Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-09

Congress.
| Seventeen years ago the FIRST pur
food bill was introduced In the Ser
ate. and II has been debated Of an
on ever since"
With this introduction Henri
Beach Needham tells In World
Work the amazing story Of the delay
to the pure food bill In the Unite'
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 10 the only civil
ised country which does not possess ,
national food law. It will enabi,
them to appreciate the difficulties
which now confront the Hepburn bill
during the present session Of tl,,
United Statcs senate. the only meas
ure. according to the best authorities
that there 10 any hope Of passing.
EVERY American workman" sayt
Mr.. Needham, 1T 10 fair to assume
Is Interested vitality In securing for biz
family what he earns by the sweat Of
his brow-pure food and pure drugs
"when one pays for wholesome ar
ticles he does not care to receive bad
coffee. glucose syrupS, coal tar jellies
spurious whlekeyA adultcrated drugs
and imitation navoring extracts. One
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
citric acid and coal tar dye
III the State cannot protect the In.
dividual against such swindling-and
the State commissions confess their
impotence--one naturally looks 10 the
Federal government for protection and
to his representative In Congress 10
provide statutory means for such pro.
lection. How has the welfare. the
health. and longevity Of the $4,000, 900
Americans been conserved by Con.
gress"
The Beef Trust ID making q hard
night at Washington against q pure food
law.
The following 10 from q WASHINGTON
dispatch to the Chicago Tribune, Feb.
8, 1905:
Recently this opposition has taken
an extremely dangerous turn. The peo-
pie who are behind II realise that there
10 a general demand throughout the
country for national legislation on this
subject They do not dare to light Il
outright therefore. and 10 they are
combining their attention In an effort to
destroy the value Of the law when II IL
enacted and to make II dificult II not
Of execution.
"Thcre are now on the statute books
Of many States, particularly In the
north, laws which II enacted would 10
q long ways toward disposing Of the
Impure food products which are now
flooding the markets Of the country to
q notorious degree. In Illinois, for In.
stance, there IL a law which, II hon.
estly executed, would put an end to the
vast amount OF frauds practiced upon
the people. The law, however, 10 to q
large extent dead letter and the I'LL.
nois food commissioner 10 said to have
become an offensive partisan In the
10 break down national legis.
lauOn on this subject Honest advo-
Gates here OF pure food law are a.
that Gov. Deneen should per.
NIT any Illinois otiicial to take q stand
In public which manifestly 10 In opposi.
bon TO the best interests OF nine tenths
VI the people Of the State Of Illinois.
"The anti.pure food lobby here In
which has its headquar.
lers at the willard Hotel. and which
apparently 10 supplied with an unlimit.
I'd amount Of money, seems to have
ZONE to the conclusion that some kind
u pure food law IL inevitable at this
session Of Congress. They are there
lore bending all their energies to break
iOwn or minimize the effect Of such q
law when passed"
~
Remembering that It was always the
habit to use the carcases Of cancerous
,r lumpy jawed cattle after the can.
,srs were cut out the public II prob. |
IDLY getting Q fuller dose OF lumpy
|awed cattle for food than ever. On
he very day that the city discontinued |
t. inspection and condemna tion. the |
Of Health of Chicago 10.
'ued the following remarkable instruc.
ions In bis bulletin Of December 80,
zoos:
1.-THE Commissioners has Issued the |
GLOWING instructions TO the chief In.
pector at the Union Stock Yards:
"'While actinomycosis IL usually
'on6ned to the head, and may ba said !
u one sense to be Q localized disease,
md while some inspectors condemn
MY the part involved. ! believe 1t ID
afest and most practicable to condemn
be entire carcass wherever the acti.
'0mycotic abscess opens Into the
mouth, pharynx. larynx or any part OF
he digestive or respiratory tract; o.
Vhen the Emphatic glands are involv.
d; or where there are actinomyootic