Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-05-26

| ferrous, no nluttcr Whit lenstn Ol tllue
they were placed on ice.
"rhcre is no possibility of preventing
some kind of decay IL poultry Is packed
with the entrails inside, no matter
what the temperature. and all cold stor-
age meats. even when taken the best
care of. lose their vitalizing principle
and are consequently almost valueless
as food products.
+, "They are not stimulants to the
stomach or the system, but mere clogs.
1t Is just about the same as feeding
the stomach so much bran. Cold stor.
age Is unfortunately one Of the neces.
stiles of our great cities and the great
activities of our modern life, but 1t Is
a misfortune that cold storage should
be necessary. All meats should Ike
used within three or four days after
the killing to secure the necessary re.
turns of vitality to the human body.
"As for cold storage eggs I forbid
my patients to use them under any cir.
cumstances. The egg, like meat, loses
Its force when stored and the fact that
1t has shell Is no protection. Its food
properties are as certainly destroyed
as IL 1t were broken. Canned goods are
equally II not more delctcrious than
cold storage products. 1t Is now an
established fact that In the Russo.Japa.
nesc war canned goods were rs dead.
~ as the shrapncl."
II. c. Curtis. director Of st. I.uke's
Hospital. stated that as general prop.
ositlon he was In favor Of the pas.
sage Of the Whalen ordinance. 1T
would be a safeguard to the public
health" he said. land We who see the
under side Of that question are natur.
ally solicitious that every step be
taken to safeguard the public"
The beef Trust Is immune from
prosecution by the Illinois Pure Food
Commission.
Why?
One point OH which the Illinois com.
mission has been especially lax In the
opinion Of food experts has been Its
failure to look for personalities In
canned meats. There Is nothing In
the State law, the commissioner
claims. that forbids tho use Of pre-.
servatives, but the law plainly states
that:
mo packer or dealer In preserved
or canned fruits ana vegetables, or
other articles of food, shall sell or
offer for sale such canned or preserved
articles OF food. unless these shall be
entirely free from substances or In.
gradients dcleterious to health"
A decision from Secretary Wilson
Of the Department Of Agriculture on
the point In question came In dis.
patch from Washington. 1t was as
follows:
"rhe addition of any preservativc
Of any kind to food product may be
objected to, first, when the added body
Is not mentioned on the label; second.
the added substance Itself may be
deemed injurious to health; third. the
added substance may be forbidden by
the laws of the country In which tho
foods are made or from which they
are exported.
Both boraclc and salcylic acids are
prohibited by the German laws.
Boraclc acid has been declared by this
department to be injurious TO health.
1t does not appear that there Is any
convincing reason for the use OF any
representatives. In sausages except the
usual continental ingredents-salt,
vinegar, spices and woodsmokc.
"Undcr the results of experiments
conducted in the bureau Of chemistry
small quantities Of benzoic acid and
foods are produced, or from which
they are exported"
food products when not forbidden by
the laws Of the countries where the
Help the health commissioner fight
the Beef Trust!
| Commissioner OF Health Whalen. In
the bulletin for the last week OF Jan
nary, calls attention to the need of an
appropriation of $4,000 10 fight tuber-
culosls. "An increase of the police
force Is undoubtedly necessary" de-
clarcs the bulletin, but there seems
to be lacking sense of proportion In
refusing the $4,000 10 save 1000 To
$4,000 lives annually from the assaults
OF n positively preventable disease,
while granting 100000 to fight thugs
and murderers, whose total harvest of
death last year was 1877 victims. Give
the police department all 1t asks-if
that can be done. Give the health de-
partment what it actually needs"
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Many OF the Beef Trust employees
wear rubber gloves while handling
the cadayers. Otherwise they are In
imminent danger of blood poisoning.
Even the embalmlng of food for the
gullible public has its attendant dan
gers.
The Beef Trust Is commencing to
squirm. The public is going to get
some startling facts before long, An
opinion given by Attorney General
Stead to the Illinois live stock board
7 ..,,a tho hon ri has M RIGHT IN M @ q