Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28
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 boric acid and other chem.
icals for the preparation and preserva.
ton of food. lie points out that the
death rate from entertis, appendicitis
and perltyphlitis increased In Great
Britain during the twenty.year period
Of 1SS5.19O4 from 1873 to 305 per 1000.
600.
According to DR.. Harrison's theory.
the process by which the borlc acid
produces appendicitis Is mechanical
and indirect, the first step being the
development Of fiatulent dyspepsia
now recognized rs being an almost In.
evitable effect Of the presence OF such
preservatlves In the foOd--and the sec.
ond step being the entrance Of gas into
the appendix. DIR. Harrison says:
"'The initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible is the
! opening or blowing out Of the appen.
deal canal to such degree rs to rem.
der 1t accessible to the contents Of the
intestines. When this c0ndi.
ton has thus been fairly well estab-
lished. the ease and life Of the appen.
dix. not to shy anything Of the indi.
vidual, IRE liable to become preca.
| ri0us.'
"In support Of his contentious. DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Beaver. Of Phlla.
| delphIa. and recent address by DIR.
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 credence 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 reporter by
a man just returned from q vacation
spent in one Of the less accessible parts
Of the Berkshires. Practically the only
meat that could be obtained was bacon
In glass Jars, bought at little village
grocery miles away. A rule the
jars sent for were put up by New
York firm. But one day, while making
a meal on frizzled bacon from such q
Jar, both the informant and his wife
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 wal
then examined and was found to have
been put up by one Of the best.knowr
and most widely advertised meat firm.
In Chicago. 1t was concluded-an
properly, according to consulted author
itles-that the observed sensation wal
caused by the presence In the bacor
either Of some such preservative a,
bOric acid or some colorIng substance
or BOTH"
Always remember that In order Il
please the packers, there Is no Longer
city inspection ut the Union Stool
Yards.
The withdrawal OF the city inspect
ors from the big packing houses at tn,
stock yards was an awful thing. w,
take the following from page % Of thu
annual report Of the Chicago Health
Department for 1906. Issued In 1909
AT the Union Stock Yards durinl
the last five months Of the year, TIN
seven inspectors (iive Of whom wer'
appointed In November) have con
demned and destroyed 2.704,03'
pounds OF meat, 40 being unit 10
food; all Of which would have beef
sold In the City Of Chicago and TO
which the purchaser would have pal,
first class prices. From these figure
1t IL very evident that inspection b.
the city Of all food products Is OF un
told value, not only from a financial
but also from sanitary and hygieni
standpoint. 4
1.-THE following will show how neees
sary city inspection IL at the Unlo
Stock Yards:
"The city meat inspectors have cor
demned In the coolers and on the GU,
ting floors, AFTER PASSING GOV
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
1926 cattle. cause, actinomycOsia
'D7 cattle, Cause. cancellation.
"24 cattle, caus>, tubercul0sis--ev
dence of the disease having bee
trimmed out.
"l6 sheep, cause. downers'
"@7 sheep, cause. pneumonia.
'Da hogs, pyaemia and tuberculOsii
"47,72O pounds Of cut meats shiI
ped from st. Louis. Omaha, etc, 10
canning. This meat was sour an
shiny"
~
, The Health Department reports 10
, years back have been interesting read
ing for people who give thought to th
matter OF pure food:
The following from the Chicas
Health Department Bulletin Of Octo
Der 20, 1905. speaks for itself:
The city inspectors at the Uniol