Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-07
tuberculosis. Cancer Combine Does as It
PIeases in the Matter Of
Peoples Food.
Milk Fed Chickens Is a Good Name
for Immature Canned
Veal.

"Ntilk. fed chickens would he good
name II applied to calves, canned and
sold to the public Us pure article Of
poultry.
Immature veal, bad meat, slices
from Gamers and tid.bits from dead
pork are nicely fixed up in the Trust
laboratories with chemicals that give
them "the natural flavor" and are
then canned and sold to the public a.
chicken, turkey, geese, ducks and
came Of various kinds.
The Beef Trust employs an army
Of chemists whose main duty 10 to sup
ply the proper taste. smell and ap-
pearauce to the mlsbranded products.
No attention whatever y paid to
the eject Of this kind Of food on the
public health.
The Representatives Of the Beee
Trust have been in Warrington for
months lighting the passage Of pure
food bin which will prohibit this
frishtful fraud In the misbranding Of
feed.
The following telegram from its
Washington correspondent, ray
noud," was printed on the nrst page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 70. 1905
"Ssuator McCumber the other day
save TO the Senate . hint % 10 the
reason for this opposition BY the
hacking house people. He quoted q
report from the food commissioner OF
his own State, North Dakota. which
hit the packers between the eyes, and
which apparently explains why they
have been opp ssing the pure food bill
% vigorously.
"This North Dakota commissioners
had the indelicacy to mako special
examlnat ton Of all the alleged pottetl
chicken and potted turkey no could
find. 1t was nil put up In cans and
nil came from outside States In orig
inal packages. 30 1t was clearly an
article Of interstate commerce and Al
such could be regulated only by the
federal government. This North Da'
kota commissioner went through car
after can and could not find the slight
est trace either Of chicken or turkey
"Furthermore, It was put mp BY
hacking establishments which have ne
facilities for killing fowls and which
do not provide them. The cans, how
ever, were labeled 'potted chicken and
'potted turkey and this thing the
pure food bill proposes to stop.
everybody knows this potted tur
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 IL passed
however, q packing house which pu
nm q can Of desiccated pig and labelet
II 'potted turkey would be subtec
to civil and criminal prosecution
One Of the principal aims Of the pure
food bill Ii to prevent the misbraMI
Ing Of all food products. and 1t u TIL
section which IL arousing the strong
est opposition.
"The evidence given before tn
Senatc and House committees las
year all goes to show that the crime
OF adulteration and gross deceit o
u,isbranding and Misrepresentation
has become more widespread In TIL
country than the public generally ha
any idea Of. The packers are not tn
only people who deceive the publ
by their labels. In almost every lin
of food aud drink products which ~
nut up under special trade marks ther
in more or less deceit. Some thing
are adulterated In . way to be harm
full. Others are adulterated but ar
harmless. The pure food bill. II pa,
cd aud properly executed. woul'
stamp out the harmful adulteration
entirely, but would permit the harm
less authorizations to 60 20 long o.
there was no deception. 1t would pre-
vent the use OF coloring matter for TIL
express purpose Of deceIving, and
would put an end to the lying label
nike those on the pottcd chicken OF til
packing trust.
Zone Of the strongest arguments re
Gently submitted In behalf OF the pur
food bill was by Senator McCumbe'
who pointed out that the American
people to-day, according to the bes
estimates of the Department OF Agr'
culture. are paying annually about 81
OOO,OOO,OOO for adulterated and mis-
branded articles. This IL about tire
times the national debt Of the Untte'
States, and this enormous sum, ever
dollar Of 1t. Is contributed by peopi
who believe they are getting some
thing they do not receive. II the pur
food bill was passed they would spen
about the same amount Of money. q
course. but they would get what the
are expecting to buy. and this IL tn
whole object Of the legislation nov
pending In the House aud Senate"
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People who eat freely Of prepared o
canned food consume at least fort
doses Of poison day, according to til
statement Of II. NJ. Patterson. assistau