Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-05-05

ute. and 1t has been debated OH anu
OH ever since"
With this introduction Henry
Beach Necdlam tells in Worlds
Work the amazing story of the delays
to the pure food bill In the United
states Senate as an illustration Of oh.
structive methods.
1t will enable the millions Of con.
sumers Of food to understand why
the United states Ii the only civil.
lied country which does not possess "a
national food law. 1t will ennble
them to appreciate the difficulties
which now confront the Hepburn bill
during the present session Of the
United states Senate, the only meas.
ure. according to the best authorities.
TINT there Is any hope Of passing.
"Every American workman" says
Mr.. Needhan, 1T Ii fair to assume.
Il Interested vitality In securing for his
family what he earns BY the sweat Of
his brow--pure food and pure drugs
"whcn one pays for wholesome ar.
ticles lie does not care to receive bad
coffee. glucose syrups. coal tar jcllles,
spurious whlskcys. adulterated drugs,
and imitation fiavorlng extracts. One
does not want Goldfish sausages or
green hams, smoke cured all pre-
served with boracic acid: New Or.
leans molasscs' or honey composed
largely Of glucose; olive oil. In reality
cotton seed oil; pure raspberry jelly
manufactured from glucose mixed with
citric acid and coal tar dye.
III the State cannot protect the In.
divliual against such swindling-and
the state commissions confess their
lmpotence-one naturally looks to the
Federal government for protection and
to his representative In Congress to
provide statutory means for such pro.
lection. How has the welfare, the
health. and longevity Of the 10000. 900
Americans been conserved by Con.
grcss!'
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The Beef Trust IL making hard
fight ut Washington against pure food
law.
The following II from a Washington
dispatch to the Chicago Tribune, Feb.
3, 1906:
Recently this opposition Inns taken
an extremely dangerous turn. The PEG.
pie who IRE behind II realize that there
II n general demand throughout the
country for national legislation on this
subject. They do not dare to fight II
outright. therefore, ana 40 they are
combining their attention In an effort Ia
destroy the value Of the law when It IL
enacted and to make 1t difficult II not
impossible Of execution.
"There IRE now Oh the statute books
Of many States, particularly In the
north. laws which II enacted would 60
a long ways toward dlspOsing Of the
impure food products which are now
flooding the markets OF the country "a
a notorious degree. In Illinois, for In
stance, there II a law which, II hon
estly executed, would put an end to the
vast amount Of frauds practiced upon
the people. The law, however, IL to q
large extent a dead letter and the ILL.,
nOis food commissioner In said to have
become an offensive partisan In the
movement to break down national legls
lation on this subject. Honest advo
Gates here Of q pure food law are as
tOnished that Gov. Deneen should per
NIT any Illinois official to take stand
In public which manifestly IL In Opposi
ton to the best interests Of nine-tenth'
Of the people Of the State Of Illinois
"rhe anti.pure food lobby here II
Washington, which has Its headQuar
tiers ut the willard Hotel, and whicl
apparently IL supplied with an unllmit
ed amount Of money, seems to have
come to the conclusion that some kline
Of a pure food law Ia inevitable ut thii
session Of Congress. They are there
fore bending all their energies to breal
down or minimize the effect Of such ,
law when passed"
~
Remembering that 1t was always tin
habit to use the carcases OF cancerOu
or lumpy jawed cattle after the eau
GERS were cut out. the public IL prob
ably getting a fuller dose Of lump,
jawed cattle for food than ever. o.
the very day that the city discontinue
Its inspection and condemnation. tn
Commissioner of Health OF Chicago Ii
sued the following remarkable instruc
lions In his bulletin Of December *
1905:
"rhe Commissioner has Issued Oh
following instructions to the chief In
spector at the Union Stock Yards:
"'Whlle actinomycosls IL usual
confined to the head, and may be sail
In one sense to he localized disease
aud while some inspectors condemn
only the part involved. ! believe It !
safest and most practicable to condemn
the entire carcass wherever the actl
nOmycOtic abscess opens into til
mouth, pharynx. larynx or any part 0
the digestive or respiratory tract; o
when the lymphatic glands are inv0l\