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

Chicago, some of great wealth. had ex.
pressed themselves OH his uttcranccs.
and he replied:
swell. I'm glad they have. I may
have something to say again II they hit
back real hard. I'm pleased to know
that they are critlcislng."
AZ u matter Of fact. however. there
were few found who criticised Mr..
Cranes opinions as to dishonest gains.
illiberil donations to the poor. and the
danger from Capitalization of wealth.
DIR. W. \. Evans, the distinguished
White Mississippi Republican, who Is
Commissioner of Health In Chicago, Is
doing a great deal Of talking about the
ravages of the great white plague In
Chicago. DIR. Evans predecessor In the
office Of Commissioner Of Health kept
city inspectors In the big packing
houses and these men condemned u
great amount OF meat that had been
passed by government inspectors that
Dr. Evans places such faith In. This
condemned meat as will be seen by ref.
crcncc to official reports published on
apothcr page of this paper, was largely
saturated with tuberculosis germs. DR..
Evans has withdrawn the city inspect.
ors from the big packing houses and so
far rs Chicago Il concernrl. nOUOdy
knows how much tuberculosll --~d
passes the kind government inspectors
and Is sold for food here. The sale OF
en,aciated dairy cattle under the name
of Gamers, proceeds daily. thousands of
these animals being bought by the pack.
ers sold for food We have not heard
Of DR.. Evans making any effort to stop
the sale of Gamer cattle, and the mar
ket quotations Oh them can be found
In the daily papers every day. Yet DIR.
l.. &. Schroeder, q specialist In the Blu
reau OF Animal Industry ut Washing.
ton, declared recently that great per.
centage Of dairy cattle was afflicted
with tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis Is No common among
dairy CATTLE" says DIR. Schroeder, that
milk producers frequently assert that Il
milk famine would In one Of the re-
suits II the tuberculin test were applied
to all dairy cattle. and II oil those re-
acting were condemned for dairy pur.
poses.
Tuberculosis Is one of the greatest
dangers to which public health IL en-
posed" the doctor resumes. "nnd every
effort should bc made by those who
have the welfare of the community ut
heart to correct this great evil"
tuberculosis Is rampant among hogs
and porkers with this terrible disease
come into the Chicago market In i'm
mcnsc numbers.
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4 wheel tax IL necessary to raise
revenue for Chicago because Armour,
Swift and the other l-mlllionalres
do not pay their just share of the per-
sonal property taxes. II these people
paid their Just taxes wheel tax
would be unnecessary.
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man for the Board of Review to call
before 1t. He Is director In the fol-
lowing concerns and could tell how
much Of the stock Is owned in Chi
cagO, and who owns 1t:
Armour Car Lines.
Armour Grain Company.
Hammond Packing Company.
@. II. Hammond Company.
Kansas City Electric Light Com
pany, of Kansas City. Mo.
Kansas City Railway and Light
Company.
Metropolitan Street Railway Com.
pany, Of Kansas City.
National Packing Company.
Stock Yards Savings Bank.
Northwestern Elevated Railroad
Company.
Union Stock Yards Company, Of
Omaha, (llmited).
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