Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-24
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.

"Atilk.fed chickens would he q good
name IL applied to calves. canned and
sold to the public as a pure article OF
poultry.
Immature veal, bad meat. slices
from Gamers and tid.blts 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 Ms
chicken, turkey. geese, ducks and
game Of various kinds.
The Beef Trust employs an army
Of chemists whose main duty il to sup
ply the proper taste, smell and MP
pearance to the mlsbranded products
No attention whatever II paid to
the effect Of this kind Of food Oh the
public health.
The representatives Of the Beet
Trust have been In Washington for
months fighting the passage Of pure
food bin which will prohibit this
frightful fraud in the misbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from its
Washington correspondent, RAY.
mond," was printed on the frat page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 20. 1905;
"senator McCumber the other day
gave to the Senate q hint ~ 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
90 vigorously.
"This North Dakota commissioners
had the indelicacy to make n special
examination Of all the alleged pottetl
chicken ana potted turkey he could
iind. 1t was all put up In cans and
nil came from outside States in orig.
inal packages, 80 1t was clearly I'm
article Of interstate commerce and NJ
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.
"Furthcrmore. II was put up by
packing establishments which have no
facilities for killing fowls and which
do not provide them. Tho cans. how.
ever. were labeled 'p0tted 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 are the product Of beef cattle,
hogs and sheep.
III the pure food bill In passed.
however. a packing house which put
up can Of desIccated pig and labeled
It potted turkey would be subject
to civil and criminal prosecution.
One Of the principal aims Of the pure
food bill IL to prevent the misbrand'
Ing Of all food products, and 1t IL this
section which ID arOusing the strong.
est opposition.
"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 mlsrcpresentat 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
10 more or less deceit. Some things
are adulterated In way to be harm.
full. Others are adulterated but are
harmless. The pure food bill. II pass
ed and properly executed. would
stamp out the harmful adulterations
entirely. but would permit the harm
less authorizations to so 80 long IA
there was no deception. 1t would pre-
vent the use OF cOl0ring matter for the
express purpose Of deceivinH, and 1t
would put an end to the lying labels
like those on the potted 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 today, according to the best
estimates Of the Department Of Agrl.
culture, are paying annually about &c..
OOO.O0O.OOO for adulterated and mis-.
branded articles. This Ia about three
times the national debt of the United
States, and this enormous sum. every
dollar Of II, Is contributed by people
who believe they are getting some
thing they do not receive. II the pure
food bill was passed they would spend
about the same amount Of money. Of
course. but they would get what they
are expecting to buy, aud this Ia the
whole object Of the legislation now
pending In the House and Senate"
People who eat freely OF prepared or
canned food consume ut least forty
d. doses OF poison day, according to the
statement Of r. NJ. Patterson. assistant
State food commissioner for Illinois.
who addressed the National Associa.
ton Of Retail Grocers at Niagara Falls.
N. Y.
Not only did Mr.. Patterson condemn
the use Of canned goods. which be char.