Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-27


The fact that the Beef Trust fought
a proposed law to this effect, last year,
only goes to emphasize the necessity
that exists for one.
According to all accounts the canned
goods of the Beef Trust are bad enough
when comparatively new, without un.
loading on the public canned goods that
have been years In warehouse.
More than that, the government
should compel the packers to pay all
the expenses of meat inspection.
The government should also inspect
all meat IN transit.
Lately the Beef Trust has been
branching out and gobbllng up other
lines of business.
1t controls the meat business.
1t controls the poultry trade.
1t controls the egg market.
IL COutTOlS Tie niue uiuThcts
1t controls the boot and shoe trade.
And lately 1t has stepped into the
control of large part Of the vegetable
market.
1t Is the Beef Trust md the Beef
Trust alone that has made the cost
of living as high as 1t Is.
The Be1 Trust buys cattle, swine
and sheep on the hoof for almost moth.
Ing.
II you will take the trouble to look
ut the market reports Of the daily
papers you will see that the trust pays
from sl.25 to 81 per 100 pounds for
canning COWS. This Ii cent ana a
quarter to two cents pound. For
very high grade meat they pay M
high as five or six cents a pound.
The trust utillzes every portion Of the
cattle. hoofs, horns, intestlnes, hide,
hair and bones.
1t could afford to sell the people
meat ut reasonable prices and make a
big profit itself.
But It Is too hogglsh to do this II
has the American public by the throat
and makes the American public pay
outrageous prices.
The following from the Chicago
Daily Journal market report for July
-. 1907, Is n fair sample of what the
Beef Trust pays for cattle, per 100
pounds:
Prime fat steers .......... 80. I5Ni Ida
Good To choice steers ...... 6.iOdi6.IO
Medium To good steers 80. 5.I50LG.lO
Common to medium steers. 5.250t5.GU
Inferior killers ............ 4.I5dt5. III
Good to choice cows ....... 4OO0i5.II
Medium cows ............. 3250l3.Si
Common to good cutters -. 25O0L3.OO
Medium to good Gamers -. 1.15hi2.iO
Prime hcifcrs ............. 4.GO0l5.IJ
Medium to good helfers go. 3.500Li.2i
Common to fair hcifers 30O6l3.G o.
Good to choice bulls ....... 4.lO6t5.2I
BOLOGNA bulls ........... 3156l3GC
Good to choice calves 900. G5Odp7.2I
Medium calves ............ G.OOMG.5t
Inferior heavy calves 800. 3.OOHtiN
Selected feeders ........... 4.G5M5t
Good feeders .............. I.406i 4Gl
Medium feeders ..,......,. 4,OOdli,3!
Fair to good stockers ...... 3.GOm Loo
Inferior to light stockcrs. 3,OOW3u
You will see from the above figures
that the average price paid by the
Beef Trust Is about 1 cents pound.
But do the people who have to pa,
eXorbitant prices for food get goot
fOodI
Let us look at some of the records
Of the Chicago Health Department fo
reply:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin of Octo
Der %, 1868, speaks for itself:
The city inspectors mt the Unlor
Stock Yards condemned FIVE CAT
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS
WITH A PART or THE EVIDENCE
or TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED by
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"They also condemned and destroye,
3,O03 pounds Of cut meats shipped from
st. Louis and Kansas City, havin.
passed government Inspection at thos'
places"
This shows the sort Of government
J inspection we have.
II a few of the governmental omls
Sions are rectified how many thOus
ands are not?
How many homes In Europe an,
| America are AT this moment hnrbOrlnl
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle
The above report Of the Health Com
missioner speaks of meat hanging l.
J the coolers Of trust houses, with iuber