Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-17
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.

"Aiilk. fed chickens would he good
name IL applied to calves. canned ana
sold to the public as a 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 "the natural flavor" and are
then canned and sold to the public M
chicken. turkey, geese. ducks anu
game Of various kinds.
The Beef Trust employs nm army
Of chemists whose main duty Ii to sup
My the proper taste, smell and up
pearance to the misbranded products.
No attention whatever II paid to
the effect Of this kind Of food on the
public health.
The representatives Of the Beef
Trust have been In Washington Tor
months lighting the passage Of pure
food bin which will prohibit this
frishtful fraud in the misbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from its
washington correspondent, "Ray.
mond," was printed on the first paee
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. ~. 1SO6:
"Senator McCumber the other day
save to the Senate a hint "a to the
reason for this opposition by the
packing house people. He quoted
report from the food commissioner Of
his own state, North Dakota. which
hit the packers between the eyes, ana
which apparently explains why they
have been opposing the pure food bill
20 vigorously.
"rhis North Dakota commissioners
had the indelicacy to make n special
examination Of all the alleged potted
chicken and potted turkey he could
and. It was all put up In cans and
oil came from outside States In orig
inai packages, 40 1t was clearly an
article Of interstate commerce and ~
such could be regulated only by the
federal government. This North In.
kota commissioners went through can
after can and could not find the slight.
est trace either Of chicken or turkey.
"FurthermOrc. II was put up by
hacking esta blIshments which have no
facilities for killing fowls and which
do not provide them. The cans. how.
ever. were labeled 'potted chicken ana
'pottcd turkey and this thing the
pure food bill proposes to stop.
Everybody knows this potted trr'
key and chicken and the various kinds
Of soups prepared by the packing
houses are the product Of beef cattle,
hogs and sheep.
III tho pure food bill Ia passed.
however. a packing house which put
up can Of desiccated pig and labeled
Il 'potted turkey would be subject
to civil and criminal prosecution.
One Of the principal aims Of the pure
food bill In to prevent the misbrand'
ing Of all food products, and 1t Is this
section which IL arousing the strong.
est opposition.
"The evidence given before the
Senate and House committees lust
year all goes to show that the crime
OF aduiteratiOn and gross deceit of
mlsbranding and Misrepresentation
has become more widespread In this
country than the public generally has
any idea Of. The packers arc 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
10 more or less deceit. Some things
are adulterated In q way to be harm
full. Others are adulterated but are
harmless. The pure food bill. II pas'
ed and properly executed, would
stamp out the harmful authorizations
entirely, but would permit the harm'
less authorizations to 20 30 long a.
there was no deception. 1t would pre-
vent the use OF coloring matter for the
express purpose of deceiving, and II
would put an end to the lying labels
like those on the p0ttsi chicken OF the
packing trust.
Zone Of the strongest arguments re-
Gently submitted In behalf Of the pure
food bill was by Senator McCumber
who pointed out that the American
people today, according to the best
estimates of the Department OF Agri
culture. are paying annually about g..
OOO,OOO.OOO for adulterated and mis-
branded articles. This IL about three
times the national debt Of the United
States, aud this enormous sum. every
dollar OF 1t. Ia contributed by people
who believe they are getting some
thing they do not receive. II the pure
food bill was passed they would spend
about the same amount Of money. OF
course. but they would get what the!
are expecting to buy, and this 10 tn
whole object Of the legislation nov
pending In the House aud Senate"
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People who eat freely OF prepared Of
canned food consume at least forty
doses Of poison day. according to thu