Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-16

1--WE note copy Of your letter of
September 2Sth. saying that Armour
Il Co.'S oleo was found to contain bo.
racic acid. and you have reported the
same to the commemorative attorney.
Beg to say that we have given instruc-
tions to the olcOmargarine department
TO cease using any preservatlvcs II
they are using IT."
"A Armour & Co. have al.
ready begun the manufacture Of sau.
sage for Kentucky at Louisville. while
nm agent Of Swift 4 Co. states that his
firm have Installed "A separate de.
partmcnt In the Chicago plant In or.
der to make sausage without bOraciC
acid FOR KENTUCKY AND PENN.
SYLvANIA."
The following Associated Press dis.
patch appeared In the Chicago daily
papers of October 12. 1906:
Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. II, 19O6.--On
the charge that Armour 4 Co. have
been selling meat preserved by bOric
acid to local consumers State officials
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action by the federal authorities.
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Warren, who caused warrants to be
issued for several of the company's
agents, sent his assistant. Oliver ID.
Schick. accompanied by n. u. Critcli.
field. state secretary of agriculture, to
lay the case before Secretary Wilson
and DR.. II. II. Wiley at Washington.
The meats alleged to have been
"doctorcd" were discovered on Sept. II
and as the pure food net became opera.
Nivc on Sept. Commissioner Warren
declares the company IL liable under
the federal laws for violation Of this
act.
The following appeared on the Sec
0nd page of part !, Of the Chicago
Sunday Tribune of October 20. 1907.
II speaks for ITSELF
RULING OF MICHIGAN JUDGE
BLOW TO ARMOUR COMPANY.
Petition TO Have Injunction Against
Sale OF Sausage Dissolved Refused
Another Plea Falls.
Niles. Mich, Oct. 10--fSpccinl.1-
Judge Coolidge to-day refused to grant
the petition made by Armour 4 Co. to
have the injunction forblddlng the com.
pnry from selling sausage In Michigan
dissolved. The injunction was oh.
taincd by State Food Commissioner
Bird on the grounds that the sa,,sages
were adulteratcd In violence OF the
pure food laws.
Judge Coolidge also refused to sus.
tain the temporary injunction obtained
by Armour & Co. forbIddIng Bird from
posting certain bulletins showing that
the snusages contained certain aduiter.
ants.
Tho following dispatch published IN
the Chicago Record. Herald, Oct. 81,
1907. explains itself:
Lincoln, Ncb., Oct. 3O-WilllNm
Huxtablc. representing Swift 4 Co., AMI
Claude byron. representing Armour h
Co.. were to-day hound over to tho dis.
trlct court on tho charge Of violating
tho pure food law by selling unbranded
meats The Cudahy company agreed to
abide by the decision In the cases OF the
other two concerns
Chicago Health Department annual
report, 1907, page o.: e" a
number) Of samples Of butter. cheese,
liquid eggs, sausage and potted or can.
ned meats and other canned foods have
been found to be preserved with boric
acid during the past year."
American Meat Packers Association.
which opened In Chicago Oct. Z, 1907,
the committee appointed to ask the gov.
ernment to return to the packers meats
rejected and condemned by govern.
ment inspectors. made the following
report: mo provision has been made
for the return of meats to inspected es.
Establishments after they have been re-
jected. but your committee expects,
when this Is fully considered by the de-
pnrtment, relief will be granted"
In other words, meats condemned
because or cancer, tuberculosis, lumpy-
jaw and the like will be returned to
tho packers!
What will the packers do with this
condemned meat?
Ship 1t abroad, or sell II to the peo-
pie of Chicago?
People are beginning to appreciate
the enOrmlty of the withdrawal of Chi.
cago city inspectors from the big pack
ing houses.
Does bOrlc acid cause appendicitis? ?
In the course OF an article re-publlshed
from a New York paper, In the Chicago
Daily News of November 3, 1906, we
ind the following:
I'm the meantime physicians, as well
as the public NJ large. continue to Won
der whether either one of the authOri.
ties just mentioned may find 1t possible
to correct some of the abuses that are
most frequent, says the New York
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