Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-07

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food bill was introduced In the Sen.
ate, and It has been debated OF 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 AZ an illustration Of oh.
structive methods.
1t will enable the millions Of con.
s,nmers Of food to understand why
the United states h the only civil.
lied country which does not possess q
national food law. It 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.
ure, according to the best authorities,
TINT there Ii any hope Of passing.
Every American workman" says
Mr.. Needham. 1T 10 fair to assume.
Ia Interested vitality In securing for his
family what he earns by the sweat Of
bis brow-pure food and pure drugs.
"when one pays for wholesome ar.
tlcles he does not cure to receive bad
coffee. glucose syrups, coal tar jellies,
spurious whiskeys, adultcrated drugs,
and imitation fiavorlng extracts. One
does not want Goldfish sausages or
green hams, smoke cured all pre-.
served with boraclc 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
citrlc acid and coal tar dye.
III the State cannot protect the In.
dividual against such swindllng-
the State commissions confess their
impotence naturally looks TO the
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 $4,000. 900
Americans been conserved by Con.
grcss?' :.
The Beef Trust ID making a hard
fight ut Washington against a pure food
Inv.
The following Ii from a Washington
dispatch to the Chicago Tribune. Feb.
3, 1900: ...-
Recently this opposition has taken
an extremely dangerous turn. The PEG.
pie who arc behind II realize that there
lisa general demand throughout the
country for national legislation on this
subject. They do not dare to fight It
outright, therefore. and 10 they are
combining their attention In an effort to
destroy the value Of the law when II IL
enacted ana to make It difficult II not
impossible Of execution.
"There are now ON the statute books
Of many states, particularly In the
north. laws which II enacted would 20
long ways toward disposing Of the
Impure food products which are now
flooding the markets Of the country to
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 practlced upon
the people. The law, however, Ia to a
large extent dead letter and the iii.
nOis food commissioner IL said to have
become an offensive partisan In the
movement to break down national legis.
latlOn on this subject. Honest advO.
Gates here OF pure food law are rs.
tOnIslled that Gov. Deneen should per.
init any Illinois official to take a stand
In public which manifestly 10 In Opposi-
ton to the best interests Of nine-tenths
Of the 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-
ell amount Of money. seems to have
come to the conclusion that some kind
Of pure food law IL inevitable at this
session Of Congress. They are there
fore bending all their energies to break
down or minimize the effect Of such
law when passed"
Remembering that It was always the
habit to use the carcases Of cancerous
or lumpy jawed cattle after the can
Gers were cut out the public u prob.
ably getting q fuller dose OF lumpy
jawed cattle for food than ever. On
the very day that the city discontinued
Ito inspection and condemnation, the
Commissioner Of Health Of Chicago 10.
sued the following remarkable instruc.
lions In his bulletin Of December 90
1905:
1.-THE Commissioners has Issued the
following instructions 70 the chief In.
spector at the Union Stock Yards:
awhile actinomycosis IL usually
confined to the head. and may be said
In one sense to be Q localized disease.
and while some inspectors condemn
only the part involved. ! believe It ID
safest and most practicable to condemn
the entire carcass wherever the acti, |
nomycotic abscess opens into the
mouth. pharynx, larynx or any part Of |
the digestive or respiratory tract; o.
when the Emphatic glands are involv.
Cd; or where there ars actinomycotic