Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-05-12


There 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.
"rhey 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
misfortune that cold storage should
I've necessary. All meats should be
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 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 a shell Is no protection. Its food
properties are Ms certainly destroyed
as II It 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.
nese war canned goods were as dead.
ly rs the shrapncl."
II. G. Curtis. director OF st. Luke's
Hospital. stated that rs general prop.
osition he was In favor Of the pas.
sage of the Whalen ordinance. ut
would be u safeguard to the public
health" he said. land we who see the
under side of that question are natur.
ally solicltious 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 on which the Illinois com.
mission has been especially lax In the
opinion of food experts has been its
failure TO look for personalities IN
1 canned meats. There II nothing IN
the state law. the commissioner
claims. that forbids the use Of pre-.
servativcs. but the law plainly states
that:
| NO packer or dealer In preserved
or canned fruits ana vegetables. OF
other articles of food, shall sell OF
Offer for sale such canned or preserved
articles OF food. unless these shall he
entirely free from substances or In
gradients dclctcrious to health"
\ decision from Secretary Wilson
of the Department Of Agriculture OIL
the point In question came In II dis
patch from Washington. 1t was as
follows:
1.-THE addition of any preservativC
Of any kind TO a food product may be
objected to. first. when the added body
Is not mentioned on the label: second
deemed injurious to health; third, the
added substance may he forbidden by
the laws Of the country In which thu
foods are made or from which they
are exported.
Both boraclc and sallcylic acids ar,
prohibited by the German laws
Boraclc acid has been declared by thi,
department TO he injurious tn health
II does not appear that there IL an!
convincing reason for the Use of an!
personalities In sausages except tn,
usual continental ingretlicnts--sali
vinegar. spices and wOodsmoke.
Under the results OF experiment
conducted In the bureau Of chemistr
small quantities of benzOic acid an,
foods are produced. or from whic
they are exported"
food products when not forbidden D.
the laws of the countries where tn
Help the health commissioner flgll
the Beef Trust,
, Commissioner Of Health Whalen, l
the bulletin for the last week Of jar
! nary, calls attention to the need Of a
appropriation Of $4,000 to fight tubel
? culosis. "An increase of the polio
, force Is undoubtedly necessary" Il,
: | clares the bulletin, but there seem
: TO be lacking sense of proportion /
f. refusing the $4,000 TO save 1000 I
, $4,000 lives annually from the assault
of Il positively preyentablc disease
while granting Sl,0O0,OOO TO fight thug
I ana murderers, whose total harvest q
Z death last year was 1877 victims. civ
I the police department all 1t asks
r that can be done. Give the health Il,
9 pnrtment what II actually needs"
Many OF the Beef Trust employe
:, wear rubber gloves while handiln
the cadavers. Otherwise they are 4
imminent danger OF blood poisoning
: Even the embalmlng OF food for til
, sullible public has its attendant dan
! gers.
~&A
The Beef Trust Is commencing I
squlrm. The public Is going TO GO
: some startling facts before long. Al
, opinion given by Attorney Genera
f. Stead to the Illinois live stock boar,
says the board has no right to pas
5 on slaughtered animals, but must con