Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-08-30

To the Editor OF the Eagle:
Dear Sir-We read daily In the news.
papers that not only Is the water sup
ply Of the city impure. but that fruits
of all kinds also contain the germs Of
typhoid, and that other kinds of :cod
are impure and tainted.
Now, what l would like to kn,~ is
what our so.called pure food commits
sion II doing in this regard?
Everybody knows we have u pure
food commission here established by
the State. That commission has n
number Of salaried officers, who. be-
yOnd all doubt. draw their salaries. but
that IL all we ever hear about It.
What good II the State Pure Food
Commission anyway?
If 1t were an active organization
which fully and faithfully carried out
the aims and objects for which 1t was
created and established 1t could he of
great service to the public. or course
nobody ever thinks Of expecting the
city Health Department to do any work
In the direction OF protecting the pub
lie from such sources Of danger Its
record In regard to the water supply
Of Chicago has settled all hopes and
expectations In the minds Of the peO.
pie in that direction. But from the
Pure Food Commission better things
were expected. This Organization
should be called upon for an account
Ing or abolished II found useless.
A CHICAGO CONSUMER.
Chicago. Aug. %.
To the Editor Chicago Eagle:
Dear Sir--Thcre II u great fuss going
on just now over the matter of water
filters In the public schools. 1t Is to
be presumed that these devices will
be ultimately installed there. but what
are the trustees delaying about? Ia
there any hankerlng desire on the part
Of anybody connected with the school
board to "stand In" with any filter ar
rangements that may be made?
This IL not the first time the neces.
slty for water filters In the public
schools was on the tapis. In fact, Tot
very many years ago the then board,
! am Informed, was on the point Of let
ting a contract for all the schools, when
something happened. 1t was found
that the filter In question did not meet
all the requirements. and thereby
hangs tale" which may some time
tell. l know one Chicago physician
who could furnish interesting details
Of that transaction. Let us hope moth
ing Of the kind will happen with this
board, and that another legacy of dis
ease and suffering may not be be.
queathed to the school children Of Chi.
cagO because some contractor or pat.
entee may not be able to make "sat!s.
factory arrangements" with influential
parties connected with the board. Sin.
cerely yours.
AN ANXIOUS PARENT.
Frederick Duffy, the Independent Re.
publican candidate for Representative
IN the Twenty-seventh Senatorial Dis.
trlct, II one of the best and most ia.
vOrably known young lawyers In Chi.
cagO. He was born on his fathers farm
July 3, 1871, In Mason County, Illinois.
His father, william NJ. Duffy, served IN
the civil war, being captain of Com.
pany II, 1OSth Illinois Volunteers.
Young Duffy's education was princi,
pally acquired by working on the farm
summers and attending country school
wlnters-a combination and experience
which have been productive Of the very
best men that the country has even
turned out At the age of IS, aspiring
to wider field of action, he left farm
work and took a, position In the office
of his father, who was then Circuit
Clerk and Recorder of Deeds Of Ma
son County. His work In the Circuit
Clerks Office gave him good knOwl
edge of court procedure ana practice
and no doubt was the inspiration which
subsequently led to his taking up the
study and practice Of law.
After serving number of years IN
the Clerks Office, he came to Chicago
ana entered the employment Of the Chi
cagO Telephone Company, where III
was soon promoted to the responsible
position of assistant collection agen,
and assistant paymaster. While serv
Ing In this capacity he took up tht
study of law. devOting his nights tC
the work, and finally graduated from
the law department of Lake Forest
University In June, 1904. He at once
became associated In practice with thu
late ID. ID. OBrien, an association ant
training which well fitted him for hi
chosen profession. ehe partnership ex