Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-23
people In ignorance Of true. but awful,
conditions which menace their health.

people In ignorance Of true. but awful.
conditions which menace their health
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The Illinois Legislature should In.
vcstigate the Beef Trust thoroughly
this winter.
Chicago Is the headquarters Of this
nefarious Trust, and therefore Illinois
Is more Interested In the subject than
any other state.
That is. Illinois ought to be more
Interested In the subject.
But while Kentucky and North On.
kota and Pennsylvania and Vermont
and other States, through their pure
food departments. have adopted drastic
measures against the Beef Trust pol.
sons, Illinois has rested supine.
The Legislature Gun ascertain from
the pure food commissioners Of Ken.
lucky ana North Dakota. what the
lawyers Of the Beef Trust promised to
do In those states, " given another
chance.
The Legislature can nlso ascertain
what the Beef Trust 10 not required to
do In Illinois.
tuberculosis, cancer and append.
cltis, all directly traceable to Beef
Trust products, are on the increase.
The new Government inspection law
does nothing for the people OF Illinois
II tuberculosis any better for the
'eople this year than It was last yeari
In another column will be found ex.
tracts from the Health Department an
iual report and weekly bulletins. DO
you think that In the face Of these doc
iments and the facts they contain that
the city Gun refuse to continue the H.
>pectiOn and condemnation Of tuber
'ulOsis aud cancerOus cattle ut the
StOck Yards?
How many concerns make fancy lard
for culinary use out Of hogs that die
Il ch0leraf
How many thousands Of carcases
nave the city inspectors condemned that
we're found hanging In coolers with the
tubercvlosls trimmed outf
Where does all the meat that ar.
dves at the Stock Yards ut night
Dme froln7
How many condemned hoss have been
sOid 10 i,sss pOrki
10 Il. or b Il not 90, that some Of
The cattle condemned BY city inspec-
sors have been found with their whole
'nsides one mass IT corruptionf
70 Il not true that the butchers at
the yards are afraid to cut some cattle
OF fear Of contracting contasion them.
sslvesf
10 II true that many canned cattle
sre now killed outside the city and their
arcases shipped In with tumOrs and
ancers still attached
Why do Kansas City and other
points ship their tuberculous. lumpy.
Iawsd and cancer cattle to Chicago2
Why 10 II that diseased cattle can.
not b shipped TO any point east Of
Chicago2
Why 10 Il. and BY whose orders was
II that after the city inspectors had
S~ssssessssCO wv suuVy 'J0WoO CoSt0
that they were "released"f
BY whose orders was Il dOne2
10 there another city besides Chi.
cago that will even allow . lumpy.
lawed "critter'' to enter IT.
10 II not true that In st. Louis each
lumpy-jawed beast means q One Of
$500, and that In Toronto. Canada, the
beast aud even its hide are destroyed?
Pork for Great Britain IL never OK.
amined for trichina.
Hence the following figures may be
interesting:
In 1904 Great Britain imported from
the United States 7,676,45O pounds OF
canned pork. valued ut $77O, 4tS, and
1899, 65l pounds Of fresh pork. valued
ut $1,2OO.S55.
In 1904 Germany imported from the
United States 49, pounds of canned
pork, valued ut $4.S35 and NO FRESH