Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-15
tuberculosis. Cancer Combine Does as It
PIeases in the Matter Of
Peoples Food.
Milk Fed Chickens Is q Good Name
for Immature Canned
Veal.

"Nlilk.fed chickens" would he n good
name IL applied to calves. canned and
sold to the public as a pure article Of
poultry.
Immature veal, bad meat, slices
from Gamers and tld.bits from dead
pork are nicely fixed up in the Trust
laboratories with chemicals that give
them "the natural flavor" and IRE
then canned and sold to the public as
chicken. turkey, geese, ducks and
game Of various kinds.
The Reef Trust employs an army
Of chemists whose main duty IL to sup
ply the proper taste, smell and mp.
pearance to the misbranded products.
No attention whatever Is 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 mlsbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from It's
Warrington correspondent, Ray
mond." was printed on the 6rst page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 20, 1905:
senator McCumber the other day
gave to the Senate hint as to the
reason for this opposition by the
packing house people. He quoted n
report from tho food commissioner Of
his own State, North Dakota. which
hit the packers between the eyes, ana
which apparently explains why they
have been opp Ssing the pure food bill
90 vigorously.
'This North Dakota commissioner
had the indellcacy to make special
examination Of all the alleged potted
chicken and potted turkey he could
1nd. II was oil put up In cans and
all came from outside States in orig.
inal packages, 20 It was clearly an
article Of interstate commerce and ~
such could be regulated only by the
federal government. This North On.
kota commissioner went through can
after can and could not find the slight.
est trace either Of chicken or turkey.
Furthermore, It was put up by
packing establishments which have no
facilities for killing fowls and which
do not provide them. The cans, how.
ever. were labeled 'potted chicken and
'potted turkey and this thing the
pure food bill proposes to stop.
Everybody knows this pottcd tur.
key and chicken ana the various kinds
of soups prepared by the packing
houses are the product Of beef cattle.
hogs and sheep.
III the pure food bill In passed.
however, a packing house which put
up a can Of deslccated pig and labeled
II 'potted turkey would DO subject
to civil and criminal prosecution.
One Of the principal aims OF the pure
food bill 10 to prevent the mist}rand'
ing OF all food products, and It II this
section which 10 arousing the strong.
est opposition.
''The evidence given before the
Senate aud House committees last
year all goes to show that the crime
Of adulteration and gross deceit o.
misbranding and misrepresentation
has become more widespread In this
country than the public generally has
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
10 more or less deceit. Some things
are adulterated In way to be harm
full. Others are adulterated but are
harmless. The pure food bill. II ~"
ed aud properly executed, would
stamp out the harmful authorizations
entirely, but would permit the harm
less authorizations to 20 20 long as
there was no deception. 1t would pre-.
vent the use Of c0loring matter for the
express purpose Of deceiving, and It
would put an end to the lying labels
like those on the Hotted chicken Of the
packing trust.
Gently submitted In behalf Of the pure
food bill was by Senator McCumber,
who pointed out that the American
people to-day, according to the best
estimates Of the Department OF Agri-
culture. are paying annually about g.. |
600, OOO, 900 for adulterated aud mis-.
branded articles. This In about three
times the national debt Of the United |
States, and this enormous sum, every
dollar of It, IL contributed by people |
who believe they are getting some |
thing they do not receive. II tho pure
food bill was passed they would spend |
about the same amount Of money. Of
course. but they would get what they
are expecting to buy. and this IL the
whole object of the legislation now
pending in the House aud Senate"
AZ
Charges that government inspection
of beef Is inadequate and protects the
foreign consumer to the detriment of |
Chicagoans were made by DR.. william
X. Jaques Mt the meeting of the Chica-
90 Medical Society at the public II.
brary. DIR. Arnold G. Klebs expressed |
indorsemNnc Of DR.. Jaque's sentiments. I,
After the broad assertions above
quoted DR.. jacques continued az fol. |
lows; 1.-THE condemned carcassss can