Chicago eagle., 1906-03-03
tuberculosis. Cancer Combine Does as Il
PIeases in the Matter Of
Peoples Food.
Milk Fed Chickens Is q Good Name
for Immature Canned
Veal.

"Nii,k fed chickens" would bc a good
name if applied to calves. canned anu
sold to the public as n 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 as
chicken, turkey, geese, ducks ana
game Of various kinds.
The Beef Trust employs an army
Of chemists whose main duty Is to sup
My the proper taste, smell ana mp
pearance to the misbranded products.
No attention whatever Is paid to
the effect Of this kind Of food OH the
public health.
The representatives Of the Beef
Trust have been In Washington for
months fighting tho passage Of pure
food bill which will prohibit this
frlghtful 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 a hint rs 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 opposing the pure food bill
10 vigorously.
"This North Dakota commissioner
had the indelicacy to make special
examination Of oil the alleged potted
chicken and potted turkey he could
iind. 1t was all put up In cans and
all came from outside States In orig.
inal packages, so 1t was clearly I'm
article Of interstate commerce and as
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, 1t 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
np can OF deslccated pig and labeled
It potted turkey would he subject
to civil and criminal prosecution.
One Of the principal aims Of the pure
food bill Is to prevent the mlsbrand-
ing of all food products, ana 1t IL this
section which Is 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 ana 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 tho public
by their labels. In almost every line
of food and drink products which are
put 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 pas
I'd and properly executed, would
stamp out the harmful authorizations
entirely, but would permit the harm.
less authorizations to 20 SO long as
there was no deception. 1t would pre-
vent the use of coloring matter for the
express purpose Of deceiving, and 1t
would put an end to the lying labels
like those on the potted 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 Agrl-
culture, are paying annually about 3d.
100000 900 for adulterated and mis-
branded articles. This is about three
times the national debt Of the United
States, and this enormous sum, every
dollar of 1t, 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 aud Senate"
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People who eat freely Of prepared or
canned food consume at least forty
doses Of poison a day, according to the
statement Of Il. NJ. Patterson, assistant
State food commissioner for Illinois,