Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-29

passed government inspection q. those
places"
This shows the sort Of government
inspection we have had.
II q few Of the governmental omls.
sions are rectifed how many thous.
ands are not?
How many homes IN Europe and
America are at this moment harboring
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle3
~ above report Of the Health Com.
MsAaonef syasaka Of meat hanging 10
the coolers Of vsQst houses. with tuber.
cular t,imOrs trimmed OUT ready to
be cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3.035.O sounds OF
food condemned n 1905 BY Chicago
Health Department inspectors. DR.. G.
iJ. 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 q,
says: One stands aghast ut the crimi.
nal cupidlty which will induce men to
, attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. It II now
In order to 60 q step farther and find
out who 10 responsible for this moral
obllqulty.
"'lt 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 stuffs beyond the
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry has
always been In protest against the IN.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
orst time are the combinations which
coAerol the food supply. broueht IA, q
direct relation to public health.
ut 10 high time that thiS u>tter
b taken out Of the class Of mlno, OF.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS, Even
b war, when all kinds Of brutality are
~nctioned. It 10 the height Of die.
honor--even murder-to poison the
water supply Of a country. ID Il any
better to poison the food suppiyi II
10 time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction"
Speaking Of Reef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health De.
partment Bulletin. November 4. 1906:
"The total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1.34S,84S
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. a. PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOsIs. ~ per cent for
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw-and I per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin. Dec. Q,
1905: "A total Of l47,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past week. under the %.
pervision Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 1858 pounds Of government.in.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In the West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
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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-slnce the resumption OF
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
BY order Of the Commissioner
reached Immense proportions, much un.
at food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats 40 show gross
pathologlc conditions, recognizable By
the naked eye. are now condemned. Fa.
cilities for microscopic laboratory OK.
animation have not yet been restored.
1.-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 condemnati lions
amounted to l7G,sOs pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses I"
In other words II has been and Ia
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumOrs ana let the rest of
the carcass 60 to the people for food
And yet we Gull ourselves civilized.
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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
1900. issued In 1907, the city inspectors
condemned and destroyed 2GO0G cat.
tie ana hogs. The principal causes for
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis. So per cent |;
lumpy 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.
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The following from the Chicago Rec
ord-IIerald of January 4, 1905, explains