Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25
PACKERS b0RAC|C RECORDS
For the Past Three Years. Carefully Collected from Official
Reports and Press kilograms Furnish Pure Food
Data for the Campaign of 1908.

passed government inspection a those
places"
This shows the sort Of government
inspection we have had.
II few Of the governmental omis.
slons are rectiHed how many thous.
ands are not2
How many homes IN Europe and
America are at this moment harboring
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle
~ above repcrt Of the Health Com.
AaisASoner y.Naln of meat hanging 10
the coOlers Of vrQsv houses. with tuber.
cular tumors trimmed out" ready to
he cut into steaks.
Speaking Of the 3.035.OOo sounds 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 cupidlty which will induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. II 10 now
In order to 60 step farther and nnd
out who 10 responsible for this moral
obllqulty.
1T 10 well known that combina.
lions OF the larger meat dealers have
existed 10 tine past TO the end Of rails.
ing tne price OF 1000 stuns beyond the
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The outcry has
always Deen IN protest against the In.
Scst s;m guy o. Nv Sus mere Tor the
no.t-c, ths Sno6 r,,t,,i. L:..".I I ~:
SIrsct rsistion n n,,hs,. h"",.H 49,
..It 4. hi.h t;r,. a.. 49,.
h taken ont NJ IN" ci... 40 80. ss
fensea Ann TF,n nEXT .rne rS,rSs
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN TIT TI1
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANOERa n,.n
b war, when oil kinds Of brutsiity sre
Nuctioned, Il 10 tho heieht a. A..
hpnur--even murder-to no,.or 81.
IL time thai ~. ' ruh IT' ,, .rSpv sh,,,s
H.vs'on !. I'M os.. sns pco'. &C. m'no Snouu !.
Speaking Of Beef Trust tuberculos,s
read tho following from the Health De.
partment Bulletin. November 4. 1905:
"The total amount Of meats con.
demned during the period was 1,8l8,8lS
pounds. OF the principal causes OF
condemnation. 90 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS. II per cent for
inomycOsis-lumpy jaw-and per
cent for hog cholera"
-
Health n.rs .@,rsn. nn,, .
1o0n. "a tnt., ~ -, " onc - =:
meats wns condemned ma So".ro,sS
(durine the mast u,esk, wrd.- .h. ~.
nerv,sior NJ tho dana rt,,o,. &c.,
M The Union stool vorIs ,,,p
c,,So. 900 5000. - . LIE IN
spected cut ments shInnc, from nocS.
linz houses in the West FOR Chicooo
city trode and cnnn,no"
~
Health Department Bulletin. No,.r,.
Der II, 10O6l
"Althoupk tka cons.
struction Of tod supplies uunt for
.n"a. wv LmptiOn during the past
s,o"l, ~ .iths-since the resumption OF
=. Yards inspection August ult.,
order Of the COmmisslOner-have
| reached immense proportions, much un'
ut food still reaches the market. Only
such animals and meats ~ show gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable BY
tne nakea eye, are now condemned. "a
c'I'.'es toF m'cEOseVpc LABORATORY e1'
aI''""''o" ""Ve "os Set oeen Feseored'
"The Union Stock Yards city inspec'
tors condemned and destroyed 81 parts
OF beef carcasses, . hogs and q cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"Lhs total st toe ~; yards condemnation
"s".. ~ 80 . pu "
In othsr w"ras - no. no, m. :.