Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-22

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Is In force, but, so 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 ls AZ far as the Federal author.
lty can 60.
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 Chicagoans are eat
Ing lumpy Jaw cattle every day, 10
blissful ignorance Of the awful facts.
The most radical legislation 10 ueces.
sary to obllterate this evil and the
people will get It when they wake up
and realize the terrible danger that
constantly menaces themselves and
their families under present conditions.
Speaking Of the seriousness Of the
matter, the Chicago Tribune In q re.
Gently printed editorial declared:
'"rhe Health Department should at
once enact and enforce the regulations
which have been prepared BY the De.
partment Of Agriculture.
"lf 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 is 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.
lection unless the local inspection Il
40 good as the Federal inspection.
'There will be an attempt to worl,
o6 on Chicago consumers inferior meats
which cannot be marketed elsewhere
Many Of the smaller packers who have
no outside trade will not maintain .
high standard Of cleanliness In the;I
establishments unless they are forced
to. There Is need Of visilant municipal
inspection to keep this city from be
coming dumping ground for poor meat
and to enforce sanitary regulations IN
packing houses which are outside thu
scope Of Federal supervision"
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The people are beginning to think
that the Government 10 afraid OF thu
Beef Trust.
It IL making hne hght against the
OIL Trust, the Tobacco Trust and othel
trusts that never raise the price Of
food on the public.
But It has laid down its hand and
quit badly In the prosecution Of thu
Beef Trust.
The presidential campaign of 1901
is near at hand, and the OIL Trust and
Tobacco Trust prosecutions are relied
upon to furnish good capital for tn,
party In power.
But Americans are meat eating peo
pie. and the last cent has been extract
cd from them by the Beef Trust fol
their favOrite food.
People do not eat coal oil. They d.
not all use tobacco.
But everybody eats meat.
And every meat eater has been ani
Is the victim Of the most awful trad,
combine ever organized In the history
Of the world
The Government sits supine while tn,
beef barons grow rich ut the expense o.
the people.
The time when a majority of the peo
pie can be fooled all OF the time !,
past.
In this connection, the following from
an article In the Chicago Record Her
aid Thursday, Aug. Is, 1907, Is Of In
terest:
ut Is thought the government hal
grown tired Of prying evidence out o.
corporations and In return giving con
tract of immunity. In every wrong &c
that has been uncovered thus far BY
departments Of the government, the evl
dence has been given by one of the par
ties guilty of the alleged crime. Thi,
has led to many immunity baths, whlcl
now are thought to be distressing th'
administration"
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II the laws regarding the selling ol
diseased meat were enforced the Bee
Trust would now bs In jail.
"Simplfied spelling gaining In Eu
rope" 1t has q magnificent Opportuni
ty in Russia.
1t seems to cost some people a 10
more to live than they are worth to tn
community.