Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08

passed government inspection a. those
places"
This shows the sort Of government
inspection we have had.
II few Of the governmental omis.
sions are rectlfied how many thous.
ands are not2
How many homes IN Europe and
America are at this moment harboring
c1ts Of meat from tuberculosis cattlef
40 above report Of the Health Com.
kaaAsonef ENohn Of meat hanging ip
the coolerA Of vtQM houses. with tuber.
cular tumors trimmed out" ready to
lie cut into steaks
Speaking Of the 3.03S. ON mounds Of
food condemned N 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, DR.. G.
il. whalen, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT or 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 to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. It Ii now
In order to 60 step farther and 6nd
out who ID responsible for this moral
obliquity.
"'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 bar
always been In protest against the In.
creased cost Of living, but here for the
erst time are the combinations which
control the food supply, brought w Q
direct relation to public health.
ut 10 high time that thlS u >tten
b taken out Of the class Of mino, OF.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THD
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
b war, when all kinds Of brutality are
~nctioned. Il Il the height ~ de.
honor--eyen murder-to poison the
water supply Of a country. 10 Il any
better to poison the food suppiyf Il
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. 1905 |:
"The total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1.S43.34S
pounds. OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. 81 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS. ~ per cent for
actinomycosis -lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o,
1906: "A total Of 147.000 pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past week. under the 80.
pervisiOn Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 4.O83 pounds OF governmental.
spected cut meats shipped from pack.
Ing houses In tho West for Chicago
city trade and canning"
Health Department Bulletin. Noyem.
Der II. 1906:
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 COmmissi0ner-h
reached immense proportions. much un.
1t food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats a. show gross
path0l0gic conditions, recognizable BY
the naked eye, are now condemned. Fa.
cllities for microscopic laboratory ex.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
OF beef carcasses, 3 hogs and O cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'The total stock yards condemnation
amounted to l78SOS pounds"
"Parts of beef carcasses
In other words II has been and Ia
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumOrs and let the rest of
the carcass 90 to the people for food !
And yet we call ourselves civilized.
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During the twelve months prior ia
the withdrawal OF the city inspectors
from the stock yards. according to the
report Of the Health Department for
1906, issued In 1907, the city inspectors
condemned and destroyed 26O96 cat.
tie and hogs. The principal causes fol-
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis, 50 per cent
lumry jaw, ii per cent; other causes
per cent.
Hogs, tuberculosis. G5 per cent
cholera and swine plague, 20 per cent
other causes, 8 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
itself:
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 3.-Circuit
Judge Wiess this afternoon I'm an Opin-
ion held that the use of cereal and wa
ter In sausage Is an aduteratlon of the
product and brings 1t within the scope