Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-25
PACKERS b0RAC|c RECORDS
For the Past Three Years. Carefully Collected from Official
Reports and Press kilograms, Furnish Pure Food
Data for the Campaign of 1908.

ployment Of boric acid and other chem.
icals for the preparation and preserva.
ton Of food. He points out that the
death rate from enteritls, appendicitis
and perityphlitls increased In Great
Britain during the twenty.year period
OF 1SS5-10O4 from 1873 to 3Oj per 1000.
600.
According to DR.. Harrison's theory,
the process by which the boric acid
produces appendicitis Is mechanical
and indirect, the first step being the
development Of fatulent dyspepsia
now recognized us being an almost in.
evitable effect Of the presence Of such
preservatives In the fOod--and the sec.
ond 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 rem.
der It accessible to the contents Of the
intestlncs. When this condi.
ton has thus been fairly well cstnt-
lished, the ease and life Of the nppen.
dix, not to say anything Of the indi.
vidual, IRE liable to become preca.
rioua'
"ln support OF his contentious, DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Beaver, Of Phila.
delphla. nnd a recent address by DR..
Richard Jones to the North Wales
branch Of the British Medical Asso.
citation, In which also occurred this
passage:
""rhere can be no doubt that the
continuous Introduction Of these chemi.
cal substances into the system inter.
feres with digestion. depresses the
heart action, and injuriously affects
the Kidneys
THAT no credencc can be placed In
the sometimes heard assertion that the
food prepared In this country for do
nestle consumption is free from many
Of the authorizations that characterize
the exported articles, seems proved by
an experience related to q reporter by
n man just returned from vacation
spent In one Of the less accessible parts
Of the Berkshlres. Practically the only
meat that could be obtained was bacon
In glass Jars, bought ut little village
grocery miles away. As a rule the
jars sent for were put up by New
York firm. But one day. while making
a meal on frizxled bacon from such a
ioe hNt0~ <hn ls,(ovo,n,~ < uoN N,tu ..,l<.,
noticed peculiar burning sensation
In the throat and the canal connecting
1t with the nose.
"Some experimenting proved quickly
that the bacon was wholly responsible
for the unpleasant effect. The jar was
then examined and was found to have
been put up by one Of the best.knOwn
ana most widely advertised meat firms
In Chicago. It was concluded-and
properly, according to consulted author.
ities-that the observed sensation was
caused by the presence in the bacon
either Of some such preservative M
boric acid or some col0ring substance,
or both"
~
Always remember that In order to
please the packers, there IL 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 IN awful thing. We
take the following from page % Of the
annual report Of the 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 aud destroyed ?,79i.O3s
pounds Of meat, as being unfit fol
food; all Of which would have beer
sold In the City Of Chicago and fol
which the purchaser would have paid
fret class prices. From these figure,
1t Is very evident that inspection by
the city Of all food products Is Of un
told value. not only from a financial
but also from sanitary and hygieni'
standpoint,
"The following will show how neces
sary city inspection Is at the UniOI
Stock Yards:
"The city meat inspectors have con
demned in the coolers ana on the cut
ting floors, AFTER PASSING GOV
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
"l25 cattle, cause, actinomycosis.
'D7 cattle, cause, cancellation.
"224 cattle, cause, uberculOsis--evi
dence Of the disease having beef
trimmed out.
10 sheep, cause, 'downers'
"?I sheep, cause. pneumonia.
"04 hogs, pyaemia and tuberculosis
"47.72O pounds Of cut meats ship
ped from st. Louis. Omaha, etc, To-
canning. This meat was sour an,
SHINY"
The Health Department reports fOl
years back have been interesting read
Ing for people who give thought to TIN
matter of pure food:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin Of Octo
Der %, 1905. speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors at the UnioI
Stock Yards condemned FIVE CAT
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS