Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-16

laws regulating the administration Of
drugs, extracts and simpies,' snid Mr..
Patterson. "and yet we niiow class
OF people without any medical skill to
administer poisonous coiors to our.
selves and to our children In colorcl
foods. beverages and corrections.
"All the coal tar cOlors are manu-.
featured by artificial processes with.
out proper supervision rs to their Of.
feet upon the public health. md none
Of them should he administered In
foods In the promlscuons manner now
prevailing.
Antiseptics. said Mr.. Patterson. IRE
used In these preparations to prevent
fermentation. "Antiseptics mny." he
continued. alike coioring matter. be
divided into two clnsses-irst, those
which nre not only admittedly harm.
lcss, but tint are also useful articles
Of food. such ~ common salt, sugar,
spices. etc. These have been used since
time imnemo, ,al and their use must
be considered legitimate.
"The second class embraces the 10.
called chemical prcservativcs. the prin
cipal ones of which are sallcylic acid
and henzolc acid, with their salts :
boracic ncid ana bOraX. formaldehyde.
sncchnrIn. sucrOl. sulphurous acid and
its salts, nbr,,stol. beta naphthol cpd
some Of the miorinc compounds. Tho
| .,,,tt,ott.,u ~ tkasn nraaoryn ivca IN
food products IL of comparatively re-
cent dnte and In my opinion their use
IL u menace to public health and long
ev!iy."
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One hundred and sixteen articles pro.
duccd by the Beef Trust In Chicago
have been examined nnd condemned by
the honest pure food commissioner of
the State OF North Dakota. Every one
NJ them was condemned because II
contained u poison ana was therefore
detrimental to the public health. Iacl;
of space alone prohibits us from print
Ing the list and the names Of the
houses shipping the stun.
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The Reef Trust has raised the price
Of shoes by raising the price Of hides
Governor Douglas Of Massachusett,
10 a large manufacturer of shoes. HI
seads a delegation Of the Boot and
Shoe Manufacturers to appeal to thu
President to remove the duty on hides
30 that they will be cheaper. Thu
country produces more hides than Il
needs to shoe it's people; but the Bee
Trust controls these hides.
The Beef Trust raises the price o.
hides.
This raises the price of leather. ant
this In turn
Raises the the price OF shoes.
So the Beef Trust ia becoming thu
oppressor Of the poor In the matter o.
food aud raiment.
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| II the people want laws protecting
them from eating poison, they must b.
careful whom they select for the Legls
lature.
The Newspaper Trust Of Chicago vii
keep still, but The Eagle will inform
the people of the candidates running
i The Beef Trust must be stopped!
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The Chicago Beef Trust house which
pleaded guilty In Pennsylvania to thu
charge OF selling poisonous and adul
tcrated sausages, was fined on two
charges.
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Charges that government inspection
Of beef Is inadequate and protects til
foreign consumer to the detriment O
Chicagoans We're made by DR.. william
X. JaQues ut the meeting OF the Chica
go Medical Society Mt the public u
brary. DIR. Arnold G. Klebs espresso
Endorsement Of DR.. Jaque's sentiments
After the broad assertions abOv
quoted DR.. Jaques continued as 10
lows: "rhe condemned carcasses ca
be sold by the consent Of the law afte
| thou, IA haos. huo nAoH NJ, no o,,a al m,