Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
tuberculosis. Cancer Combine Does as It
Peases in the Matter Of
Peoples Food.
Milk Fed Chickens Is a Good Name
for Immature Canned
Veal.

"Aiilk.fcd chickens" would he n good
name II applied to calves. canned and
sold to the public as pure article Of
poultry.
Immature veal. bad meat, slices
from Gamers and tld.bits from dead
pork IRE nicely fixed up in the Trust
laboratories with chemicals that give
them "the natural flavor and are
then canned and sold to the public ns
chicken. turkey, geese, ducks and
game Of various kinds.
The Beef Trust employs an army
Of chemists whose main duty Is to sup.
ply the proper taste, smell and an.
pearance to the misbranded 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 in Washington for
months fighting the passage Of a pure
food bill which will prohibit this
frightful fraud in the misbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from It's
Washington correspondent, RAY.
mond," was printed on the first page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 20, 1905:
senator McCumbcr the other day
gave to the SENATE hint as to the
reason for this opposition by the
packing house people. He quoted a
report from the food commissioner Of
his own State. North Dakota. which
hit the packers between the eyes, ana
which apparently explains why they
have been opp Ssing the pure food bill
90 vigorously.
"This North Dakota commissioner
had the indellcacy to make special
examination Of nll the alleged pottetl
chicken and potted turkey he could
6nd. 1t was all put up In cans and
oil came from outside states In orig
inal packages, 30 It was clearly an
article Of interstate commerce and rs
such could be regulated only by the
federal government. This North On
kota commissioner went through can
after can nnd could not find the slight
est trace either Of chicken or turkey.
"Furtherinore, It was put up by
packing establishments which have no
facilities for killing fowls ana which
do not provide them. Tho cans. how
ever. were labeled 'potted chicken and
'pOtted turkey and this thing the
pure food bill proposes to stop.
Everybody knows this potted tir-
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 II passed.
however. a packing house which put
up can OF deslccated pig and labeled
It 'potted turkey would be subject
to civil and criminal prosecution.
One Of the principal aims Of the pure
food bill In to prevent the misbrand.
Ing OF all food products. and 1t IL 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 Of
misbranding and misrepresentation
has become more widespread In this
country than the public generally has
any idea Of. The packers are not the
only people who deceive the public
by their labels. In almost every line
Of food and drink products which are
nut up under special trade marks there
10 more or less deceit. Some things
are adulterated In way to be harm
full, Others arc adulterated but are
harmless. The pure food bill. II pm
ed and properly executed. would
stamp out the harmful authorizations
entirely. but would permit the harm
less authorizations to go 80 long IN
there was no deception. 1t would pre-
vent the use OF cOlOring matter for the
express purpose Of decelving, and 1t
would put an end to the lying labels
like those on the 7otted 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 best
estimates of the Department OF Agri'
culture, are paying annually about 3D.
100000, 600 for adulterated and mis-
branded articles. This Ii about three
times the national debt Of the United
States, and this enormous sum, every
dollar of 1t, Is 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 Is the
whole object of the legislation now
pending In the House and Senate"
~aA
Charges that government inspection
of beef Is inadequate and protects the
foreign consumer to the detrlment or
Chlcagoans were made by DIR. william
X. jacques ut the meeting of the Chica'
20 Medical Society at the public H.
brary. DR.. Arnold G. Klebs expressed
Involvement Of Dr.. Jaque's sentiments.
After the broad assertions above
quoted DR.. jacques continued a. fol-
lows: "The condemned carcasses can