Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-10

milk fed chickens would he goou
name IL applied to calves. canned and
sold to the public as u 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 anu
game Of various kinds.
The Beef Trust employs an army
Of chemists whose main duty is to sup
ply the proper taste, smell ana mp
pearancc 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 bin which will prohibit this
frightful fraud in the misbranding az
food.
The following telegram from its
Washington correspondent, RAY
mond," was printed on the first page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. %. 1905:
"scnator McCumber the other day
gave to the Senate hint rs to the
reason for this opposition by the
packing house people. He quoted n
report from the food commissioner or
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
70 vigorously.
"This North Dakota commissioner
had the indelicncy to make n special
examination Of all the alleged potted
chicken ana potted turkey he could
and. 1t was all put up In cans and
nil came from outside states In orig.
inal packages, so 1t was clearly an
article OF interstate commerce ana ns
such could be regulated only by the
federal government. This North Da.
kota commissioner went through can
after cnn and could not find the slight.
est trace either Of chicken or turkey
"FurthermOre. II was put mp by
hacking establishments which have M
facilities for killing fowls and which
do not provide them. The cans, how
ever. were labeled 'potted chicken and
NOTED turkey and this thing the
pure food bill proposes to stop.
Everybody knows this potted tnr'
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 IL passed
however, a packing house which put
nm can OF dcsiccated pig and labeled
II NOTED turkey would be subject
TO civil and criminal prosecution
One OF the principal aims Of the pure
food bill IL to prevent the misbrand
ing OF all food products. ana 1t Is this
section which IL arouslng the strong
est opposition.
"The evidence given before thu
Senate and House committees las
year nil goes TO show that the crime
OF adulteration and gross deceit o
mlsbranding und misrepresentation
has become more widespread In thi'
country than the public generally hat
any idea Of. The packers are not IN
only people who deceive the publi'
by their labels. In almost every I'M
Of food and drink products which mr.
nut M under special trade marks ther'
In more or less deceit. Some thing
arc adulterated In a way to be harm
full. Others are adulterated but ar
harmless. The pure food bill. II pass
ed and properly executed, woui'
stamp out the harmful adulteration
entirely. hut would permit the harm
Less adultera lions to go SO long n
there was no deception. 1t would pre-
vent the use of cOlOring matter for TN
express purpose OF deceiving. and
would put an end to the lying label
like those on the potted chicken OF TIT
packing trust.
zone Of the strongest arguments re
Gently submitted In behalf Of the pur'
food bill was by Senator McCumber
who pointed out that the American
people to-day, according to the hes
estimates OF the Department Of Agrl
culture, are paying annually about 3d.
OOOOOO,OOO for adulterated and mis-
branded articles. This 10 about tire
times the national debt OF the Unite'
States, and this enormous sum, ever
dollar Of 1t, Ii contributed by peopl
who believe they are getting some
thing they do not receive. II the pur
food bill was passed they would spen
about the same amount Of money. a
course, but they would get what the
are expecting to buy, and this Ia tn
whole object Of the legislation nov
pending In the House and Senate"
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People who cut freely Of prepared o
canned food consume at least fort
doses OF poison day, according to tn
statement OF r. NJ. Patterson. assistan
State food commissioner for lllinoi
who addressed the National Associi
ton Of Retail Grocers at Niagara Fall
N. y.