Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18


from the report.
AS showing what is alleged to have
been done in the past. the following are
taken from pages 62. 63. u. 60 and G6
Of Part 2 of the fifteenth annual re-
port of the Food Commissioner of North
Dakota, 1906
Lab. No. 1874 (page G2).
Brand, dried beef. Armour's sliced
Star.
Producer or jobber. Armour 4 Co.,
Chicago.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 1894 (page 63).
Brand, Vienna sausage.
Producer or jobber. Armour & Co..
Chicago.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 2OI6 (page 63).
Brand. sliced dried beef, White.
Producer or jobber. Armour Packing
Co.. Kansas City.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 2132 (page G3).
Brand. breakfast bacon. Gold.
Producer or jobber. Armour Packing
Co.. Kansas City.
Contains borates
Lab No. 2l42 tpage G4).
Brand. sliced ham.
Producer or jobber. Armour 4 Co.,
Chicago.
Contains supplies and borates.
Lab. No. 2iGO (page 65).
Brand. Bologna sausage.
Producer or jobber. Swift & Co.,
Chicago.
Contains borates.
Lab. 2iS1 (page 65).
Brand. Bologna sausage.
Producer or jobber, Swift 4 Co., Chi.
cagO.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 2i0O (page GG).
Brand. Bologna sausage.
Producer or Jobbcr. Armour & Co..
Chicago.
Contains boraclc ncid or borates.
Lab. No. 2i01 (page COZ.
Brand, canvas sausage.
Producer or i0bber, Swift & Co., Chi.
cago.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 241S (pagc 04).
Brand. breakfast bacon, Gold.
Producer or jobber, Armour Packing
Co.. Kansas City.
Contains borates.
We take the following from pages
10, 90 and 81 Of the report Of the Ken.
lucky Agricultural Experiment Sta.
ton to the governor Of Kentucky on
the enforcement Of the pure food law,
1905:
The manufacturers whose sausages
were found to contain boraclc acid or
coloring matter, or both:
"ArmOur 4 Co., Chicago.
Kentucky Packing 4 Provision
Company, Louisville.
"Swift 4 Co., Chicago.
John Huffman. Cincinnati.
"Schwargschlld & sulxbergcr, Chica'
90.
Jacob vogel & Sons. Cincinnati
Ohio.
Evansville Packing Company, Ev
ansvllle, Ind.
"Omaha Packing Company, Omaha
Neb.
"Cudahy Packing Company, st
Louis.
"Pfatlinger & Co., Louisville.
'Rausch & Ruger, Louisville.
"Nelson Morris 4 Co., Chicago.
'Klneghar & Co., Indianapolis.
"The German American Provision
Company, Chicago.
I'm the fall Of 1905, Mr.. C. ]. Tress
Ter, attorney for Swift & Company
called ut the Office and stated thai
Swift l. Co. had eliminated bOraci,
acid and color from meat product,
FOR SALE IN KENTUCKY, and thai
there would he no further shipments
containing these substances into thu
state"
The report continues:
1.-The packing houses need inspection
| to control authorizations which TIN
packer Is permitted, without restrain
TO add to meat products, just as mucl
as the inspection which the Fedora
Government conducts with reference I,
the physiological wholesOmeness of tn,
animal. While bOracic acid into meat,
Of otherwise superior quality, the chic
reason for using antiseptics, artificial
colors and other adulterants Is to dis
gulse deficiencies, or Its method o
| preservation, and when these adulter
atoms are restricted the result mus
he higher standard In the product L
be packed, better methods Of packing
and preservation and a more whole
some and perfect food"
"Recent Investigations have undoubt
eddy shown that the federal inspeC
ton over the physiological condition O
packing house meats Is not thorough
and that some Of the animal PROD
UCT UNFIT FOR FOOD is PUT III
AND PASSED TO CONSUMERS UN
DER THE GUARANTEE OF TIL
MEAT INSPECTION STAMP Tn
antlseptlc and the anilne dye are tn
chief means by which the consumer |
deceived into believing that this In
ierlor or condemned meat Is pure an,
wholesome"
Mr.. W. W. Archer, attorney 70