Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-04

"Nfilk-fcd chickens" would he good
name If applied to calves. canned and
sold to the public as 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 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 Is to sup.
ply the proper taste, smell and an.
pearance to the misbranded products.
No attention whatever IL 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 pure
food bill which will prohibit this
frightful fraud In the mlsbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from its
Washington correspondent, Ray.
mond," was printed on the first page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 20. 1908:
senator McCumber the other day
gave to the Senate a hint as to the
reason for this opposition by the
packing house people. He quoted
report from the food commissioner Of
his own State. North Dakota. which
hit the packers between the eyes. and
which apparently explains why they
have been opp Ssing the pure food bill
% vigorously.
"This North Dakota commissioner
had the indelicacy to mako q special
examination Of all the alleged pottetl
chicken and potted turkey he could
0nd. 1t was all put up In cans and
oil 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 potted tur.
key and chicken and the various kinds
Of soups prepared by the packing
houses IRE the product Of beef cattle.
hogs and sheep.
III the pure food bill II passed.
however. a packing house which put
up a can Of desiccated pig and labeled
II 'potted turkey would be subject
to civil and criminal prosecution.
One Of the principal aims, Of the bure
food bill IL to prevent the mlsbrapd.
Ing Of all food products. aud It 10 this
section which 10 arousing the strong
est opposition.
1.-THE evidence given before the
Senate and House committees last
year all goes to show that the crime
Of adulteration and gross deceit Of
misbranding and misrepresentation ton
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
h mo-" or leas deceit. Some things
are adulteratsd In Q way to be har
ful. Others are adulterated but are
harmless. The pure food bill. ~
ID and properly executed. would
stamp out the harmful authorizations
hut would permit the harm.
LEES authorizations to 80 70 long a.
there. was no deception. It would pre-
vent the use Of coloring matter for the
express purpose Of deceiving, and It
would put an end to the lying labels |
like those on the 7otted chicken Of the
packing trust.
zone Of the strongest arguments re- |
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 Agrl.
culture. are paying annually about ST.
100 OOO,OOO for adulterated and mis-.
branded articles. This Ia about three
lines the national debt Of the United
States. and this enormous sum, every
dollar OF 1t, IL contributed by people
who believe they are getting some
hing they do not receive. II the pure
God bill was passed they would spend
lbOut the same amount of money. Of
course. but they would get what they
ire expecting to buy, and this Is the
whole object of the legislation now
vending in the House and Senate"
%6
Charges that government inspection
4 beef is inadequate and protects the
Oreign consumer to the detrlment OF
,hicagOans were made by DR.. William
(. Jaques ut the meeting of the Chica-
% Medical Society at the public H.
rary. Dr. Arnold c. Klebs expressed
Endorsement Of Dr.. Jaque's sentiments.
After the broad assertions above
uOted DIR, jacques continued as fol- |
lws: "rhe condemned carcass Can