Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-14

"Nfilk-fcd chickens would he good
name IL applied to calves. canned and
sold to the public us pure article Of
poultry.
Immature veal, bad meat, slices
from Gamers and tld-blts from dead
pork are nicely fixed up In the Trust
laboratories with chemicals that give
them "thc natural flavor" and are
then canned and sold to the public as
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 MP
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 pure
food bill which will prohibit this
frightful fraud In the mlsbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from Its
Washington correspondent. RAY
raond," was printed on the first page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 20. 1906:
"Senator McCumber 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 indelicacy to make special
examination Of all the alleged pOttcd
chicken ana pottcd turkey he could
iind. 1t was all put up In cans anu
nil came from outside states In orig.
innl packages. SO It was clearly an
article Of Interstate commerce ana rs
such could he regulated only by the
federal government. This North Da-
kota commissioner went through can
after can and could not find the slight
est trace either Of chicken or turkey.
"Furthcrn,orc. It was put up by
hacking establishments which have no
facilities for killing fowls and which
do not provide them. The cans, how
ever. were labeled 'pOtted chicken and
'pottcd turkey and this thing the
pure food bill proposes to stop.
Everybody knows this pottcd tur-
key and chicken and the various kinds
Of soups prepared by the packing
houses are the product Of beef cattle
hogs ana sheep.
III the pure food bill IL passed,
however, a packing house which put
up can Of desiccated pig and labeled
II 'potted turkey would be subject
to civil and criminal prosecution.
One Of the principal aims Of the pure
food bill Is to prevent the misbrand'
Ing of all food products, and 1t Is 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
u,lsbranding and Misrepresentation
has become more widespread In this
country than the public generally hns
any idea of. The packers are not the
only people who deceive the publlc
by their labels. In almost every line
Of food and drink products which IRE
nut up under special trade marks there
IN more or less deceit. Some things
are adulterated In a way to be harm
full, Others are adulterated but are
harmless. The pure food bill. II pass
ell and properly executed, would
stamp out the harmful authorizations
entirely. but would permit the harm
less authorizations to go SO long IA
there was no deception. 1t would pre-
vent the use of cOloring matter for the
express purpose Of deceiving, and It
would put an end to the lying labels
like those Oh the pottta chicken Of the
packing trust
''One 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.
OOO,OOO,OOO for adulterated and mis-
branded articles. This IL about three
times the national debt Of the United
States, and this enormous sum, every
dollar of it, 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"
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People who eat freely OF prepared or
canned food consume nc least forty
doses OF poison a day, according to the