Chicago eagle., 1906-09-01
tuberculosis. Cancer Combine Does as Il
PIeases in the Matter Of
Peoples Food.
Milk Fed Chickens Is a Good Name
for Immature Canned
Veal.

"Nfilk.fed chickens" would be 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-bits 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 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 misbranded products.
No attention whatever Is paid to
the effect Of this kind of food on the
public health.
The representatives Of the Reef
Trust have been In Washington for
months fighting the passage Of pure
food bill which will prohibit this
frightful fraud in the misbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from Its
Washington correspondent. Ray.
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 n
report from the food commissioner of
his own State, North Dakota. which
hit the packers between the eyes. ana
which apparently explains why they
have been opp Ssing the pure food bill
20 vigorously.
".rhis North Dakota commissioner
had the indcllcacy to make a special
examination Of all the alleged potted
chicken ana potted turkey he could
6nd. 1t was all put up In cans and
all came from outside States In orig.
inal packages. so It was clearly an
article Of Interstate commerce and ~
such could be regulated only by the
federal government. This North Da.
kota commissioner went through can
after cnn and could not find the slight
est trace either Of chicken or turkey.
Furthermore. It was put up by
packing establishments which have no
facilities for killing fowls and which
do not provide them. The cans, how.
ever. were labeled 'potted chicken ana
pottcd turkey and this thing the
pure food bill proposes 10 stop.
Everybody knows this potted tur-
key ana 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 II passed,
however, a packing house which put
up a can OF deslccated pig and labeled
II 'potted turkey would he 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 ID arousing the strong
est opposition.
'The evidence given before the
Senate una House committees last
year all goes to show that the crime
Of adulteratiOn ana gross deceit
misbranding ana Misrepresentation |
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 ana drink products which are
put up under special trade marks there
In more or less deceit. Some things
are adulterated In a way to be h
full. Others are adulterated but are
harmless. The pure food hill. II
ed ana properly executed. would
stamp out the harmful authorizations
entirely, but would permit the harm
less adulteratlOns to go so long as
there was no deception. 1t would pre-
vent the use of cOloring matter for the
express purpose OF deceivlng, and II
wOnld put an end to the lying label
like those on the 7ottcd chicken Of the
packing trust.
zone of the strongest arguments re-
Gently submitted In behalf of the prr"
food bill was by Senator McCumber,
who pointed out that the American
people to-day, according to the best
estimates of the Department of Agri-
culture, are paying annually about $'..
OOOOOO,O 600 for adulterated and mis-.
branded articles. This is about three
times the national debt of the United
States, and this enormous sum, every
dollar of It. 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
course, but they would get what they
are expecting to buy, and this IL the
whole object Of the legislation now
pending In the House and Senate"
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Charges that government inspection
Of beef Is inadequate and protects the
foreign consumer to the detriment of
Chicagoans We're made by DIR. William
X. Jaques ut the meeting Of the ChIca- 4
60 Medical Society at the public II.
brary. DR.. Arnold G. Klebs expressed
Endorsement Of DR.. Jaque's sentiments.
After the broad assertions above
quoted DR.. Jaques continued % fol.
lows: "Ths condemned carcassss can