Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-16
tuberculosis. Cancer Combine Does as It
P|eases in the Matter Of
Peoples Food.
Milk Fed Chickens Is a Good Name
for Immature Canned
Veal.

"Ntilk fed chickens" would he good
name II applied to calves, canned and
sold to the public as a pure article Of
poultry.
Immature veal, bad meat, slices
from Gamers aud tid.bits from dead
pork are nicely fixed up In the Trust
laboratories with chemicals that give
them "thc natural flavor" and are
then canned and sold to the public as
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 ap.
pearance to the mlsbranded 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 a pure
food bill which will prohibit this
frightful fraud In the misbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from Its
Washington correspondent. Fray
mond," was printed on the first page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 20. 1906:
"senator McCumber the other day
gave to the Senate hint as to the
reason for this opposition by the
packing house people. He quoted a
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 opposing the pure food bill
% vigorously.
"This North Dakota commissioners
had the indelicacy to make a special
examination Of all the alleged pottel
chicken and potted turkey he could
And. It was all put up In cans and
all came from outside states In orig
inal packages, 30 It was clearly an
article OF interstate commerce and M
such could be regulated only by the
federal government. This North Da.
kota commissioner went through can
after can and could not find the slight
est trace either Of chicken or turkey
"Turthermore. It was put up by
hacking establishments which have no
facilities for killing fowls and which
do not provide them. The cans, how
ever. were labeled 'pOttcd chicken and
.potted turkey and this thing the
pure food bill proposes to stop.
Everybody knows this potted tur'
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 Ia passed
however. a packing house which put
up can OF deslccated pig and labeled
It 'pottcd turkey would DO subject
to civil and criminal prosecution
One OF the principal aims Of the pure
food bill Is to prevent the misbrand
ing Of all food products. and 1t Is this
section which IL ar0using the strong
est opposition.
"The evidence given before thu
Senate and House committees las
year all goes to show that the crime
Of adulteration and gross deceit q
misbrnnding and misrepresentation
has become more widespread In TILL
country than the public generally ha'
any Idea Of. The packers are not TIN
only people who deceive the public
by their labels. In almost every lin'
OF food and drink products which ar'
put up under special trade marks Their
In more or less deceit Some thing
are adulterated In way to be harm
full. Others are adulterated but ar
harmless. The pure food bill. II pm
ed and properly executed, woul'
stamp out the harmful adulteratiOn
entirely, but would permit the harm
less authorizations to so SO long q
there was no deception. 1t would pyf
vent the use of cOlOring snatter for tn
express purpose of deceiving. and
would put an end to the lying label
like those on the pOtted chicken OF tn
packing trust.
'One of the strongest arguments re
Gently submitted In behalf of the pur
food bill was by Senator McCumbel
who pointed out that the American
people to-day, according to the bes
estimates of the Department OF Ayr
culture, are paying annually about $3