Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-11
tuberculosis. Cancer Combine Does as Il
P|eases in the Matter Of
Peoples Food.
Milk Fed Chickens Is a Good Name
for Immature Canned
Veal.

"Mllk.fed chickens" would be n goot
name II applied to calves. canned and
sold to the public as pure article oil
poultry.
Immature veal, bad meat, slices
from Gamers and tid.bits from dead
pork are nicely fixed up in the Trus,
laboratories with chemicals that give
them "the natural flavor" and are
then canned and sold to the public rs
chicken. turkey, geese, ducks and
game Of various kinds.
The Beef Trust employs m army
Of chemists whose main duty is to sup.
ply the proper taste, smell and ap.
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 a pure
food bill which will prohibit this
frightful fraud In the misbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from its
Washington correspondent, Ray.
mond," was printed on the FIRST page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 20, 1905:
senator McCumber the other day
gave to the Senate q 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, and
which apparently explains why they
have been opposing the pure food bill
% vigorously.
"This North Dakota commissioner
had the indelicacy to make special
examination Of all the alleged potted
chicken and potted turkey he could
6nd. 1t was all put up in cans and
all came from outside States in orig.
inal packages, so II was clearly an
article Of interstate commerce and ~
such could be 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.
Furthermore, It was put up by
packing establishments which have no
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 Is passed.
however, a.packing house which put
up can Of desiccated pig and labeled
It 'potted turkey would be subject
to civil and criminal prosecution.
One Of the principal aims Of the pure
food bill 10 to prevent the misbrand-
Ing Of all food products, and It 10 this
section which 10 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
misbranding and Misrepresentation
has become more widespread In this
country than the public generally has
any idea Of. The packers are not the
only people who deceive the public
by their labels. In almost every line
Of food and drink products which are
put up under special trade marks there
10 moro or less deceit. Some things
are adulterated in way to be harm.
full. Others are adulterated but are
harmless. The pure food bill. II pas"
ed and properly executed, would
stamp out tho harmful authorizations
entirely, but would permit the harm.
less authorizations to 70 SO long as
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 ON the Dotted chicken Of the
packing trust.
zone 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 $3.- |
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 1t, il 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 IL the |
whole object Of the legislation now |
pending In the House and Senate"
Charges that government inspection
OF beef Is inadequate and protects the
foreign consumer to the detriment OF
Chlcagoans were made by DR.. William
X. Jaques at the meeting of the Chica.
&c Medical Society at the public II.
br.ry. DR.. Arnold G. Klebs expressed
Enforcement Of DR.. JaQue's ssnti,saats.
After the broad assertions above
quoted DR.. Jacques continued % fol.
lows; 1.-THE condemned carcasses can