Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-22
tuberculosis. Cancer Combine Does as It
P|eases in the Matter Of
Peoples Food.
Milk Fed Chickens Is q Good Name
for Immature Canned
Veal.

"Nfilk.fcd chickens would be good
name IL applied to calves. canned and
sold to the public as pure article Of
poultry.
Immature veal. bad meat, slices
from Gamers and tid.bits from dead
pork are nicely fixed up In the Trust
laboratories with chemicals that give
them 1.-THE natural flavor" and are
then canned and sold to the public rs
chicken, turkey, geese, ducks and
game Of various kinds.
The Beef Trust employs m army
Of chemists whose main duty IL to sup
ply the proper taste, smell and ap.
pearauce to the Unbranded products.
No attention whatever IL paid to
the effect Of this kind Of food on the
public health.
The representatives Of the Beef
Trust have been In Washington for
months fighting the passage Of pure
food bill which will prohibit this
frightful fraud In the misbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from its
Washington correspondent. Ray.
mond," was printed on the frst page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 20. 1905:
"senator McCumber the other day
gave to the Senate hint a. to the
reason for this opposition by the
packing house people. He quoted a
report from the food commissioner Of
his own State, North Dakota, which
hit the packers between the eyes, and
which apparently explains why they
have been opposing the pure food bill
% vigorously.
"This North Dakota commissioner
had the indelicacy to make q special
examination Of all the alleged potted
chicken and potted turkey he could
and. II was all put up in cans and
oil came from outside States In orig
inai packages, 20 It was clearly an
article of interstate commerce aud 40
such could be regulated only by the
federal government. This North Da.
kota commissioner went through can
after can and could not nnd the slight.
ct trace either Of chicken or turkey.
"Furthermore. II was put mp by
packing establishments which have no
facilities for killing fowls and which
do not provide them. Tho cans, how.
ever, were labeled 'potted chicken and
'potted turkey and this thing the
pure food bill proposes to stop.
everybody knows this potted tur'
hey and chicken and the various kinds
Of soups prepared by the packing
houses IRE the product Of beef cattle
hogs and sheep.
III the pure food bill 10 passed,
however, a packing house which put
up a can Of desiccated pig and labeled
Il potted turkey would be subject
70 civil aud criminal prosecution
One OF the principal aims Of the pure
food bill 10 to prevent the misbrand'
ing OF all food products. and It u this
section which 10 ar0using the strong
ct opposition.
''The evidence given before the
Senate and House committees last
year all goes to show that the crime
Of adulteration and gross deceit OF
misbrauding and Misrepresentation
has become more widespread In thi'
country than the public generally ha'
any idea Of. The packers are not the
only people who deceive the public
BY their labels. In almost every line
OF food and drink products which are
put up under special trade marks there
Il more or less deceit. Some thingi
are adulterated In q way to be harm
ful. Others are adulterated but arr
harmless. The pure food bill. II pm
ed and properly executed, would
stamp out the harmful adulteration'
entirely. but would permit the harm
less authorizations to go SO long ~
there was no deception. 1t would pre-
vent the use Of cOlOring matter Tor thu
express purpose Of deceiving, and i
would put an end to the lying labels
like those on the 7otted chicken of thu
packing trust.
Zone of the strongest arguments re
Gently submitted In behalf Of the pure
food bill was by Senator McCumbcr
who pointed out that the American
people to-day, according to the hes
estimates OF the Department Of Agrl
culture. are paying annually about $"'
OOO.OOO,OOO for adulterated and mis-
branded articles. This In about thre'
times the national debt Of the Unite'
States, aud this enormous sum, ever!
dollar OF 1t, IL contributed by peopl
who believe they are getting some
thing they do not receive. II the pur
food bill was passed they would spen'
about the same amount Of money. o
course, but they would get what the
are expecting to buy, and this Is tn
whole object of the legislation nov
pending In the House and Senate"
Charges that government inspectlo
OF beef Is inadequate and protects tn
foreign consumer to the detriment Q
Chicagoans were made by DR.. Willial
X. Jaques at the meeting Of the Chlca
20 Medical Society at the public !
brary. DR.. Arnold G. Klebs espresso
indOrsom(nC Of DR.. Ja0ue's aAntl.aAnt