Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-01
PACKERS B0RACIC 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 borlc acid ana other chem.
icals for the preparation and preserva-
tion of food. He points out that the
death rate from enteritis, appendicitis
and perityphlitls increased In Great
Britain during the twenty.year period
Of 1SS5-10O4 from 1873 to 3O5 per 1000.
600.
According to DIR. Harrlson's theory,
the process by which the bOric acid
produces appendicitis Is mechanical
and Indirect, the first step being the
development Of fiatulent dyspepsia
now recognized as being an almost In.
cvltable effect Of the presence Of such
personalities In the food--and the sec.
Ond step being the entrance of gas into
the appendix. DR.. Harrison says:
"'The initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible Is the
opening or blowing out of the appcn.
dical canal to such a degree rs to rem.
der 1t accessible to the contents Of the
intestines. When this condl.
ton has thus been fairly well estab-
llslled, the ease and life Of the appen.
dix. not to say anything Of the indi.
vidual. are liable to become preca.
rious.'
'ln support Of his contentious, DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Denver, Of Phila.
delphla. aud recent address by DR..
Richard Jones to the North Wales
branch Of the British Medical Asso.
citation. In which also occurred this
passage:
"'Tberc 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 kilncys.'
"That no credence can be placed In
the sometimes heard assertion that the
food prepared In this country for DO.
nestle consumption Ii free from many
Of the authorizations that characterize
the exported articles, seems proved by
an experience related to q reporter by
man just returned from q vacation
spent In one Of the less accessible parts
Of the Berkshlrcs. Practically the only
meat that could be obtained was bacon
In glass Jars, bought ut a little village
grocery miles away. A. q rule the
jars sent for were put up by New
York Arm. But one day. while making
meal on frlxxled bacon from such q
Jar, both the informant and bis wife
noticed 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 the 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
properly. according to consulted author.
ltles--that the observed sensation was
caused by the presence In the bacon
either OF some such preservative as
boric acld or some colorlny substance.
or both"
Always remember that In order to
please the packers. there Ii no longer
city inspection ut the Union Stock
Yards.
The withdrawal Of the city inspect.
ora from the big packing houses at the
stock yards was an awful thing. We
take the following from page 2? 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 and destroyed ?.704.O3S
pounds OF meat. 40 being unit for
food; all Of which would have been
, sold In the City of Chicago and for
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 4 financial,
hut also from a sanitary and hyglenlC
standpoint.
1.-The following will show how neces.
| SVty ~ ~ tuc SuIOul
Stock Yards:
"The city meat inspectors have con.
demned In the coolers and on the cut.
ting floors, AFTER PASSING GOV.
ORNAMENT INSPECTION:
, "l25 cattle, cause, actinOmycosis.
'D7 cattle, cause, emaciatlon.
"224 cattle, cause, uberculOsis-evl.
tlence Of the disease having been
trimmed out.
no sheep, cause, dOwners.'
"?7 sheep. cause, pneumonia.
"04 hogs, pyaemia and tuberculosis,
"47,72O pounds Of cut meats ship.
. ped from st. Louis, Omaha. ETC., for
canning. This meat was sour and
shiny"
~
. The Health Department reports for
. years back have been interesting read
, Ing for people who give thought to the
, matter Of pure food:
. The following from the Chicago
, Health Department Bulletin Of Octo.
Der %, 1905, speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors at the Union