Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-11

terious. no matter what length Of time
they were placed on Ice.
"There Is no possibility Of preventing
some kind Of decay II 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 yitalizing 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 nees.
stiles of our great cities and the great
activities of our modern life, but 1t Is
misfortune that cold storage should
be 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
It has shell Is no protection. Its food
properties are as certainly destroyed
as II II were broken. Canned goods are
equally n not more deleterious than
cold storage products. 1t Is now an
established fact that In the Russo.Japa.
nese war canned goods were rs dead.
Is rs the shrapnel."
II. G. Curtis. director Of st. Luke's
Hospital. stated that as general prop.
osition he WIS In favor Of the pas.
sage Of the whalen ordinance. ut
would be a safeguard to the public
health" he said. "nnd 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 preservatives IN
canned meats. There Is nothing In
the State law. the commissioner
claims. that forbIds the use Of pre-.
servatives, but the law plainly states
| that:
| NO packer or dealer In preserved
or canned fruits and 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 deleterious to health"
A decision from Secretary Wilson
Of the Department Of Agriculture on
the point In question came In a dis
patch from Washington. It was al
follows:
1.-The addition Of any preservatlve
OF any kind to a food product may be
objected to, first. when the added body
Is not mentioned on the label; second
the added substance itself may bt
deemed injurious to health; third, the
added substance may be forbidden by
the laws Of the country In which tn,
foods are made or from which they
are exported.
Both boracic and sallcyllc acids ar,
prohibited by the German laws
Boraclc acid has been declared by thi
department to be injurious to health
1t does not appear that there Is an!
convincing reason for the use of an!
personalities in sausages except tn
usual continental ingredients-sali
vinegar, spices and woodsmOke.
Under the results Of experiment
conducted in the bureau of chemistr
small quantities OF benzolc acid an,
foods are produced, or from whic
they are exported"
food products when not forbidden b
, the laws OF the countries where tn
!. Help the health commissioner fgh
!, the Beef Trust!
A Commissioner OF Health Whalen, 4
4 the bulletin for the last week of jar
n uary, calls attention to the need of q
8 appropriation of $4,000 TO fight tube
e culosls. IAN increase OF the polio
T. | Ioi'c ~ uhuouDltuIs ueccssuTy, w
= clares the bulletin, but there seem
!. to be lacking sense OF proportion
!. refusing the $4,000 to save 1000 I
, $4,000 lives annually from the assault,
Of a positively preventable diseas
, while granting 81 100000 to fight thug
: and murderers, whose total harvest {
Z death last year was )S7 victims. Civ
I the police department all it asks
r that can be done. Give the health d,
g partment what 1t actually needs"
e ~a
Many OF the Beef Trust employe
!, wear rubber gloves while handln
! the cadavers. Otherwise they are 4
imminent danger Of blood POISONING
: Even the embalming OF food for In
I gullible public has Its attendant daI
gers.
~
The Beef Trust Is commencing :
squirm. The public Is going to &c
!. some startling facts before long. Al
: opinion given by Attorney Genera
+. Stead TO the Illinois live stock boar,
aoru tho hrarA baa M rioht IN nm m