Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-15

passed government inspection Q. those
places"
This shows the sort Of governmsnt
inspection we have had.
II few Of the governmental omis.
sl0ns are rectlHed how many thous.
ands are not2
How many homes n Europe and
America are at this moment harboring
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattleS
~ aoe-s reCort Of the Health Com.
0tn4o0ef C,lounD Of meat hanging 10
the c0Olera q WuA bousea. with tuber.
cular tumors trimmed out" ready b
be cut into steaks
Speaking Of the 8.o8S. ON mounds Of
food condemned n 1905 By Chicago
Health Department inspectors, Dr.. @.
y. Whalen, Health Commissioner, Gays
In bis 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 aghast at the crimi.
nal cupidity which will induce men 10
attempt to cell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspectins community. It 10 now
In order to 20 Q step farther and nnd
out who 10 responsible for this moral
obliquity.
att 10 we'll known that combine.
lions Of the larger meat dealers have
existed In the past to the end Of rails
Ing the price Of food stufIs beyond the
point 10 which healthy competitiov
would reduce them. The outcry bar
always been In protest against the 10.
creased cost Of living, but here for The
erst time are the combinations which
coaGrol the food supply. beougtt Ia, Z
direct relation TO public health.
"'It 10 high time that THE n>ttse
b taken out Of the class Of minoi q.
lenses AND THD DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THn
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Bveu
h war, when oil kinds Of brutality are
~uctioned. Il n the height az az.
honor even murdee-to poison The
water supply Of q country. 10 Il any
better to poison the food supplyi Il
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 1.34S,8l3
pounds. OF the principal causes OF
condemnation. ~ PER CENT WE'RE
FOR TUBERCUIOSIS. ~ per cent for
actinomycosis-lumpy jaw-and I per
cent for hog cholera"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec. Q,
1905: "A total Of 147,OOO pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past weekly under the %.
pervision Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 4.0S3 pounds Of governmental.
spccted cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
Health Department Bulletin. Novem.
Der II. 1905:
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.,
By order Of the Commissioner have
reached immense proportions, much I'm.
nt food still reaches the market Only
such animals and meats % show gross
pathol0gic conditions, recognizable b.
the naked eye. are now condemned. "a.
cilities for microscopic laboratory sx.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
Of beef carcasses. 3 hogs and 8 cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'The total stock yards condemna lions
amounted to l7d.SO8 pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses I"
| In other words It has been and u
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumOrs aud lot the rest of
the carcass 60 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 Inspector
condemned and destroyed 28.O88 cat.
tie and hogs. The principal causes for
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis, SO per cent
lumpy jaw, IA per cent; other causes,
4 per cent.
Hogs, tuberculosis, 05 per cent
cholera and swine plague, 20 per cent
other causes, o per cent
But the city inspectors have now
been withdrawn from the stock yards.
~
The following from the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald OF January 4, 1908. explains
itself:
| Lansing. Mich, Jan. 3.-Circuit
Judge Wiess this afternoon In an opin.
lon held that the use OF cereal and wa.
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