Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28

passed government inspection as those
places"
This shows the sort Of government
inspection we have had.
II a few Of the governmental omis.
sions are rectified how many thous.
ands are not7
How many homes IN Europe and
America are at this moment harboring
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattlei
~ above report Of the Health Com.
SaiAsfo0ef 4Asak3 Of meat hanging In
the coolers Of tSQDt houses. with tuber.
cular tumors trimmed out" ready to
he cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3.035.O ON sounds Of
food condemned n 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DR.. 9.
J. Whalen, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS"
Commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan),
American Medicine December %,
says: One stands aghast at the crimi.
nal cupldlty which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. II 10 now
In order to 80 a step farther and find
out who ID responsible for this moral
obliqulty.
"'1t 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 stufRs 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
erst time are the combinations which
coSerol the food supply, brought N, Q
direct relation to public health.
"'lt II high time that thlS Meter
be taken out Of the class Of mino, Of.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THB
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
b war, when oil kinds Of brutality are
sanctioned. II IL the height of de.
honor--even murder-to poison the
water supply Of q country. 10 Il any
better to poison the food supply3 II
10 time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction
Speaking Of Beef 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.S43.S43
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. 50 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS. u per cent for
actinomy cosis-lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
~aA
Health Department Bulletin. Dec. Q.
1906: "A total Of 147,00O pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past week. under the su.
pervision of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 4.0S3 pounds Of governmental.
spected 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 ult..
BY order Of the Commissioner-hav
reached immense proportions, much I'm.
1t food still :, ,chss the market Only
such animals and meats % show gross
patholosic conditions. recognizable BY
the naked eye, are now condemned. ia.
cilities for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored,
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
OF beef carcasses, 8 hogs and 0 cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"The total stock yards condemnation
amounted to l70,SO6 pounds"
parts Of beef carcasses
In other words 1t has been and ID
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumOrs and let the rest OF
the carcass 60 to the people for food
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
~
During the twelve months prior L
the withdrawal Of the city Inspector,
from the stock yards, according to tn,
report Of the Health Department fol
1909. issued In 1907. the city Inspector
condemned and destroyed 28,O06 cat
tie and hogs. The principal causes To-
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis, So per cent
lumpy jaw, II per cent; other causes
4 per cent.
Hogs, tuberculosis, as per cent
cholera and swine plague, 20 per cent
other causes, 8 per cent.
But the city inspectors have nov
been withdrawn from the stock yards
The following from the Chicago Rec
ord.Herald Of January 4, 1908, explain
Itself:
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 3.-Circui
Judge Wiess this afternoon In an 0pin
lon held that the use Of cereal and wa
ter In sausage is an adulteration of thu