Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-16


Tor, the fate Of the public will be worse
than 1t ever was.
The Chicago Tribune. which Will
not be accused by anyone Of being an
enemy Of the Beef Trust, after calling
attention to the feet that only q out
Of 100 meat product inspectors had
gone to work under tie new law. said
on Tuesday, Sept. II. 1906: 1T VIII
be necessary to hold another examlna.
ton before the full complement Of 40
men can be installed, and 1t Is doubt.
ful II u sufficient number will be avail.
able for duty when the new law goes
into effect Oct. !. The new inspectors
will look after sanitary conditions at
the plants principally. and Mr.. Cooley
placed them where they could do the
most effective work In the four estab.
iishments. They will inspect the trucks.
rooms. hangers, tables, pipes and doors.
vixty.tire Of those who took the exam.
luation recently passed but only twen.
ty.Seven reported for duty. This IL &C.
counted for BY the fact that OF those
who passed q number are now EN-.
ployed 10 the packing houses ut 500
z month. The salary Of an inspector II
but &sS.33 a month"
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A great portion Of the ''lunpy Jaw"
beef slaughtered in the United States
and passed 40 sound" BY the inspect.
ors 10 sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to a recent article In the
Chicago Tribune. st. Louis prohibits
both the slaughter and sale Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle In that city, and Kansas
City, while It permits the slaughtering
Of such cattle. prohibits the sale Of the
beet.
That Chicago has bscome the "dump.
Ing ground" for practically oil the
siumpy Jaw" beef In the country was
revealed BY food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head Of "lumpy
law" cattle. OF these only = small
fraction 10 condemned % unfit for con
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out. 10 sold for prime beef
and brings the retailer 40 good prices
- the best beef.
This 10 possible by reason Of the fact
that the consumer has no way OF telling
whether the beef he buys II part Of q
siumpy Jaw" steer or not II the In
spectors pass an infected animal, aftel
the post.mortem inspection, the beef Il
placed In the cooler and sold just al
any other beef. OF course the attitude
Of Health Commissioner Whalen ant
others II that the locally infected cattle
are not generally unit for food.
Out Of total days slaughter Of IN
head OF "lumpy Jaw" and otherwise IN
fected animals only twelve Cur
casses were condemned after post
mortem inspection. This means that q
an average weight Of 1900 pounds eacl
there will be sold In Chicago durinl
the next few days at least 10000
pounds OF "lumpy Jaw" beef. How
much Of the same kind OF meat i
shipped into Chicago from Kansas CIT!
and other places where It's sale is pro
hibited would be difficult to estimate
but the quantity IL undoubtedly large
In most OF the Eastern cities ordi
nances are In force prohibiting the sal
Of meat from animals with actinOmy
COSTS, the scientific name for 'lump
saw" Thus Chicago remains as tn
only large market where that class 0
cattle may be slaughtered and sold wit
profit.
The average weekly receipts Of cattl
at the stock yards are 10000 head, an
among these always are found froI
100 to 200 animals infected In on
way or another.
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Several foreign governments woul
do we'll to send secret investigator
here 10 ascertain the kind of meats e.
ported 10 their countries. According
all accounts several of their represen
atlves are very friendly 10 the Be-