they are forced
to. There Is need of vigilant municipal
inspection to keep this city from be
coming a dumping ground for poor meat
and to enforce sanitary regulations IN
packing houses which are outside tho
scope Of Federal supervision"
What an awful fuss the daily nsws
papers make over the Insurance SSaU
dais! And yet not one person In 1000 -
affected by them. Yet the daily news
papers have nothing to say against the
Beef Trust. which rObs every man,
woman and child In the community
every DAY.
The wOrkingman aud every otneI
man for that matter Ii entitled to pure
food and pure medicine. A government
that does not protect a man and bic
family In these particulars deserves to
be overthrown. The Beef Trust must
so.
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The Beef Trust Ia going to control
the grazing business rs well as the
rest OF the cattle trade. 1t Is acQuir'
ing title to millions Of acres OF land
In Colorado for the purpose Of rails
Ing cattle.
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The number of cattle afflicted with
tuberculosis Is said to he very large
The report of the Chicago Health DE