Chicago eagle., 1906-07-21
The Health Department Says that Un.
drawn Poultry, Long Kept, Is Unfit
for Food.
Frightful Food Thrown Upon Market
from Cold Storage Plants---fiealth
Department Protests.

terious. no matter what length Of time
they were placed on ice.
"Thcre Is no possibility Of preventing
some kind Of decay II 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.
"rhey are not stimulants to the
stomach or the system, but mere clogs.
1t Is just about the same as feeding
the stomach 50 much bran. Cold stor.
age Is unfortunately one Of the neces.
stiles of our great cities and tho great
activities Of our modern life, but 1t Is
a misfortune that cold storage should
he 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
uiy patients to use them under any cir.
cun,stances. The egg. like meat, loses
It's force when stored aud the fact that
1t has shell Is no protection. Its food
properties are rs certainly destroyed
Us IL 1t were broken. Canned goods are
equally II not more deleterious than
cold storage products. 1t Is now an
established fact that In the Russo-Japa.
nese war canned goods were rs dead.
~ as the shrapnel."
II. c. Curtis, director Of st. Luke's
Hospital. stated that as general prop.
ositlon he was In favor Of the pas.
sage OF the Whalen ordinance. 1T
would be safeguard to the public
health" he said. land we who see the
under side OF that question are natur.
ally solicltious 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 hns been especially lax In the
opinion of food experts has been Its
failure to look for preservatives In
canned meats. There is nothing In
the State law. the commissioner
| claims. that forbids the use OF pre-
servatives, but the law plainly states
that:
mo 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 deleterlous 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 preservative
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 be
deemed injurious to health; third, the
added substance may he forbidden by
the laws of the country In which the
foods are made or from which they
are exported.
Both boracic and salicyllc acids ar'
prohibited by the German laws
Boracic acid has been declared by thii
department to be injurious to health
1t does not appear that there Is an!
convincing reason for the use Of an!
prcservativcs In sausages except tn
usual continental ingredients-salt
vinegar. spices and woodsmoke.
"Uuder the results Of experiment
conducted In the bureau of chemistr.
, small quantities Of benzoic acid an
! foods are produced, or from whic
. they are exported"
food products when not forbidden b.
, the laws Of the countries where tn
i. Help the health commissioner agl
, the Beef Trust!
|, Commissioner of Health Whalen,
| the bulletin for the last week Of jar
a uary, calls attention to the need of a
$ appropriation OF $4,000 to fight tube
p culOsls. "An increase of the polio
e force Is undoubtedly necessary" d,
) clares the bulletin, but there seen
= 10 be lacking sense of proportion
!. refusing the $4,000 to save 1000
2 $4,000 lives annually from the assault
of n positively preventable dlseas
, while granting Sl,0OOOO0 to fight thus
I and murdercrs, whose total harvest {
I death last year was IS7 victims. Gil,
[ the police department all it asks
r that can he done. Give the health d
g partment what 1t actually needs"
c ~6
Many Of the Beef Trust employ,
!, wear rubber gloves while handllr
u the cadayers. Otherwise they are
u imminent danger OF blood polsonin
J. Even the embalming Of food for Il
u gillible public has It's attendant da
u gers.
J. ~eA
The Beef Trust is commencing
squlrm. The public Is going to e
s. some startling facts before long.
Is opinion given by Attorney Gener
l. Stead to the Illinois live stock boa
\. says the board has no right to pa
Il on slaughtered animals, but must co