Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-28
tuberculosis. Cancer Combine Does as Il
Pleases in the Matter Of
Peoples Food.
Milk Fed Chickens Is a Good Name
for Immature Canned
Veal.

milk fed chickens" would he n good
name If applied to calves. canned and
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 rs
chicken. turkey, geese, ducks and
game Of various kinds.
The Beef Trust employs an army
Of chemists whose main duty II to sup.
ply the proper taste, smell and ap.
pearance to the misbrantled products.
No attention whatever Is pnid 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 a pure
food bill which will prohibit this
frightful fraud In the mlsbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from its
Washington correspondent. "lsay.
mond." was printed on the first page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. ~. 1901:
"Senator McCumber the other day
gave to the Senate hint as to the
reason for this opposition by the
packing house people. He quoted u
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
80 vigorously.
"rhis North Dakota commissioner
had the indellcncy to make special
examination Of all the alleged pottc,l
chicken and potted turkey he could
nnd. 1t was all put up In cans and
all came from outside States In orig.
inal packages, so 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 ana could not find the slight.
est trace either Of chicken or turkey.
Furthermore. II was put up by
packing establishments which nave no
facilities for killing fowls and which
do not provide them. The cans. how
ever. were labeled 'p0ttcd chicken and
'potted turkey aud this thing the
pure food bill proposes to stop.
Everybody knows this p0tted tur.
key and chicken aud the various kinds
OF soups prepared by the packing
houses are the product OF beef cattle,
hogs and sheep.
III the pure food bill IL passed.
however, a packing house which put
up Il can of dcslccated pig and labeled
II 'pOtted turkey would I've subject
10 civil aud criminal prosecution.
One OF the principal aims OF the pure
food bill II to prevent the mlsbranl.
Ing OF all food products. and 1t Is this
section which II ar0using the strong
est opposition.
"The evidence given before tho
Senate aud House committees Inst
year all goes to show that the crime
Of adulteratlon and gross deceit Of
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 ana drink products which are
put up under special trade marks there
In more or less deceit. Some things
are adulterated In q way to be harm
fpl. Others are adulterated but are
harmless. The pure food bill. II pn
ed and properly executed, would
stamp out the harmful authorizations
entirely. but would permit the harm
less authorizations TO 90 80 long as
there was no deception. 1t would pre-.
vent the use Of cOlOring matter for the
express purpose Of decelvlng. and 1t
would put IN end to the lying labels
like those on the pottcd chicken Of the
packing trust.
Zone OF the strongest arguments re-
Gently submitted In behalf OF the pure
food bill was by Senator McCunlber,
who pointed out that the American
people rto-day, according 20 the best
estimates OF the Department Of Agri-
culture, are paying annually about ST.
OOO,OOO.OOO for adulterated aud mis-.
branded articles. Thls Ii about three
times the national debt OF the United
States, and this enormous sum. every
dollar Of 1t, Is 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 they
are expecting to buy, and this IL the
whole object Of the legislation now
pending In the House and Senate"
Charges that government inspection
OF beef Is inadequate and protects the
foreign consumer to the detrlment OF
Chlcagoans were made by DIR. William
X. jacques Mt the meeting OF the ChIca-
80 Medical Society ut the public II.
hrary. Dr. Arnold c. Klebs expressed
Endorsement OF Dr. Jaque's sentiments.
After the bread assertions above
quoted DR.. Jaques continued as fol-
lows; "Ihe condemned carcasses can