Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-09


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'E'rom 1885 to 1890 the figures are
missing.
These are sample pages from the
dreadful records. The trend OF mcd'.
cal investigation has been toward the
conclusion that the origin Of the hu-
man cancer Infection IL to he found
In meat. II Is no longer held to be
possible that cancer or n tendency to
cancer can he inherited. The infec
ton Is due always to an active ngcpt
taken In some way into the system.
The meat of cattle afflicted with "lum.
ny jaw" would be such IN agent.
There come to the slaughter houses
OF the trust. week by week. many cnt.
tic afflicted with "lumpy Jaw" What
becomes Of them?
don't know; you don't know; no.
body knows outside Of the precincts Of
the slaughter houses.
And yet there can be no question to
man who desires to live that IL Of
greater Importance than this. The op.
erati0ns Of those slaughter houses are
conducted behind closed doors. No
outsider u allowed to glimpse what
goes on there. No representative Of
the public ever aets behind that cur.
tain. You can 20 there and be enter.
tainosl with fake exhibition Of fnke
slaughtering conducted as public
spectacle. That amounts to nothing.
The real work no ono ever sees but
the employees.
What becomes Of the diseased cat.
tie? Theoretically they are burned and
converted into fertilizer. Who sees
the burning? Who knows that It IL
done or how II is doneY Nobody out.
side Of the employees. All we know
is that "lumpy law" is cancer; that
many cattle have 'lumpy jaw;" that
"lumpy jaw" is communicable and that
cancer frightfully Increases.
The London Lancet. the leading
medical journal Of Europe, scnt man
to Chicago to investigate. 20 far as he
could, the slamghterlng processes Of the
trust h0uses. He returned with a reve.
latlOn that should have called for gov.
ernment investigation. He declared
that the methods employed were most
unsanitary. That the work WAS done
In hurried. careless, slipshod way;
that there was no t0lorable inspection
or sanitary supervision; that the health
Of the world was menaced by those
conditions. To this scathing indIct.
ment from q great medical authority
no serious defense was ever made.
subsequently, there appeared In
Jamestown, N. Y. remarkable book.
"rhe Dark Side Of the Beef Trust"
apparently written by an expert, SUD.
plementing the charges Of the Lancet
anu enforcing them with such details
as could hardly have been supplied by
anything but personal knowledge. The
whole process Of manufacture In the
trust houses was followed with minute
care and the charge was explicitly
made that carelessnsss reIgned every.
where; that imsu pr.Iucts were ha.
bltually sent out for c0nsump tion; that
meat ut only for destruction was ha.
bitually worked up with spices and
drugs to disguise Ito taste aud sold to
the public.
10 this extraordinary array Of spe.
ciac assertions no answer was ever
made.
Here, then, are two witnesses that
solemnly declare that the conditions In
the trust slaughter houses are exactly
such rs would allow the meat of
"lumpy jaw" cattle to be sent out as
food.
Suppose that We take Of the matter
the most charitable view possible.
Suppose We assume that the trust gen.
tlemen are most scrupulous about all
the ways In which they make money.
Suppose We forget about the soldiers
poisoned by embalmed beef, tho games
of gouge aid robbery practiced by the
trust refrigerator car lines, the manip-
ulation OF thousand markets for
profits, the tribute levied by this com.
blnatlon upon all households In the
country. Let Us forget that they are
law.brcakers and mOney-mad and as.
sumo that not one of them would
touch a cent Of questionable profits.
Still this question stares us IN the
face: How do we know what becomes
of the ''lumpy jaw" cattle?
How do the trust gentlemen knows
Their employees are employed to
make much money for tho trust gen.
tlemen. How do we know the vays
In which the money 10 made?
How do the trust gentlemen know1
Here 10 q stream OF the most terrible
infection passing daily within Q esw
inehss Of To nauess food supply.