Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-11

passed government Inspection :e .hos,
Places"
This shows the sort Of government,
Inspection we have had.
II few Of the governmental omis
sions are rectiHed how many thous
ands are nOt7
How many homes In Europe and
America are at this moment harborins
cats Of meat from tuberculosis cattle
RaS ehc~e report Of the Health Com
Aa:e&shef HNaks Of meat hanging Ii
the cOolers OF vsSH houses. with tuher
cular tumOrs trimmed out" ready e
lie cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3.035.OOo bounds Of
food condemned N 1908 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors. DR.. G.
lJ. Whnlen. Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED on
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS. y
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner whelan),
American Medicine December 90
says: One stands aghast at the crimi.
nal cupidity which will induce men 10
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. II IL now
In order to 60 q step farther and find
out who ID responsible for this moral
obllquity.
at Ii 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 stufYs beyond the
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry bar
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
erst time are the combinations which
coA<rol the food supply, brouoSt is4, q
direct relation to public health.
at 10 high time that thlS m>tter
be taken out Of the class Of mino, Of.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN thin
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
81 war. when all kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned. II In the heieht of an.
honor -even murder-to poison the
water supply Of country. II II any
better to poison the food suppiy3 II
10 time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction I"
Speaking Of 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 1.343,34a
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. ~ PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS. II per cent for
ctinomycosis-lumpy jaw.-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
Health Department Bulletin; Dec. O.
1905: "A total Of 147,O0O pounds Of
meats was condemned and DESTROYED
(during the past week. under the 81.
pervision Of the department inspectors
Mt the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 4,0S3 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.
structlOn Of food supplies UNFIT for
human consumption during the past
three mOnths-since the resumption OF
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
BY order Of the Commissi0ner-ha
reached immense proportions, much un.
ut food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats "a show gross
pathologlc conditions, recognizable By
the naked eye. are now condemned. Fa.
cilities for microscopic laboratory OK.
animation have not yet been restored
"The 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.
"The total stock yards condemnation
amounted to l76SOS pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses
In other words It has been and 10
the practice to cut out the cancers ana
tuberculnr tumOrs ana let the rest OF
the carcass so 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
1906, issued In 1907, the city inspectors
condemned and destroyed 2G,O0G cat.
tie ana hogs. The principal causes for
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis. SO per cent;
lumry jaw, Ii per cent; other causes,
per cent.
Hogs, tuberculosis, 65 per cent;
cholera and swine plague, 20 per cent
other causes, 3 per cent.
But the city inspectors have now
been withdrawn from the stock yards.
~SA
The Beef trust will find It hard
10 gSt a resting place when the peo.
ole of this country rise against 1t,
as they surely WILL, The people of the
whole world are crying for its exter.
minatiOn.
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The Beef Trust will be campaign
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