Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-15

J. GRAY,
Political Leader.
notice that the Interstate Commerce
Commission Is going to prosecute the
Pullman Company for making high
charges for bcrths. 1t should not over.
look the Goodrich gang.
People pretend to be horror stricken
at the graft exposures In San Fran.
cisco. These are not circumstance
to what is going on In Chicago. hut
the Beef Trust and other public plum.
dercrs here are under press protection.
One of these days Il real newspaper
will be established In Chicago, and
then the people will learn the truth
about our respectable grafters and the
way the public IL robbed to make multi.
millionaircs.
The Goodrich gang have all their
steamboats, registered from Duluth.
| Minnesota. from which port they
"hail." although they do not run to It.
1t IL alleged that this crowd "hair
their vessels from Duluth to escape
taxation In Chicago, nnd yet Chicago
furnishes them with police. fire and
other protection.
Speaking Of steamboats,. Chicago fur.
| al n In ~ I'M n
the Sen Bird and Mpena death lists.
whose surviving families will never for.
get the fact.
When the Atlanta was burned few
years ago O(f Racine, no one was lost.
probably because 1t was somewhat out
Of the busy season.
| There In u movement on foot to
watch passenger steamers out Of CHI
cagO this summer and to prosecute
steamboat officials ana steamboat In
spectors. too, II the boats are over
crowded.
Beef Trust canned goods continue to
'nstound the world. New York state
Health Commissioner Porter announces
IN his official bulletin that u chemical
analysis Of Ia samples OF sO-called
roast, corncd. dried and pOtted beef, tlev.
He'd ham anu other canned meats shows
the presence In these articles of boron
preventative ana u considerable guam.
tity Of indIgcstible matter, such rs
pigs brlstles. hairs, skin ana glands.
Cereal Is also used to I'LL NJ the cans.
DR.. Porter says:
"rhc use of any preventative In u
food to be- inclOscd In u can which can
be- satisfactorily Sterllzcd by the Use Of
heat und sealed Theoretically Indicates
that the materials to be placed In the
can were In such state or were KEPT
under such conditions ns to lead the
Gamer to believe that they required
the use OF u preventative for the pre-
yention of decomposition until they
could he safely canned"
Entysted embryOs Of trlchlna splrals
were found In several sections of On.
tents Of II sample Of pOtted ham. The
report on luncheon meat says:
"'rwo samples of this product bore Ia
e!s with the following statement |:
Fine old English luncheon meat rs pre-
pared ut IIaddon Hall In the reign OF
Queen Elizabeth
"rhe contents of the two samples are
similar IN appearance. both consist Of
large amounts of tibrous tissues and fat
with scattered pieces of skin, glands,
hair AMI little muscular tissue"
or deviled chicken from one firm al.
vcrtlsed as selected chickens, finest
quality" the chemist says the digestion
test showed II per cent of insolublG
Residue.
One sample of veal loaf had n boron
preventative and consisted chiefly OF
cereal and fatty ana tibrOus tissue with
Il few muscle fbers.
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The action of the Goodrich crowd in
inviting the members of the Board Of
Review to q. weeks free trip on onc
of their boats. after the publication OF
the fact that the Goodrich Line pays
no taxes on $3,OOOOOO worth OF steam
boats Is the worst piece of gall we
have ever seen exhibited In Chicago.
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Congress should ut once add to the
meat inspection law these three pro-
visions:
| PACKERS should be obliged to
bear all the expense attached to In
spectiOn.
PACKERS should be obliged 10
print date of canning Oh the, labels q
all canned goods.
1All Ipeat In transit should be In
spected y the government
With the Reef Trust owners lower.
Ing their wages and clrcumscrlbing
their fields Of activity and opportunity
for making living, 1t 10 sickening to
see newspaper men In Chicago truck.