Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-14
The Health Department Says that I'm.
drawn Poultry, Long Kept, Is Unfit
for Food.
Frightful Food Thrown Upon Market
from Cold Storage Plants---Health
Department Protests.

terious. no matter what length of time
they were placed on Ice.
"There is no possibility Of preventing
some kind of decay If 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 vitaizing principle
and are consequently almost valueless
as food products.
'srhey are not stimulants to the
stomach or the system, but mere clogs.
1t Is just about the same as feeding
the stomach SO 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 II
a misfortune that cold storage should
he 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
It's force when stored and the fact that
1t has a she'll Is no protection. Its food
properties are as certainly destroyed
us II 1t were broken. Canned goods are
equally II not more delcterious than
cold storage products. 1t Is now an
established fact that In the Russo.Japa.
nese war canned goods were rs dead.
~ rs the shrapnel."
II. G. Curtis. director Of st. Luke's
Hospital. stated that rs general prop.
osltion he was In favor OF the pas.
sage Of the Whalen ordinance. 1T
would be a safeguard to the public
health" he said. "and we who see the
under side Of that question are natur.
ally solicitlous that every step be
taken to safeguard the publlc.'
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 tn
opinion OF food experts has been II
failure TO look for preservatives Il
canned meats. There IL nothing II
the State law, the commissions
claims. that forbids the use Of pre-
servatives, but the law plainly state
that:
mo packer or dealer In preserve,
or canned fruits and vegetables, o
other articles Of food. shall sell o
offer for sale such canned or preserves
articles OF food. unless these shall b
entirely free from substances or IN
gradients deleteriOus to health"
| A decision from Secretary Wilso
OF the Department Of Agriculture o
the point In question came In di'
patch from Washington. II was a
follows:
"The addition OF any preservatlv
OF any kind to food product may b
objected to. first. when the added bod
Is not mentioned on the label; secOn,
the added substance itself may l
deemed injurious to health; third. IL
added substance may be forbidden h
the laws Of the country In which Il
; foods are made or from which the
|, are exported.
Both bOracic and salicyllc acids NJ
i, prohibited by the German law
BOracic acid has been declared by tn
department to be injurious to healt
. 1t does not appear that there IL ~
= convincing reason for the use OF NJ
: preservatlves In sausages except Il
= usual continental ingredients-sa
a vinegar, spices and woodsmoke.
d Under the results Of experiment
;. conducted in the bureau Of chemist
d small quantities OF benzoic acid al
Il foods are produced, or from viii
IS they are exported"
food products when not forbidden
a the laws OF the countries where I
r. Help the health commissioner fiG
@ the Reef Trust!
N Commissioner OF Health Whalen,
d the bulletin for the last week Of ia
N uary, calls attention to the need Of
q appropriation OF $4,000 TO fight tub
u culosis. An increase of the poll
,e force il undoubtedly necessary" 1
"a clares the bulletin, but there seer
q. to be lacking sense Of proportion
a. refusing the $4,000 TO save 1900
70 $4,000 lives annually from the assau
OF a positively preventable dlsea,
y while granting sl,OOO,OOO to fight thu
II and murderers, whose total harvest
IF death last year was 1877 victims. Gi
II the police department all ii asks
IT that can be done. Give the health {
e partmcnt what 1t actually needs
sc ~
- Many Of the Beef Trust employ
:, wear rubber gloves while handlil
;. the cadavers. Otherwise they are
!" imminent danger Of blood pOisonin
:. Even the embalming Of food for I
;, gullible public has It's attendant da
y gers.
~
The Beef Trust Is commencing
squirm. The public Is going to &
!. some startling facts before long. 4
: opinion given by Attorney Gener
J. Stead to the Illinois live stock boa
!. says the board has no right to pa
5 on slaughtered animals, but must co