Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-24

sold to tie pubic as pure urUcie OF
poultry.
Immature veal, bad meat. slices
from Gamers and tid-bits from dead
PORK are nicely fixed MP in the Trust
laboratories with chemicals that give
them "the natural havor," and are
then canned and sold to the public as
chicken. turkey. geese. ducks and
sume Of various kinds.
The Beef Trust employs M army
Of chemists whose main duty IL to sup.
ply the proper taste. smell and al'-
pearance to the misbrnnded 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 I'm Washington for
months fighting the passnge Of a pure
food bill which will prohibit this
frtrhtful fraud In the misbranling of
food.
The following telegram from Its
Washington correspondent. Ray
mond," wns printed on the first page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 20. 1906;
senator McCumber the other day
gave to the Senate a hint rs to the
reason for this opposition by the
packing house people. lie quoted n
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 opp Sslng the pure food bill
% vigorously.
"This North Dakota commissioners
had the indelicacy to make n special
examination OF all the alleged potted
chicken and pOtted turkey he could
md. 1t was all put up In cans ana
all came from outside states In orig
inai packages, NO 1t was clearly IN
article Of interstate commerce and ~
such could he regulated only by the
federal government. This North Dn-
kota commissioner went through can
after can md could not find the slight
est trace either Of chicken or turkey.
"Furthcrmore. 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
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 a can of desiccated 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 misbran''
Ing Of all food pro,lucts, and 1t In this
section which IL 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 o!
has become more widespread In this
country than the public generally hhs
any Idea Of The packers arc not the
only people who deceive tho puhli'
by their labels. In almost every line
Of food and drink products which are
put up under special trade marks there
IL more or less deceit. Some things
are adulterated In way to he harm
full. Others are adulterated hut are
harmless. The pure food bill. II pas
ed and properly executed, wouid
stamp out the harmful authorizations
entirely. but would permit the harm
less adultera lions to 70 30 long a.
there was no deception. 1t would pre-
vent the use Of cOloring matter for the
express purpose Of deceiving, and n
would put an end to the lying labels
like those on the p0ttsd 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 to-day, according to the bess
estimates OF the Department OF Agri'
culture, are paying annually about H.
OOO, 1900 for adulterated and mts'
branded articles. This 10 about three
times the national debt Of the U1At@'
States, and this enormous sum, every
dollar OF It, IL 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, and this 10 thu
whole object Of the legislation now
pending In the House aud Senate"
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People who eat freely OF prepared OF
canned food consume at least forty
dOses Of p0isOa day, according to thu
statement Of X. N. Patterson. assistant
state food commissioners for Illinois
who addressed the National AssOcia
ton OF Retail Grocers at Niagara Falls
NJ.
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