Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-14


from the report.
AZ showing what is alleged to have
been done In the past. the following are
taken from pages G2. G3. o.. % and Go
OF Part OF the fifteenth annual re-
port Of the Food Commissioner of North
Dakota. 1905:
Lab. No. 1914 (pagc G2).
Brand, dried beef. Armour's sliced
Star.
Producer or jobbcr, Armour 4 Co.,
Chicago.
Contains boratcs.
Lab. No. 1894 (pagc G3).
Brand, Vienna sausage.
Producer or jobbcr, Armour & Co.,
Chicago.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 2O76 (pagc G3).
Brand, sliced dried beef. White.
Producer or jobber, Armour Packing
Co. Kansas City.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 2132 (page 63).
Brand, breakfast bacon. Gold.
PrUiuccr or Jobber, Armour Packing
Co., Kansas City.
Contains boratcs
Lab. No. 2i42 (pagc Gi).
Brand, sliced ham.
Producer or jobber, Armour & Co.,
Chicago.
Contains sulphitcs and borates.
Lab. No. 2iGO (pagc G5).
Brand, Bologna sausage.
Producer or jobber, Swift & Co.,
Chicago.
Contains bOrates.
Lab. 2iSl (pngc G5).
Brand, Bologna sausage.
Producer or jobbcr, Swift & Co., Chi.
/ cagO.
Contains borates.
lab. No. 240O (page COZ.
Brand, Bologna sausage.
Producer or jobber. Armour 4 Co.,
Chicago.
Contains boracic acid or boratcs.
Lab. No. 2401 (page G0).
Brand, canvas sausage.
Producer or jobber, Swift 4 o., Chi.
cngo.
Contains b0ratcs.
Lab. No. 24IS (pagc 04).
Brand, breakfast bacon, Gold.
Producer or jobber, Armour Packing
Co., Kansas City.
Contains boratcs.
We take the following from pages
30, 20 and Oi Of the report Of the Ken.
tucky Agricultural Experiment Sta.
ton to tho governor Of Kentucky on
the enforcement Of the pure food law,
1906:
The manufacturers whose sausages
were found to contain boraclc acid or
cOlOring matter, or both:
"Arnour & Co., Chicago.
Kentucky Packing 4 Provision
Company. Louisville.
"Swlft 4 Co., Chicago.
John Huffman, Cincinnati.
"Schwarxschild 4 Sulxberser, Chica.
60.
Jacob vogel 4 Sons. Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Evansville Packing Company, Ev.
ansvillc. Ind.
"Omaha Packing Company, Omaha.
Neb.
"cudahy Packing Company. St.
Louis.
"Pfafiingcr 4 Co., Louisville.
"Iausch Il Ruger, Louisville.
"NelsOn Morris & Co., Chicago.
"Kineghar 4 Co., indianapolis.
"The German American Provision
Company, Chicago.
"In the fall Of 1905. Mr.. c. J. Trcss-
Ter, attorney for Swift & Company,
called ut the office and stated that
Swift & Co. had eliminated bOracic
acid and color from meat products
FOR SALE IN KENTUCKY, and that
there would be no further shipments
containing these substances into the
state"
| The report continues:
"The packing houses need inspection
to control adultQratlons which the
packer Is permitted, without restraint
to add to meat products, just as much
as the inspection which the Federal
Government conducts with reference ia
the physiological whOlesomencss of the
animal. While bOraclc acid into meats
of otherwise superior quality, the chief
reason for using antlseptlcs, artificial
colors ana other adulterantg Is to dis.
guise deficiencies, or its method of
preservation, and when these adulter.
atiOns are restricted the result must
he higher standard In the product to
he packed. better methods of packing
and preservation and more whole,
some ana perfect food"
"Recent Investigations have undoubt.
edly shown that the federal inspec-
tlon over the physiological condition of
packing house meats Is not thorough,
and that some Of the animal PROD
UCT UNFIT FOR FOOD IS PUT UP
AND PASSED TO CONSUMERS UN-
DER THE GUARANTEE OF THE
MEAT INSPECTION STAMP The
antseptlc and the anillne dye are the
chief means by which the consumer Is
deceived into believing that this in
ferlor or condemned meat Is pure and
wholesome"
"Mr. W. W. Archer, attorney for