Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-14

seventeen years ago the first pure
food bill was introduced In the Sen
ate, and 1t has been debated OF and
on ever SINCE"
With this Introduction Henry
Beach Needham tells In Worlds
Work the amazing story Of the delays
to the pure food bill In the. United
States Senate rs an illustration Of oh.
structive methods.
1t will enable the millions Of con.
saners Of food to understand why
the United States n the only civil.
ICED country which does not possess q
national food law. It will enable
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,
that there Is any hope Of passing.
Every American workman" says
Mr.. Needham, 1T 10 fair to assume.
is interested vitality In securing for his
family whit no earns by the sweat Of
his brow--pure food and pure drugs.
"when one pays for wholesome ar.
ticles he does not caro- to receive bad
coffee. glucose syrups, coal tar jellies.
spurious whiskeys, adulterated drugs,
and imitation flavoring extracts. One
does not want Goldfish sausages or
green hams, smoke cured all pre-.
served with boraclc acid; New Or.
leans molasses' or honey composed
largely Of glucose; olive oil, In reality
cotton seed oil; pure raspberry Jelly
manufactured from glucose mixed with
cltric acid and coal tar dye.
III the State cannot protect the In.
divldual against such swindllng-
tho 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 hns the welfare. the
health. ana longevity Of the 10000
Americans been conserved by Con.
grcss:"
The Beef Trust IL making hard
fight ut Washington against pure food
law.
The following II from a Washington
to the Chicago Tribune, Feb.
3, 1905:
Recently this opposition has taken
nm extremely dangerous turn. The PEG.
pie who arc behind 1t realize that there
II u general demand throughout the
country for national legislation on this
subject. They do not dare to fight 1t
outright, therefore. and 80 they are
combining their attention In an effort to
destroy the value Of the law when II Is
enacted and to make It difficult II not
Impossible Of execution.
"There are now on the statute books
Of many States, particularly In the
north, laws which II enacted would 70
a long ways toward disposlng Of the
Impure food products which are now
flooding the markets OF the country to
u notorious degree. In Illinois, for In
stance, there II law which, II hon
estly executed. would put an end to the
vast amount Of frauds practiced upon
the people. Tho law, however. IL to a
large extent dead letter and the I'LL
nOis food commissioner Is said to have
become an offensive partisan In the
to break down national legis-
latlOn on this subject. Honest advO-
rGtes here Of pure food law are rs.
that Gov. Deneen should per-
nit any Illinois official to take a stand
In public which manifestly Is In Opposi.
ton to the best interests Of nine-tenths
Df the people Of the State Of Illinois.
"The anti.pure food lobby here In
which has Its headquar.
ters ut the willard Hotel, and which
apparently IL supplied with an unlimit'
ed amount Of money, seems to have
come to the conclusion that some kind
Of pure food law Is inevitable mt this
session Of Congress. They are there
fore bending all their energies to break
down or minimize the effect OF such
law when passed"
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Remembering that 1t was always the
habit to use the carcases OF cancer0us
Or lumpy jawed cattle after the can.
GERS were cut out. the public Is prob.
ably getting q fuller dose Of lumpy
jawed cattle for food than ever. On
the very day that the city discontinued
Ito inspection and condemnation. the
Commissioner Of Health Of Chicago Is.
sued the following remarkable instruc.
lions In his bulletin Of December 10.
1906:
'srhe Commissioner has Issued the
following instructions to the chief In.
spectOr at the Union Stock Yards:
"'While actinomycosls is usually
confined to the head, and may be said
IN one sense to be q localized disease,
and while some inspectors condemn
only the part involved. ! believe 1t Ia
safest and most practicable to condemn
the entire carcass wherever the actl.
abscess opens into the
mouth, pharynx, larynx or any part of
he digestive or respiratory tract; o.
when the lymphatic glands are involv.
ID or where there are actin0myc0tic