Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-09
Government Meat inspectors Chosen from
Beef Trust Employees Under the
New inspection Law.
Everything to Be Sold in Cans to
the Public Without Any
Restraint.

With G corps of Beef Trust inspec.
tors the fate Of the public Will be worse
than IL ever YVES.
The Chicago Tribune, which Will
not be accused by anyone of being an
enemy of the Beef Trust. after calling
attention TO the fact that only - out
of 100 meat product inspectors had
gone to work under the new law. said
on Tuesday, Sept. IL, 1906: 1T Will
be necessary TO hold another examina-
ton before the full complement of 10
men can be installed. and 1t Is doubt
full II "A 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.
lishments. They will inspect the trucks,
rooms, hangers. tables, pipes and floors.
Sixty.five OF those who took the exam.
ination recently passed but only TWEEN.
ty.seven reported for duty. This Is nc.
counted for by the fact that OF those
who passed number are now en-
ployed in the packing houses at slOO
a month. The salary Of an inspector IL
but $3.50 a month"
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A great portion Of the "lumpy jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed rs Sound" by the inspect.
ors IL 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 1t permits the slaughtering
Of such cattle, prohibits the sale Of the
beef.
That Chicago has become the "dump.
Ing ground for practically all the
."lumpy Jaw" beef In the country was
revealed BY food inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head Of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle. OF these only small
fraction IL condemned az unfit for con.
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out, Is sold for prime beef,
and brings the retailer as good prices
a. the best beef.
This IL possible by reason Of the fact
that the consumer has no way Of telling
whether the beef he buys Is part OF q
''lumpy Jaw" steer or not. II the In.
spectors pass an infected animal, after
the post.mortem inspection, the beef Is
placed In the cooler and sold just as
any other beef. OF course the attitude
Of Health Commissioner Whalen and
others Is that the locally infected cattle
are not generally unfit for food.
Out Of a total days slaughter Of 100
head OF "lumpy Jaw" and otherwise In
fected animals only twelve car
cases were condemned after post
norton inspection. This means that al
an average weight Of 1900 pounds each
there will be sold In Chicago during
the next few days Mt least l20,GO(
pounds OF "lumpy jaw" beef. How
much of the same kind Of meat II
shipped into Chicago from Kansas CITY
and other places where Its 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
Jaw" Thus Chicago remains as tn
only large market where that class O
cattle may be slaughtered and sold wit
profit
The average weekly receipts OF cattl
ct the stock yards are 10000 head, an
among these always are found froI
100 to 200 animals infected In on
way or another.
Several foreign governments won
do we'll to send secret investigator
here to ASCERTAIN the kind Of meats Q,
ported to their countries. According
all accounts several of their represen
atiyes are very friendly to the Be-
Trust. So markedly 70 that CONNER
upon the fact has quite decided an
positive tone.
The Beef Trust Is happy over Its VII
tory In the matter OF labels.
Il can feed the people what 1t like
and make them pay for what they d
not want
The new government law has falle
down already on the labels as 1t has
other details.
The labels ON the canned goods of tn
Beef Trust will continue to lie.
False labels ON Beet Trust came
goods have received government sant
tlOn. Witness:
Washington, d. c., Sept 13-Canne
roast beef will continue to bear tn
label Of "roast baps." nOtwithstandin
the fact that 1t re. y boiled beef
This was a decision REM d at con
ference to-day between sr-r-tary vii
son and Senator Hopkins, OF Illinois
and Thomas u. Wilson. general man
ager OF the Nelson Morris PacklnI
Company OF Chicago.
Mr.. Wilson explained that the meth
cd OF preparing canned roast beef wa
% parboll the meat for fifteen minutes
and then put II In cans and subject Il
= steam beat for three hours. Mr.