Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-02


they were placed on Ice.
There IL no possibility OF preventing
some kind Of decay II poultry 10 packed
with the entralls inside, no matter
what the temperature, and all cold stor.
age meats, even when taken the best
care Of. lose their vltalizlng principle
and are consequently almost valueless
ns food products.
''rhey are not stimulants to the
stomach or the system. but mere clogs
1t is Just about the same as feeding
the stomach 50 much bran. Cold stor.
age Is unfortunately one Of the neces.
stiles Of our great cities and the great
activities Of our modern life, but II IL
misfortune that cold storage should
be necessary. All meats should be
used within three or four days after
the killing to secure the necessary re.
turns Of vitality to the human body.
AS for cold storage eggs I forbid
MY patients to use them under any cir.
cumstances. The egg, like meat, loses
Its force when stored and the fact that
It has she'll 10 no protection. Its food
properties are as certainly destroyed
as II II were broken. Canned goods are
equally II not more delcterious than
cold storage products. It IL now an
established fact that In the Russo.Japa.
nesc war canned goods were as dead.
~ as the shrapnel."
II. G. Curtis. director Of st. Luke's
Hospital. stated that as general prop.
os!tion he was In favor Of the pas.
sage Of the whalen ordinance. ut
would be a safeguard to the public
health" he said. "and we who see the
under side Of that question are natur.
ally sollc!tious that every step be
taken to safeguard the public"
The Beef Trust Is immune from
prosecution by the Illinois Pure Food
Commission.
Why?
One point on which the Illinois com.
mission has been especially lax In the
opinion Of food experts has been In
failure to look for prcservatives In
canned meats. There is nothing In
the State law. the commissioner
claims, that forbids the use Of pre-.
servatives. but the law plainly states
that:
NO packer or dealer In preserved
or canned fruits and vegetables. or
other articles Of food. shall sell or
offer for sale such canned or preserved
articles OF food. unless these shall DO
entirely free from substances or In.
gradients deieterious to health"
4 decision from Secretary Wilson
OF the Department Of Agriculture on
the point In question came In a dis
patch from Washington. 1t was as
follows:
''rhe addition Of my preservative
OF any kind to food product may be
objected to. first, when the added body
Is not mentioned on the label second.
the added substance itself may be
deemed injurious to health; third, the
added substance may be forbidden by
the laws OF the country In which the
foods are made or from which they
are exported.
Both boracic and salicylic acids are
prohibited by the German laws.
Boracic acid has been declared by this
department. to be injurious to health.
1t does not appear that there Is any
reason for the use Of any
personalities In sausages except the
usual continental ingredIents--salt.
spices and wOodsmOke.
"Uuder the results Of experiments
conducted In the bureau OF chemistry
small quantities OF benzOic acid and
foods are produced. or from which
they are exported"
food products when not forbidden by
the laws Of the countries where the
Help the health commissioner fight
the Beef Trust!
Commissioner OF Health whalen, In
the bulletin for the last week of jan
nary, calls attention to the need OF an
of $4,000 to fight tuber.
culosls. "An increase of the police
force Is undoubtedly necessary" de-
rlares the bulletin, "but there seems
10 be lacking a sense of proportion In
refusing the $3.50 10 save 1000 TO
5000 lives annually from the assaults
n positively preventable disease,
while granting 81 100000 to fight thugs
md mnrderers, whose total harvest of
i"ath last year was JS7 victims. Give
he police department all it asks-if
hat can he done. Give the health de-
'artment what 1t actually needs"
~
Many OF the Beef Trust employes
wear rubber gloves while handling
he cadavers. Otherwise they are In
danger OF blood poisoning.
Even the embalming of food for the
ulllble public has Its attendant dan.
ers.
The Beef Trust Is commencing to
quIrm. The public is going to get
ONE startling facts before long. An
plnlon given by Attorney General
tead TO the Illinois live stock board
ays the board has no right to pass
n al nj A.. A.,a