Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-05-26

Congress.
Seventeen years ago the first pure
food bill was introduced in the Sen.
ate. and It has been debated off and
on ever since"
With this introduction Henry
Beach Needham tells in Worlds
Work the amazing story of the delays
to the pure food bill In the United
States Senate as an illustration of OBJ
structive methods.
1t will enable the millions Of con.
sumcrs Of food to understand why
the United States Is the only civil.
ized country which docs not possess n
national food law. 1t will enable
them to appreciate the difficulties
which now confront the Hepburn bill
during the present session of the
United states SENATE, the only meas.
urc, according to the best authorities.
that there Is any hope Of passing.
"Every American workman" says
Mr.. Ncedhnnl, ut Is fair to assume.
Ii Interested vitality In securing for his
family what he earns by the sweat Of
his brow--purc food and pure drugs.
"Wllcn one pays for wholesome ar.
tlcles Inc does not care TO receive bad
coffee. glucose syrups, coal tar jcllics,
spurious whlskeys. adultcrated drugs,
and imitation ilavorlng extracts. Ono
does not want Goldfish sausagcs or
green hams, smoke cured all 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
cltrlc acid and coal tar dye.
III the state cannot protect the In.
dividual against such swIndllng--and
the state commissions confess their
impotcncc--Onc naturally looks to tho
Federal government for protection and
to his representative In Congress to
provide statutory means for such pro.
lection. How has the welfare. the
health, and longevity Of the SO,OOO.OOO
Americans been conserved by Con.
grcssI'
The Beef Trust Is making a hard
fight ut Washington against pure food
law.
The following Ia from u Washington
dispatch to the Chicago Tribune. Feb.
., 1906.
Recently this opposition Inns taken
IN extremely dangerous turn. The PEG.
pie who are behind II realize TINT there
~ general demand throughout the
country for national legislation on this
subject. They do not dare to fight It
outright, therefore, ana no they arc
combining their attention In I'm effort To
destroy the value Of the law when Il II
enacted and to make It difficult II not
impossible Of execution.
"'rhcre are now Oh the statute books
Of many States, particularly In the
north. laws which II enacted would 90
long ways toward disposing Of the
impure food products which IRE now
flooding the markets Of the country to
notorious degree. In Illinois, for In
stance, there Is law which, II hon.
cstly executed, would put IN end to the
vast amount of frauds practiced upon
the people. The law, however, il to a
large extent dead letter and the I'LL
nOis food commissioner IL said to have
become IN offensive partisan In the
movement to break down national lcgis-
lntlOn on this subject. Honest advo-
Gates here Of pure food law are as.
tOnished that Gov. Deneen should per.
nit any Illinois official to take a stand
In public which manlfestly Is In Opposi-
ton to the best interests Of nine-tenths
Of tho people OF the State Of Illinois.
"The antl.pure food lobby here In
Washington, which has its headquar.
tiers at the Willard Hotel, and which
apparently Is supplied with an unlimit.
cd amount OF money, seems to hive
come to the conclusion that some kind
Of n pure food law IL inevitable ut this
session of Congress. They are there
fore bending all their energies to breal;
down or minimize the effect of such q
law when passed"
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Remembering that 1t was always tn,
habit to use the carcases Of cancerous
or lumpy jawed cattle after the can
GERS were cut out, the public Is prob
ably getting fuller dose of lumpy
jawed cattle for food than ever. o.
the very day that the city discontinued
Its inspection and condemnation, thu
Commissioner of Health of Chicago Is
sued the following remarkable instruc
lions In his bulletin Of December 30
1905:
"rhe Commissioner has issued tho
following instructions to the chief In
spectOr at the Union Stock Yards:
awhile actinomycosls il usual,
confined to the head. and may he sait
In one sense to be localized disease
and while some inspectors condemn
only the part involved, ! believe 1t Il
safest and most practicable to condemn
the entire carcass wherever the acti
nOmyc0tlc abscess opens into TIN
mouth. pharynx, larynx or any part o.
the digestive or respiratory tract; O.
when the Emphatic glands are involS
ed; or where there are actinomycoti'