Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-25

passed government inspection e: chose
places"
This shows the sort Of government
inspection we have had.
II few Of the governmental omis.
siOns are rectifed how many thous.
ands are mott
How many HOMES IN Europe and
America are at this moment harboring
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle
~ anc-s report Of the Health Com.
saiolonea oGleola Of meat hanging In
the coolera o. vvaSs houses. with timber.
cular tumors trimmed OUT ready to
he cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3.035. ON mounds Of
food condemned n 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors. DR.. G.
]. 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 q,
says: One stands ashast at the crimi.
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspectlng community. II Ii now
10 order to 60 step farther and find
out who ID responsible for this moral
obliquity.
"'lt 10 well known that combina.
lions 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 hae
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living. but here for the
crst time are the combinations which
coasrol the food supply, brought Ia, .
direct relation to public health.
ut 10 high time that THE Meter
b taken out Of the class Of mino, OF.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
IN war. when al kinds Of brutality ars
sanctioned. Il n thu height az dis.
honor -even .murder-tO poison the
water supply Of q country. 10 II any
better to poison the food supplyf II
II time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
partment Bulletin. November 4, 1905
1.-THE total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1.SAS.34a
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. S5 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOsIs. ~ per cent for
omycosis-iumpy jaw-and 4 PET
cent for hog cholera"
Health Department Bulletin. Dec. o
1906: "A total Of 147,00O pounds OF
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past week. under the su'
pervisiOn Of the department inspectors
ut tho Union Stock Yards. This In,
cludes 1883 pounds Of government.in
spected cut meats shipped from PACK
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
~
Health Department Bulletin. Novem
Der II. 1906:
"Although the condemnation and de
struction Of food supplies unft fol
human consumption during the past
three nOnths-since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.
By order Of the Commissioners have
reached immense proportions, much IN
1t food still reaches the market Only
such animals and meats 40 show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable b.
the naked eye. are now condemned. IA
cilities for microscopic laboratory q
animation have not yet been restored
"'rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec
tors condemned and destroyed 80 part
Of beef carcasses, 3 hogs and cattl'
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"rhe total stock yards condemnation
amounted to l76,SOS pounds"
parts of beef carcasses
In other words II has been and I
the practice to cut out the cancers an,
tubercular tumOrs and let the rest O
the carcass so to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
During the twelve months prior {
the withdrawal Of the city inspector
from the stock yards, according to tn
report of the Health Department 70
1906, issued in 1907, the city inspector
condemned and destroyed 28O06 cal
tie and hogs. The principal causes 70
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis. 50 per cent
lumpy jaw, II per cent; other causes
4 per cent.
Hogs, tuberculosis. 65 per cent
cholera and swine plague, 20 per cent
other causes, o per cent
But the city inspectors have no,
been withdrawn from the stock yard
The following from the Chicago Rex
ord Herald Of January 4, 1908, explain
Itself:
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 3.-Clrcui
Judge Wiess this afternoon In an opiu
lon held that the use Of cereal and wa
ter In sausage Ia an adulterati0n Of th
product and brings 1t within the scoop
Of the State pure food law prohibitin