Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

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This shows the sort Of sovernu,snt
inspection we have had.
II few Of the governmental omis.
sions are rectined how many thous.
ands are mott
How many homes n Europe and
America are at this moment harborins
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle
~ ahe-s report Of the Health Com.
0lA1eoeP QNo0 Of meat hanging n
the coolera q vvsR houses. With tuber.
cular tumors trimmed OUT eaady %
he cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the a.086.00n hounds OF
food condemned N 1905 By CHICAGO
Health Department inspectors. DR.. G.
j. Whaleu, 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 cell such dangerous foods 70
an unsuspecting community. Il 10 now
In order TO 80 q step farther and nnd
out who 10 rsaponsible for this moral
obliquity.
at 10 well known that combine.
lions Of the larger meat dealers have
existed IN the past 10 the end OF rails.
Ing the price Of food stufRs bsyond The
point 10 which healthy compstitiov
would reduce them. The outcry has
always bsen IN protest against the 10.
creased cost Of living, but here for The
esst time are the combinations which
coaerol the food supply. beoagat w. q
direct relation b public healtn.
at 10 high time that THE m>ttsr
b taken out Of The class Of mino, Of.
lenses AND THE DEALERS THEM.
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN TE1
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS, Even
b war, when oil kinds Of brutality are
Nuctloned. Il h tn height AZ de.
honor--even murder-to poison The
water supply Of q country. 10 Il any
better to poison the food suppiy3 Il
10 time that the public mind should
develop q conscience In this directiou.'"
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from the Health Do.
partment Bulletin. November 4, 1905:
The total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was l,S48,SlS
pounda OF the principal causes Of
condemnation. % PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOsIs. u per cent for
actinomy cosis-lumpy jaw-and I per
cent for bog cholera"
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Health Department Bulletin, Dec. q,
1906: "A total Of 147.9o0 pounds Of
meats was condemned and destroyed
(during the past weekly under the %.
pervision Of the department inspectors
at the Union Stock Yards. This In.
cludes 4.86S 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. 1906:
although the condemnation and de-
struction Of food supplies unit for
human consumption during the past
three m0nths-since the resumption Of
Stock Yards inspection August Z ult.,
By order OF the Commissioners have
reached Immense proportions, much IN.
6t food still reaches The market Only
such animals and meats % show gross
pathologic conditions. recognizable b.
the naked eye. are now condemned. "a.
cilities for microscopic laboratory o..
animation have not yet been restored.
1.-THE Union Stock Yards city inspec.
tors condemned and destroyed SO parts
OF beef carcasses, 8 hogs and 9 cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
'"rhs total stock yards condemnat ions
amounted to l76.000 pounds"
parts OF beet carcasses!"
In other words II has been and 10
the practice to cut out the cancers and
tubercular tumOrs aud let the rest Of
the carcass 90 to the people for food !
And yet We call ourselves civilised.
During the twelve months prior to
the withdrawal Of the city inspectors
from the stock yards, according to the
report OF the Health Department for
1904. issued In 1907. the city inspectors
condemned and destroyed 28O08 cat.
tie and hogs. The principal causes for
condemnation were:
Cattle. tuberculosis. 81 per cent /;
lumpy Jaw, IA per cent; other causes,
4 per cent.
Hogs, tuberculosis. 85 per cent |;
cholera aud swine plague, 20 per cent {;
other causes, o 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-Clrcuit
Judge Wiess this afternoon In an opin.
lon held that the use Of cereal and wa.
ter In sausage b an adulteration Of the
product and brings 1t within the scope
Of the State pure food law prohibiting
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