Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-30
For the Past Three Years. Carefully Collected from Official
Reports and Press kilograms Furnish Pure Food
Data for the Campaign of 1908.

calls for the preparation and preserva.
Ion Of food. He points out that the
leath rate from enterltis, appendicitis
ind perityphlitls increased In Great
Britain during the twenty.year period
II 1Ss5.1OO4 from 1873 to 3O5 per 1,OOO,.
400.
According to DIR. Hnrrison's theory,
the process by which the bOrlc acid
produces appendicitis Is mechanical
md Indirect, the first step being the
development Of fatulent dyspepsia-
now recognized as being an almost in
nvitable effect of the presence Of such
In the foOd--and the sec.
Dnd step being the entrance Of gus into
the appendix. DR.. Harrison says:
"'The initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible is the
opening or blowing out of the appen.
deal canal to such degree as to rcn.
der It accessible to the contents Of the
When this condi.
tlon has thus been fairly well estab-
lished, the easc and life Of the appcn.
dix, not to say anything OF the indi.
vitlual, are liable to become prcca.
rious.'
"ln support Of his contentious. DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Deaver, Of phila.
and a recent address by DIR.
Richard Jones to the North Wales
branch of the British Medical Asso.
citation. In which also occurred this
passage:
"'There can be no doubt TINT the
Introduction of these chemi.
cal substances into the system inter.
fcres with digestion, deprcsscs the
heart action, and injurIously affects
the Kidneys
'"rhat no crcdence can be placed In
the sometimes heard assertion that the
food prepared In this country for do.
nestle consumption Ii free from many
Of tho adulterations that characterize
the exported articles, seems proved By
an experience related to a reporter by
a man just returned from vacation
spent In one Of the less accessible parts
Of the Berkshircs. Practically the only
meat that could be obtained was bacon
In glass jars, bought ut q little village
grocery miles away. A rule the
jars sent for were put up by New
York firm. But one day, while making
q meal on frixxled bacon from such a
jar. both the informant and his wife
noticed a peculiar burning sensation
In the throat and the canal connecting
1t with tho nose.
"some experimenting proved quickly
that the bacon was wholly responsible
for tho unpleasant effect. The jar was
then examined and was found to have
been put up by one Of the best.known
and most widely advertised meat firms
In Chicago. 1t was concluded--and
properly, according to consulted author.
ltlcs-that the observed sensation was
caused by the presence In the bacon
either Of some such preservatlve as
bOrlc acid or some colorlng substance,
or both"
Always remember that In order to
please the packers, there Is no longer
city inspection at the Union Stock
Yards.
The withdrawal Of the city inspect.
Ors from the big packing houses ut the
stock yards. was an awful thing. We
take the following from page 9? Of the
annual report Of tho Chicago Health
Department for 1905, issued In 1905
AT the Union Stock Yards during
the last five months Of the year, the
seven inspectors (five Of whom were
appointed In November) have con.
demned and destroyed 2,704,O3s
pounds Of meat. as being unit fol-
food; all Of which would have been
sold In the City of Chicago and fOl
which the purchaser would have paid
first class prices. From these figures
1t Is very evident that inspection by
the city Of all food products Is Of un
told value, not only from financial
but also from a sanitary and hygienl(
standpoint.
1.-THE following will show how neces
sary city inspection Is ut the Union
Stock Yards:
".rhe city meat inspectors have con
demned In the coolers and on the cut
ting floors, AFTER PASSING GOV
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
"l25 cattle, cause, actlnomycosis.
'D7 cattle, cause, emaclatlon.
"24 cattle, cause, tuberculosis-evi
dence Of the disease having beer
trimmed out.
"lG sheep, cause, 'dOwners.'
"27 sheep, cause, pneumonia.
"04 hogs, pyaemia and tuberculosis
"47,72O pounds of cut meats ship
ped from st. Louis, Omaha, etc., fol
canning. This meat was sour and
slimy."
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The Health Department reports fol
years back have been interesting read
Ing for people who give thought to tht
matter of pure food:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin Of OctO
ber %. 1905, speaks for Itself:
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