Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-21

tHey WeTe pIuCeu VII lces
There 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 vitallzing principle |
and are consequently almost valueless |
as food products.
"rhey are not stlmulants to the |
stomach or the system, but mere clogs |
1t Is just about the same as 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
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 I forbid
my patients to use them under any cir.
cumstances. The egg. like meat, loses
It's force when stored and the fact that
II has shell Is no protection. Its food
properties are as certainly destroyed
as IL It 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.
ly 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 a safeguard to the public
health" he said. land we who see the
under side Of that question are natur.
ally sollcitlous 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 IT.
failure 10 look for preservatlves In
canned meats. There Is nothing IN
the State law, the commissioned
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. Of
other articles OF food, shall sell Of
offer for sale such canned or preserved
articles Of food. unless these shall b'
entirely free from substances or In
gradients deletcrious to health"
4 decision from Secretary Wilson
OF the Department Of Agriculture OF
. the point In question came In a dis
patch from Washington. 1t was a
follows:
'The addition Of any prcservatlv'
, OF any kind to food product may b.
objected to, first, when the added bod!
Is not mentioned on the label; second
the added substance itself may b.
deemed injurious to health; third, tn
added substance may be forbidden b.
the laws Of the country In which tn
foods are made or from which the.
! are exported.
Both bOracic and sallcyllc acids ar
prohibited by the German laws
Boracic 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 III
, usual continental ingredlents-sal
vinegar, spices and wOodsmoke.
/, "Under the results of experiment
\ small quantities of benZOic acid an
+ foods are produced. or from whc
: they are exported"
food products when not forbidden b
n the laws Of the countries where tn
:. Help the health commissioner lgh
@ the Beef Trust!
n Commissioner OF Health Whalen, 1
a the bulletin for the last week Of Jar
n uary, calls attention to the need Of a
$ appropriation OF $4,000 TO fight tubel
u culOsis. AN increase OF the polio
O force Is undoubtedly necessary" d.
$ clares the bulletin, "but there seem
|. to be lacking sense OF proportion /
!. refusing the $4,000 to save 1900 I
Q $4,000 lives annually from the assault
OF positively preventable disease
, while granting 81 100000 to fight thug
4 and murderers, whose total harvest @
4 death last year was 1877 victims. Civ
I the police department all 1t asks
r that can be done. Give the health d.
Q partment what 1t actually needs"
e ~
. Many OF the Beef Trust employe
:, wear rubber gloves while handlin,
: the cadavers. Otherwise they are Il
imminent danger Of blood poisoning
, Even the embalming OF food for tn
!. gullible public has Its attendant dan
gers.
~&
The Beef Trust Is commencing Il
squirm. The public Is going to &c
: some startling facts before long. Al
: opinion given by Attorney Genera
Stead to the Illinois live stock board
. says the board has no right to pass
al mil Ia, k,,t