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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1906
Page
2
A Chicago press campaign accuses the Beef Trust of selling tuberculosis tainted meat despite inspections. It details school rules for suspected cases, calls for harsher measures, and cites Health Department bulletins showing widespread condemnation of diseased meat. The piece links stalled inspections to ongoing public health danger and condemns corporate profit over human life.
The article condemns the beef trust for spreading actinomycosis and cancer through diseased cattle. It reports inspectors at Union Stock Yards destroying tainted meat and urges state slaughterhouses to replace private operations. It cites tuberculosis in cows and cites investigations by Lancet and Jamestown writings, urging public sanitation over private profit. The piece argues for radical measures to stop contaminated meat reaching consumers.
A City Health Department bulletin prompts fierce questions about meat inspection and condemnation after a 22 percent drop in rejected food since year start. The piece accuses officials of discharging emergency inspectors and challenges the fall in condemned tuberculosis cattle and cancerous carcases at Stock Yards. It links beef trust power to higher meat and leather prices, and cites international sources tracking the trust’s reach.
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