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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1906
Page
2
Dr. Arnold Klebs cites insanitary stock yards as a TB driver and urges reform. The piece questions meat inspection, condemned cattle, and the Beef Trust’s influence on prices, with criticism of the Chicago Newspaper Trust and calls for legislative investigations.
A 1900s style editorial warns of tuberculosis in beef linked to the Beef Trust. It describes inadequate government inspection, calls for board action, cites Health Department bulletins, and advocates public accountability for meat contamination and unsafe practices. It names Arthur Aldis and Dr. C. J. Whalen amid broad condemnations of tainted meat.
A sweeping editorial condemns the beef trust for unsafe slaughtering and diseased meat. It argues for state controlled slaughterhouses, cites rising cancer and infection cases linked to beef, andcriticizes lax inspections and foreign sales pressure.
The inquiry notes that Dunne's administration disposed of over 3,000,000 pounds of cancerous and tuberculous meat in five months by eleven inspectors. It asks how many billions of pounds were fed to residents during years with city inspections, implying a much larger, unspecified total.
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