Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-04

passed government inspection :. those
places"
This shows the sort Of government
inspection we have had.
II q few of the governmental omIs.
sions are rectiied how many thous.
ands are not?
How many hoincs In Europe and
America are at this moment harboring
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle
NY aSSye report Of the Health Com.
nsos:oner lcueks Of meat hanging 10
the cOolers Of yss,A houses. with tuber.
cular tumors trimmed OUT ready Il
he cut into steaks
Speaking Of the 3.Oa5. OOo sounds Of
food condemned n 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DIR. 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 at the crimI
nal cupidity which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. It 10 now
In order to 90 Q step farther and nnd
out who 10 responsible for this moral
obllquity.
"'It 10 we'll known that combine.
lions Of the larger meat dealers have
existed 10 the past 70 the end Of rails.
Ing The price Of food stuffs beyond the
point b which healthy competition
would reduce them. The cutlery ~
always bssn In protest against The IN.
creased cost Of living. but here for TIE
osst time are the combinations which
coAerol the food supply, beouest ~ 4
direct relation to public health.
1T 10 high time that thls n>tter
b taken out Of the clan Of mino, of.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THn
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
II war, when all kinds Of brutality are
~nctioned. Il 10 the height Of AZ.
honor even murder-to poison the
water supply Of q country. 10 Il any
better to poison the food suppiyf Il
ls time that the public mind should
develop a conscience In this direction"
Speaking d. Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1905:
THE total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was l,343, 34S
pounds. OF the principal causes OF
condemnation. 50 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, ~ per cent for
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
~9A
Health Department Bulletin, Dec. O.
1905: "A total Of 147.O0O 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.
cludes 1858 pounds Of governmental.
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 unit for
human consumption during the past
three months-since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
~ order OF the Commissioners
reached Immense proportions, much un.
ut food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats % show gross
pathologic conditions. recognizable BY
the naked eye. are now condemned. Fa.
cilities for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
OF beef carcasses, 8 hogs and O cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED by
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"rhe total stock yards condemnation
amounted to l70,SOS pounds"
parts OF beef carcasses!"
In other words 1t has been and IL
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumors and let the rest OF
the carcass 90 to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
~
During the twelve months prior to
the withdrawal Of the city inspectors
from the stock yards, according to the
report Of the Health Department for
1905. issued In 1907, the city inspectors
condemned and destroyed 26O08 cat.
tie and hogs. The principal causes for
condemnation We're:
Cattle, tuberculosis, So per cent;
hmpy Jaw, IA per cent other causes,
per cent.
Hogs, tuberculosis, 05 per cent;
cholera and swine plague, 20 per cent;
other causes, 8 per cent.
But the city inspectors have now
been withdrawn from the stock yards
The Beer trust will dnd It hard
10 get resting place when the PEG.
pie Of this country rise against Il
40 they surely will. The people Of the
whole world are crying for it, exter.
minatiOn.