Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-29

lumpy Jaw beef, tuberculosis cattle and
the like.
The new Federal meat inspection law
ls In force, but, 30 far as Chicago Ia
concerned, II is a dead letter.
The United States law only applies
to meat intended for export and for
meat shipped to other States.
This Is as fur as the Federal author.
lty can 20.
It cannot interfere with local condi.
tions.
These are wholly under the control
Of the local government and the local
government believes that when the
tubercular parts Of the beef and the
lumpy jaw or cancerous parts Of the
beef are cut out, that the rest of the
carcass is good to eat
So thousands Of Chlcagoans are eat
Ing lumpy jaw cattle every day. 10
blissful ignorance Of the awful facts.
The most radical legislation 10 neces-
sary to obliterate this evil and the
people will get It when they wake up
and realize the terrible danger that
constantly menaces themselves aud
their families under present conditions.
Speaking Of the seriousness Of the
matter, the Chicago Tribune In q ~
Gently printed editorial declared:
The Health Department should at
once enact and enforce the regulations
which have been prepared BY the De.
partment Of Agriculture.
III those regulations are necessary
to Insure the good quality Of Chicago
meat which Ii to be eaten BY English.
mon they are equally necessary to In
sure the good quality Of Chicago meat
which II to be eaten In Chicago. II
foreigners are deserving Of protection
the people Of Chicago are also. They
will not get the same degree Of pro.
tectlon urless the local inspection II
40 good as the Federal inspection.
"There will be an attempt to work
Oh on Chicago consumers inferior meats
which cannot be marketed elsewhere.
Many Of the smaller packers who have
no outside trade will not maintain Q
high standard Of cleanliness In their
establishments unless they are forced
to. There Is need Of vigilant municipal
inspection to keep this city from be.
coming dumping ground for poor meat
and to enforce sanitary regulations In
packing bouses which are outside tho
scope Of Federal supervision"
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The spirits Of Thousands Of poor
boys who went out to fight Tor the
United States In the Spanish.Ameri.
can war, must hover over the fortunes
of the Beef Trust In q demand for
vengeance
These thousands were killed BY the
"embalmed heef" Of the Beef Trust
and by the pOisons used In the makeup
Of their Beef Trust rations.
Neither the bullets Of the Spaniards
or the terrors Of the Cuban climate
did any havoc to the American soldier.
poor boy, at all comparable with the
damage done by the frightful embalm
ed food of the Beef Trust.
The young fellows who offered their
lives to the American government, did
not for a moment imagine that the
country for which they were fighting
would permit a Beef Trust to furnish
them with poisoned rations.
But 1t did.
The soldiers trusted their country
and ate the poison.
The result was death, disease, broken
constitutions for thousands.
These are facts which the war rec.
ords will cOrroborate.
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The Beef Trust 10 the foe Of Ameri.
can labor. 1t imports most Of Its work.
men In gangs, houses them In Its own
novels and absorbs their earnings a. II
they were slaves.
Bad meat causes cancer and tho Beef
Trust Ia responsible for the bad meat.
Illinois Is not only the headquarters
of the Beef Trust, hut the people Of
Illinois are Its principal victims.
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| II the laws regarding the ceiling Of
diseased meat were enforced the Beef
Trust would now be In jail
"Simplified spelling gaining In Eu'
rope" 1t has magnificent opportunl-
ty In Russia.
It seems to cost some people lot
more to live than they are worth to the
community.