Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-28

terious. no matter what length Of time
they were placed OH ice.
"There is no possibility Of preventing
some kind of decay IL poultry is packed
with the entrails inside, no matter
what the temperature, and all cold stor.
age meats. even when taken the best
care Of. lose their vitalizing principle
and are consequently almost valueless
as food products.
'srhey are not stimulants to the
stomach or the system, but mere clogs.
1t Is just about the same rs feeding
the stomach so much bran. Cold stor.
age Is unfortunately one Of the neces.
stiles Of our great cities and the great
activities Of our modern life, but 1t Is
a misfortune that cold storage should
be necessary. All meats should be
used within three or four days after
the killing to secure the necessary re.
turns Of vitality to the human body.
AS for cold storage eggs forbid
my patients to use them under any cir.
cumstances. The egg, like meat, loses
Its force when stored and the fact that
It has shell Is no protection. Its food
properties IRE rs certainly destroyed
rs II II were broken. Canned goods are
equally II not more deleterlous than
cold storage products. 1t Is now an
established fact that In the Russo.Japa.
nese war canned goods were rs dead.
~ rs the shrapnel."
II. c. Curtis. director Of st. Luke's
Hospital. stated that rs general prop.
osition he was In favor Of the pas.
sage Of the Whalen ordinance. 1T
would be a safeguard to the public
health" he said, "and we who see the
under side of that question are natur.
ally sollcltious that every step be
taken to safeguard the public"
The Beef Trust Is immune from
prosecution by the Illinois Pure Food
Commission.
Why?
One point on which the Illinois com.
mission has been especially lax In the
opinion Of food experts has been Its
failure to look for personalities In
canned meats. There Is nothing IN
the State law, the commissioner
claims, that forblds the use of pre-
servatives, but the law plainly states
that:
NO packer or dealer In preserved
or canned fruits and vegetables, or
other articles of food, shall sell or
Offer for sale such canned or preserved
articles OF food, unless these shall be
entirely free from substances or In.
gradients dcleteriOus to health"
] A decision from Secretary Wilson
Of the Department OF Agriculture on
the point In question came In a dis
patch from Washington. 1t was as
follows:
''The addition of any preservatlvG
Of any kind to food product may be
objected to, first. when the added body
is not mentioned on the label; second
the added substance itself may bt
deemed injurious to health; third, tho
added substance may be forbidden by
the laws Of the country In which tho
foods are made or from which they
are exported.
Both bOraclc ana salicylic acids are
prohibited by the German laws
Boracc acid has been declared by thi,
department to be injurious to health
1t does not appear that there Is an!
convincing reason for the Use of an!
personalities in sausages except thu
usual continental ingredlents-salt
vinegar, spices and woodsmoke.
Under the results Of experiment.
!. conducted In the bureau of chemistr.
small quantities of benzolc acid ant
foods are produced, or from whicl
they are exported"
food products when not forbidden b,
the laws of the countries where tn,
Help the health commissioner hgh
, the Beef Trust!
Commissioner Of Health Whalen, II
the bulletin for the last week Of Jan
uary, calls attention to the need of al
, appropriation Of $4,000 to fight tuber
. culOsis. IAN increase Of the polio
. force Is undoubtedly necessary" dc
, clares the bulletin, but there SEEM
. to be lacking a sense of proportion II
refusing the $4,000 to save 1900 (,
, $4,000 lives annually from the assault
of a positively preventable disease
while granting $l,OOO,OOO to fight thug
and murderers, whose total harvest o
death last year was 1877 victims. Civ
the police department all 1t asks
, that can be done. Give the health dc
partment what it actually needs"
~
Many OF the Beef Trust employe.
,, wear rubber gloves while handling
the cadavers. Otherwise they are n
imminent danger Of blood poisoning
Even the embalming Of food for thu
grllible public has its attendant dan
gers.
~
The Beef Trust Is commencing tC
squirm. The public Is going to gel
some startling facts before long. An
opinion given by Attorney General
Stead to the Illinois live stock board
saws the hoard has no right IN M az