Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-18

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This shows the sort Of government
Inspection we have had.
II few Of the governmental omis.
sions are rectifled how many thous.
ands are not2
How many homes IN Europe and
America are at this moment hnrboring
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle
NJ above report Of the Health Com.
@1n1eo0eP Gpeoln Of meat hanging 10
the coolers Of UVDt houses. with tuber.
cular tumors trimmed out" ceady to
be cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3.035.0On rounds 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 OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan),
American Medicine December %,
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 IL now
In order to 60 step farther and find
out who ID responsible for this moral
obllqulty.
att Ii we'll known that combina.
tons 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
erst time are the combinations which
coAtrol the food supply, brought ~, q
direct relation to public health.
at 10 high time that this n>tter
be taken out Of the class Of mino, Of.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THn
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
II war. when oil kinds Of brutality are
@uctioned. Il 10 the height Of de.
honor--even murder-to poison the
water supply Of q country. 10 Il any
beteer 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. 1906 !:
"The total amount of meats con.
demned during the period was 1,S4S,343
pounds OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. 81 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, ~ per cent for
MISUNDERSTANDING jaw-and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
Health Department Bulletin, Dec. o.
1905: "A total Of 147,O0O pounds Of
meats was condemned and DESTROYED
during the past week. under the su.
pervlsiOn Of the department inspectors
ut the Union Stock Yards. This in.
cludes 4,0SS 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 Z uit.,
By order Of the Commissioner have
reached immense proportions, much nm.
1t food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats 40 show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable By
the naked eye. are now condemned. ia.
cillties for microscopic laboratory OK.
animation have not yet been restored.
"rhe Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed 30 parts
Of beef carcasses, hogs aud Q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
1.-THE total stock yards condemnat lions
amounted to l78,60S pounds"
parts Of beef carcasses I"
In other words It has been and II
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumors and let the rest of
the carcass 60 to the people for food
Aud 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 28,O08 cat.
tie and hogs. The principal causes for
condemnation were:
Cattle, tuberculosis, 50 per cent
lumpy jaw, IA per cent; other causes,
per cent.
Hogs, tuberculosis, 85 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-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
product and brings 1t within the scope
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