Beef Trust in Open Defiance and Calls for Penitentiary
A historical broadside denounces the Beef Trust as an economic catastrophe and urges government action. It cites Chicago Record Herald’s August 15 1907 report on immunity deals and stresses that packers should be held to account. Senator Davis of Arkansas and Senator Beveridge are quoted advocating strong legal penalties and reform to end meat-industry abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beef Trust
Chicago Record-Herald
Davis
Arkansas
United States Senate
United States
Beveridge
Indiana
Beef Trust blamed for appendicitis and poisoned meat crisis
The article attacks the Beef Trust as the source of appendicitis and widespread diseased meat, arguing lax federal and Chicago enforcement allows dangerous by products and lumpy jaw beef. It cites Census figures, Garfield testimony, and calls for strong municipal inspection to protect Chicago consumers and honor veterans.
Chicago Meat Sale Backed by Health Depts
A Chicago report claims meat from lumpy raw cattle is sold as long as infected portions are cut away. Officials say local health inspectors do not apply to this meat, asserting non rotten portions can be sold after removal of cancerous areas at slaughterhouses.
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Beef Trust
Chicago
United States
Health Department
Department of Agriculture
Tey
How Deep Can Man Go Beneath the Earth Coal Shaft Depth Debate
Public Opinion weighs the limits of mining depth noting Germans doubt reaching 9,000 feet due to air pressure and extreme heat. Bendigo Australia's 2,025 foot mine shows varying heat rises, with temperatures reaching 104 degrees at depth. If 9,000 feet held, air would be unbreathable and heat lethal, making such depths impossible for human workers.
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Die Woche
Berlin
Bendigo
Victoria
Australia
Longest stone arch bridges span and Porto Rico plumb line
A review of historic stone arch bridges lists Luxembourg at 275 to Morbegno 280 feet with parallel arches and ferro concrete deck, Plauen Saxony 205 feet, notes Perronet ideal 500 feet may be reached, and adds a Porto Rico plumb line anomaly. Light quotes from humor columns follow about domestic anecdotes.
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Sazony
Luxembourg
Morbegno
Colico-Sondrio
Lombardy
Plauen
Saxony
Grand Duchy
I Morbegno
Italy
Cabin John
America
Jaremeze
Hungary
Grosvenor
England
Plauen Bridge
M. C. Leibold
Leibold & Co
Langebruck Saxony
Perronet
Condemned Meats Report Spurs Government Critique in Chicago
At the American Meat Packers Association convention in Chicago, Oct 7 1907, a committee urged return of rejected meats from inspected establishments though no provision exists. They warn of a government serving packers and tax dodgers, calling for real reform or risk of revolution if the Beet Trust fails to provoke change.
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American Meat Packers’ Association
Chicago
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