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

ferrous. no matter what length Of time
they were placed on Ice.
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 50 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
a 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 she'll Is no protection. Its food
properties IRE as certainly destroyed
MS IL 1t were broken. Canned goods are
equally II not more dcletcrlous than
cold storage products. II IL now an
established fact that In the Russo.Japa.
nese war canned goods were as dead.
~ rs the shrapncl."
II. c. Curtis. director of st. Luke's
Hospital. stated that rs general prop.
ositlon he was In favor Of the pas.
sage Of the whalen ordinance. ut
would be n safeguard to the public
health" he said. "and we who see the
under side OF that question are natur.
ally solicitious 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 pro-
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. 1t was az
follows:
, 1.-The addition Of any prcservative
Of any kind to a food product may be
objected to. first. when the added body
, Is not mentioned on the label; second
. 1.-THE added substance itself may be
. deemed injurious to health; third. the
, ] added substance may be forbidden by
the laws OF the country In which the
, foods are made or from which they
. are exported.
II Both boracic and salicylc acids are
, prohibited by the German laws
BOraclc acid has been declared by thii
/. department to be injurious to health
q II does not appear that there Ia any
q | convincing reason for the use of any
{ ! preservatives In sausages except thu
1 usual continental ingredients--salt
o vinegar. spices and woodsmOke.
"Under the results OF experiment.
!. conducted in the bureau OF chemistr!
4 small quantities OF benzOic acid an,
4 foods are produced, or from whicl
a they are exported"
food products when not forbidden b,
4 the laws OF the countries where tn
;. Help the health commissioner ngh
8 the Beef Trust!
n Commissioner OF Health Whalen, 4
d the bulletin for the last week Of Jan
n uary. calls attention to the need Of a
Q appropriation OF $4,000 TO fight tubel
q culosis. IAN increase OF the polio
g force IL undoubtedly necessary" Dc
q clares the bulletin, "but there seem
}. to be lacking sense OF proportion 4
!. refusing the 500. 600 to save 1900 (
9 $4,000 lives annually from the assault
Of positively preventable diseas,
5 while granting 81 100000 to fight thug
{ and murderers, whose total harvest O
4 death last year was 1877 victims. Civ
L the police department all II asks
r that can be done. Give the health d.
e partment what it actually needs"
II Many Of the Beef Trust employee
:. wear rubber gloves while hsndlin
y the cadavers. Otherwise they are b
u imminent danger OF blood poisoning
= Even the embalming OF food for In
!. gIlible public has its attendant dan
gers.
~
The Beef Trust Is commencing (,
squrm. The public is going TO &c
: some startling facts before long. Al
: opinion given by Attorney Genera
: Stead to the Illinois live stock boart
says the board has no right to pasi
: On slaughtered animals, but must con
fine its lnspectlOn 10 live stock Thu