Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-11
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.

The public has n right to know all
about the doinrs of the corporations
that furnish it with food. They are
dealing In the kind of "public utili.
ties" that mean life or death. In OBJ
tanning this knowledge. the public ex-
poets to be enlightened from the re-
ports of state Pure Food Commission.
ers anu the columns of the press.
Next year is the presidential year,
ana on every stump the packers and
thelr records VIII be held up to the
public eye and given to the public ear.
The failure of the government In Its
attack on the Beef Trust because the
packers turned states evidence on
themselves and were granted an I'm.
muiity bath In consequence. has not
been forgotten by the people. ana the
great rise in the price Of meat has
tested the patience OF the voters to the
limit.
The withdrawal Of the City OF Chi.
cago inspectors from the big packing
houses. presumably to oblige the pack.
ers has added fuel to the fire. and
next year VIII see the country nblnze
upon the subject.
The pure food department OF Illinois.
Ike the health department OF Chicago,
mas rested supine. while other states.
like Michigan. North Dakota. Pennsyl.
rania ana Kentucky have taken great
pains to protect their citizens.
And the packers appreciate the Of.
forts OF these states to protect the
health OF the men, women and children
residing In them by promising not to
send adulterated food into these com.
mOnwealths.
We have not heard Of their saying
anything about sending unfit food into
the states where the authorities IRE
not no honest.
According to all accounts. much DO.
racic acid and supplies. rs we'll as
many dyes, are used by packers. and It
IL against these preservatives that
many states having honest officials
have taken action.
The records Of the North Dakota
and Kentucky Pure Food departments
show what has been done In this direc.
lion In past years.
We do not know whether boric acid
and supplies are used by the big Chi.
cago packers now or not, as city In.
spectors have been withdrawn from
the large houses.
Showing the effect Of boric acid and
"a. lao P,1l L.
duced from pages II and 12, Of Part
2, Of the Fifteenth Annual Report OF
T.. !. Ladd, food commissioner or North
Dakota:
the use OF bornx ana
boric acid interferes with the aD-
sorption OF food ana causes the cxcre.
ton OF an abnormaily large amount OK
nitrogen. lie believes II IL dcmoh'
strated that large doses or Deric acid
reduces the body weight ana that the
excretion OF THESE supstnhees from tue
pody u NO SLOW TINT 'nc'' "ceu'hu'"''o.
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onr own stua'es Win s'usases anu
hamburger steaR 'huicate that 'ro"
o..o 10 o'oV per cent ot s"'p"'tes "'c
emp'oyed III these Hhea's' an " '"e
harmIhIhess OF THESE prouuc's rcce"'
article by III. harrihs'oh' OF 'ia'"
ara Meaicai Co'iege' eht't'eo so"'"i'
Suiphi'e' pahserous foou ffeSer'"'
i've gives tue results oi MS n"es,-
CATIONS ana from th's we iuo'e tue
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III IN classed as 100" preser'"'
tiNe' Dnt us aItisep'ic properties are
comparatively Feeble II Is USED more
especially on account OF its erect on
the appearance OF the tood TO wiiich II
Is added It's preservatlVe influence De-
ing decidedly minor consideration ~
cOnfefs upon minced meat tchoppeu