The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-08
CANNED MEATS AND PREsERVA
TlVEs.

CANNED MEATS AND PREsERVA.
Z TIVEs.
The passage Of the pure food law
/ By congress last winter and the prep.
arauohs that are going ahead for It's
enforcement after the beginning Of
the next year have brought out some
startling information. The discovery
has been made that more causes OF
appendicitis are due. not 10 the lodg-
lur of grape seed and other obstruc-
tous in the human appendix. but 20
the preseryatiyes that iu recent years
meat packers and other food manufac-
t1rers have been dealing out in gen
erous quantities along with their
wares to keep them pure and 10
them salcablc Chief among them
are borax and rs equivalent, boracic
acid
Formerly appendicitis was not a
malady Of frequent occurrence, but
'n later years. since the disease has
become fashionable. its appearance IS
stsIHngly and alarmingly frequent
500 much so in fact, that the grape seed
theory must fan Of its own weakness
Science. however. Is sufficient for
almos, any task demanded Of it, and
now many reputable physicians are
declaring their belief that appendi-
cIus Us due directly 20 the quantities
Of buraCic acid which the average
person takes into the stomach during
a lifetime one leading physician
has given 5, as his belief that a little
boric acid IS harmless. but in the con.
staut introduction Of 6, into the human
system through the agency Of a good
ham or O dish OF sav0ry corn beef
che consumer runs a'mos. as great
a risk aa De would do were ha % oa.
Ger drug tore and ask for ordinary
poison marked with the usual skull
md cross bones.
Tie situation is one that IS equally
alarming TO food producers and to
Aymen physicians and scientists
alike. In ,act'tho people who are nee.
e.arly consumers OF much Of the
food and meat products Of the coua-
ry have awakened from their sense
OF security in the government tag,
and find that they must either return
to old salty pork and ierkei beef or
take chances under the operators
knife.
Rude sayages tear their meat in
strips and dry 1t in the sun; more ad-
yauced types smoke their meat, but
science steps I'm and shows that the
prcsoryauyc qualities o. smoke are
dependent upon the presence Of py.
roligue.us acid. and the savage flees
from IL as he would from the pssti-
lcnco. and goes 20 salt; and salt for
la number Of years has been known
as one Of the best Of meat preserya.
tiycs. Then Il was discovered that
sodium might Kill Vinegar sugar
and alcohol were In turn tried, but
they were so rank poisonous in their
nature that the government stopped
their use a long time ago.
DR.. Wiley, the head Of the chemical
bureau OF the agricultural department
has found that salicylic acid and bo.
ray. well known food preseryatives
made constant users OF them ill
though he does not go as far as some
physicians and say they would cause
appendicitis.
The people are approaching the
spooky age in food agitation and al
the same time II ia one that Is caus
ing meat packers considerable alarm
lest further agitation against canned
meats and preservatives may cause
them to suffer more financially thar
they have already suffered, while Al
the same time meat consumers are
drcadlng to know with what poisonor
articles they are daily filling their sys
tens.
CATTLE ON FEED.