Chicago's beef trust profits from tainted meat and big pipes
A city uproar describes an Armour funded underground conduit and a growing tunnel grant allowing parcel hauling. It notes alleged meat decomposition at packing houses, inspectors withdrawn, Swift stock plunges, and questions what happens to rejected meat for British or local markets. The Board of Review faces calls to question Armour about outside stock.
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Board of Review
Mr. Armour
American Meat Packers’ Association
Chicago
Inspectors Seize Substandard Meat at Union Stock Yards
The Union Stock Yards inspectors destroyed thousands of pounds of cut meat, much returned from branch houses or confined in sausage rooms. Armour & Co plans a new office building in the yards to cut rent, moving employees closer to the stench, a stance critics call troubling.
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Chicago Health Department
Union
Armour & Co
Phil
Health Department
Union Stock Yards
Chicago City
Uast
Packers and Pure Food Warnings From Chicago 1907
A Chicago Eagle column warns readers about packers and food adulteration. It cites North Dakota and Kentucky reports on borates boric acid and sodium sulphites in meats and sausages and argues city inspectors at Union Stock Yards are vital after recent withdrawals.
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Beef Trust
Health Department of
Chicago
Michigan
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Pure Food
K. F. Ladd
Harrington
Harvard Medical College
God Commission
North Dakota State Laboratory
Food Commissioner of
Lab
Armour & Co
Hicngo
Shiengo
Armour Packing Co
Kansas City
Swift & Co
Canvas
Mo, CO
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
Kentucky Packing & Provision Company
Loulaville
John Huffman
Cincinnati
Schwarzachild & Sulzberger
Chicaggo
Jacob Vogel & Sons
Ohio
Evaneville Packing Company
Hvanaville
Ind
Omaha Packing Company
Omaha
Neb
Cudahy Packing Company
St. Louis
PfafMfinger & Co
Louisville
Rausch & Ruger
Nelson Morris & Co
Kiieghar & Co
Indianapolis
German American Provision Company
C.j.treseler
Swift & Company
W. W. Archer
New York
Chicago Daily News
Saya
New York Post
Lancet
London
Reginald Harrison
Hunterian
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Extermination Demand Sparks Worldwide Protests
Fragmentary historical quote shows a fierce anti action stance with global calls for ending a harmful force. The speaker predicts violent rise by the people and asserts the world cries for elimination. Contextual tone reflects wartime or political rhetoric of intense opposition.
Beef Trust to Be Campaign Issue Next Year
The government faces four tashed on a food trust praised as the worst of all. People avoid coal oil but eat meat, as coal oil stays cheap and meat dear. The Beef Trust seems too powerful to prose cute or ever lose immunity.
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Beef Trust
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