Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-09

| terious. no matter what length Of tim,
they were placed on Ice.
"There is no possibility of preventing
some kind Of decay II poultry Is packet
with the entrails inside, no mattel
what the temperature, and all cold stor
age meats, even when taken the bes
care Of. lose their vitalizlng principl,
and are consequently almost valueles'
as food products.
/, "They are not stimulants to thu
stomach or the system, but mere clogs
1t is just about the same as feeding
the stomach 30 much bran. Cold stor
age Is unfortunately one Of the neccs
stiles Of our great cities and the great
activities OF our modern life, but 1t ID
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 a shell 10 no protection. Its food
properties are as certainly destroyed
as II II were broken. Canned goods are
equally n not more deleterious than
cold storage products. It Is now an
established fact that In the Russo.Japa.
nese war canned goods were % dead.
" as the shrapnel."
II. G. Curtis, director Of st. Luke's
Hospital, stated that 40 a 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. 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 IL 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 ii
failure to look for preservatives In
canned meats. There 10 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 deleterious to health"
A decision from Secretary Wilson
OF the Department Of Agriculture on
the point In question came In dis
patch from Washington. II was 40
follows:
'"The addition Of any preservative
Of any kind to food product may be
objected to, first, when the added body
Ia not mentioned on the label; second.
the added substance itself may be
deemed injurious to health: third, the
added substance may be forbidden by
the laws Of the country In which the
foods are made or from which they
are exported.
Both boracic and salicylic acids arc
prohibited by the German laws.
Boracic acid has been declared by this
department to be injurious to health.
1t does not appear that there Is any
convincing reason for the use of any
preservatives in sausages except the
usual continental ingredients salt,
vinegar, spices and wOOdsmOke.
"Uuder the results OF experiments
conducted In the bureau OF chemistry
small quantities Of benzoic acid and
foods are produced. or from which
they are exported"
food products when not forbidden by
the laws Of the countries where the
Help the health commissioner nght
the Beef Trust!
Commissioners OF Health Whalen. in
the bulletin for the last week of Jan.
uary, calls attention to the need of an
appropriation of $4,000 to fight tuber.
cnlOsis. "An increase OF the police
force IL undoubtedly necessary" de-
clares the bulletin, but there seems
to be lacking a sense OF proportion in
refusing the $4,000 to save 1900 TO
25,OOO lives annually from the assaults
OF positively preventable disease,
while granting $1,OOO.OO to fight thugs
and murderers, whose total harvest of
death last year was 1877 victims. Give
the police department all It asks--if
that can be done. Give the health de.
partment what 1t actually needs"
Many Of the Beef Trust employes
wear rubber gloves while handling
the cadavers. Otherwise they are IN
imminent danger OF blood POISONING.
Even the emhalming OF food for the
nalibe public has its attendant dan.
gers.
The Beef Trust 10 commencing to
sluirm. The public Is going to Get
ZONE startling facts before long. An
opinion given by Attorney General
Stead to the Illinois live stock board
nys the board has no right to pass
n Slaughtered animals, but must con.
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