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

The Beef Trust Is oil powerful b
Congress.
Seventeen years ago the first pur'
food bill was introduced in the Sen
ate. and It has been debated of an,
on ever since"
With this introduction lIenr,
Beach Neetlham tells In WOrld'i
Work the amazing story of the delay,
to the pure food bib In the Unitet
states Senate as an illustration of oh
structive methods.
1t will enable the millions Of con
sumers Of food to understand VIII,
the United States Is the only civil
lied country which does not possess ,
national food law. It will enable
them to appreciate the difficulties
which now confront the Hepburn bill
during the present session Of TIN
United States Senate, the only meas
ure. according to the best authorities
that there Is any hope Of passing.
Every American workman" says
Mr.. Needham, 1T IL fair to assume
Is Interested vitality In securing for his
famIly whit he earns by the sweat Of
his brow--purc food and pure drugs
"Whcn one pays for wholesome mr.
tlcles he does not cure to receive bud
coffee. glucose syrups. conl tnr jcllics
spurious whiskeys, adulterated drugs
and imitation Aavorlng cxtrncts. Ono
docs not want Goldfish sausages OF
green hams, smoke cured nll pre.
served with boracic acid; New Or.
leans molasses' or honey composed
largely Of glucose; olive oil. In reality
cotton seed oil; pure raspberry Jelly
manufactured from glucose mixed with
cltric acid and COIL tar dye.
III the State cannot protect the In.
dlvidunl against such swindling-nnd
the State commissions confess their
impotcncc-Onc naturally looks to tho
Federal government for protection and
to Ills representative In Congress to
provide statutory means for such pro.
lection. How Inns the welfare. the
health. and longevity Of the SO.OOO,OOO
Americans been conserved by Con.
grcss?"
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The Beef Trust Ii making a hard
fight ut Washington against pure food
law.
The following In from a Washington
dispatch to the Chicago Tribune, Feb.
., 1909:
Recently this opposition has taken
mn extremely dangerous turn. The peo.
pie who are behind 1t realize That there
IL general demand throughout the
country for national legislation on this
subject. They do not dare To fight It
outright, therefore. and no they iare
combining their attention IN I'M effort to
destroy the value Of the law when Il IL
enacted and to make 1t difficult II not
impossible Of execution.
'"rhere ARE now on the statute books
Of many States, particularly In the
north. laws which II enacted would 20
u long ways toward disp0sing Of the
impure food products which are now
flooding the markets of the country to
u notorious degree. In Illinois. for In.
stance. there IL law which, II hon.
estly executed, would put nm end to the
vast amount Of frauds practiced upon
the people. The law. however. II to a
large extent dead letter and the iii.
nOis food commissioner IL said to have
become an offensive partisan In the
movement to break down national legis.
latlon on this subject. Honest advo-
Gates here OF pure food law are as-
tOnished that Gov. Deneen should per.
init any Illinois official to take a stand
In public which manifestly IL In opposI.
ton to the best interests Of nine-tenths
Of the people OF the State of Illinois.
"rhe antl-pure food lobby here In
Washington, which has Its headquar.
tiers ut the Willard Hotel. ana which
apparently Is supplied with mn unlimit.
ell amount of money, seems to have
come to the conclusion that some kind
Of Il pure food law Is inevitable ut this
session OF Congress. They IRE there.
fore bending all their energies to break
down or minimize the effect of such a
law when passed."
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Remembering that 1t was always the
habit to use the carcases Of cancerOus
or lumpy jawed cattle after the can.
GERS were cut out, the public In prob.
ably getting a fuller dose OF lumpy
jawed cattle for food than ever. On
the very day that the city discontinued
its inspection and condemnation. the
Commissioners Of Health Of Chicago 10.
sued the following remarkable instruc.
tions In bis bulletin Of December 80
lO06:
1.-THE Commissioners has Issued the
following instructions to the chief In.
spectOr at the Union Stock Yards:
"'While actinomycosis 10 usually
confined to the head. and may be said
In one sense to be q localized disease.
and while some inspectors condemn
only the part Involved. believe 1t 10
safest aud most practicable to condemn
the entire carcass wherever the acti.
nomycotic abscess opens into the
mouth. pharynx. larynx or any part OF
the digestive or respiratory tract; o.
when the lymphatlc glands are invok
ed; or whsre thsre ars actinomycotic