Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-01

passed government Inspection =. chose
places"
This shows the sort Of government
inspection we have had.
II few Of the governmental onnIs.
sions are rectined how many thous.
ands are not2
How many homes IN Europe and
America are at this moment harborins
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis CATTLE
Nv etcys report Of the Health Com.
Ei:oaonef G>suD Of meat hanging 10
the coolers q vQSt houscs. with timber.
cular tumors trimmed OUT ready t.
lie cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3.O3S. OO0 hounds OF
food condemned N 1908 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors. DR.. G.
/ J. Whnlen, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS. I"
commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan) J.,
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. Il Ii now
In order to 60 step farther and nnd
out who 10 responsible for this moral
obllqulty.
cit 10 well known that combjna.
lions Of the larger meat dealers have
existed 10 the past to the end Of rails.
Ing the price Of food stuffs beyond the
point 10 which healthy competitiop
would reduce them. The outcry hae
always been In protest against the IN.
creased cost Of living. but here for The
eest time are the combinations which
coaErol the food supply. beougat IA, q
direct relation 10 public hsai1n.
ut 10 high time that thlS m>ttsf
b taken out Of The class Of mlno, OF.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN TIN
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
b war. when oil kinds Of brutality sre
Nuctioned. Il 10 tls hsisht of az.
honor even murder-to poison TIE
water supply Of q country. 10 Il any
better to poison the food supplyf II
10 time that the public mind should
develop conscience In this direction "
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health Do.
partment Bulletin. November 4. 1905
The total amount Of meats con.
dsmned during the period was 1.slS,Sl8
pounda OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. 81 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOsIs, II per cent for
actinomycosis -lumpy jaw-and 4 per
cent for bog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin. Dec. Q.
1905: "A total OF 147.900 pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
during the past week) under the %.
pervision Of the department inspectors
Mt the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 4,068 pounds Of government.in.
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 Do.
struction Of food supplies unft for
human consumption during the past
three mOnths-since the resumption OF
Stock Yards inspection August ult.,
By order Of the Commissioner have
reached immense proportions, much Nm.
6t food still reaches tho market Only
such animals and meats % show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable By
the naked eye. are now condemned. ID.
cilities for microscopic laboratory e.
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 9 cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"The total stock yards condemnation,
amounted to 170,80S pounds"
"Parts Of beef carcasses!"
In other words it 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 t.
the withdrawal Of the city inspector,
from the stock yards, according to thu
report OF the Health Department fol
1906, issued In 1907. the city inspector,
condemned and destroyed ?8,O08 cat
tic and hogs. The principal causes fol
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis, SO per cent
lumpy jaw. II per cent; other causes
per cent.
Hogs, tuberculosis. 05 per cent
cholera aud swine plague, 20 per cent
other causes, 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 Herald of January 4, 1908, explains
itself:
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 3.--Circult
Judge Wiess this afternoon In an opin.
lon held that the use Of cereal and wa.
ter In sausage Ia an adulteratiOn of the