Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-02

Health Department inspectors, DR.. G.
J. Whalen, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS"
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan),
American Medicine December %,
says: One stands aghast ut the crlml.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. It Is now
In order to 60 a step farther and find
out who Is responsible for this moral
Obllquity.
att IL well known that combina.
tons Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rails.
Ing the price Of food stuffs beyond the
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry has
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
erst time are the combinations which
coNtrol the food supply. brought ist> q
direct relation to public health.
"'lt ID high time that THE n>tter
b taken ont Of the class Of mino, Of.
fenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
h war, when al kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned. Il h thu height Of dls.
honor-even murder-to poison the
water supply Of q country. 10 Il any
better to poison the food supplyi II
ID time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health d.
partment Bulletin, November I. 1905:
The total amount Of meats con.
dsmned during the period was l,8lS,8lS
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. 90 PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBDRCUkOsIs. u Per cent for
actinomyc ycosis--lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for bog cholsra."
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Tho Illinois Tunnel Company, or
rather tho Chicago Subways Company,
Is after the earth. VIII It get It?
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. Q.
1905: "A total Of 147.000 pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
(during the past weekly under the 81.
pervisIon Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludcS 4,OS3 pounds Of g0vernment.in.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade aud canning"
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Health Department Bulletin, Novem.
Der II, 1906:
although the condemnation and de-
struction Of food supplies unit for
human consumption during tho past
three mOnths-slnce the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
BY order Of the Commlssloner-havc
reached immense proportions. much un.
ut food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats as show gross
path0l0gic conditions, recognizable by
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cillties for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs and o cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"rhe total stock yards condemnati tions
amounted to 17G,S0S pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses
In other words It has been and In
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumOrs and let the rest OF
the carcass 80 to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
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The Beef ,rrusl will find II hard
10 get resting place when the peo.
pie Of this country rise against II,
40 they surely will. The people Of the
whole world are crying for Ito exter.
minatiOn.
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