Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-29
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 enteritis. appendicitis
and perityphlitIs 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 flatulent Dyspepsia
now recognized rs being an almost in.
evitable effect of the presence Of such
personalities In the fOod--and the sec.
Ond step being the entrance Of gus into
the appendix. DR.. Harrison says:
1.-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 It accessible to the contents of the
intestincs. When this condi-
tion has thus been fairly well estab-
lishcd. the ease and life Of the appen.
dix, not to say anything Of the indi-
vidual, IRE liable to become preca.
riOus.'
"ln support Of his contentious, DR..
Harrison quotes DIR. Beaver, Of Phila.
delphla. ana 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 injurlously 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 a 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 he obtained was bacon
In glass Jars. bought ut a little village
grocery miles AWAY. As rule the
Jars sent for were put up by New
York firm. But one day, while making
a meal on frlzxled bacon from such q
jar. both the informant and his wife
noticed peculiar burning sensation
In the thrOat and the canal connecting
It with the nose.
"Somc 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
In Chicago. 1t was c0ncluded-and
properly, according to consulted author.
itles-that the observed sensation was
caused by the presence In the bacon
either Of some such preservatlve as
boric acid or some coloring substance,
or BOTH"
Always remember that In order to
please the packers. there Is no longer
city inspection ut 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 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 (ave of whom were
appointed In November) have con.
demned ana destroyed ?.7O4, O3S
pounds of meat, as 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
It Is very evident that inspection by
the city Of all food products Is Of un.
told value, not only from 4 financial,
but also from a sanitary ana hyglenic
standpoint.
"The following will show how neces.
sary city inspection Is ut the Union
Stock Yards:
"'rhe city meat inspectors have con.
demned In the coolers ana on the cut
ting floors, AFTER PASSING GOV
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
"i25 cattle, cause. actinomycosls.
"07 cattle, cause, emaciation.
"24 cattle, cause. tuberculOsis-evi.
dence of the disease having been
trimmed out
ZIG sheep, cause, 'dOwners.'
"27 sheep, cause, pneumonia.
"04 hogs, pyaemia and tuberculosis.
ATTIC pounds of cut meats ship
ped from st. Louis, Omaha, etc. for
canning This meat was sour and
shiny"
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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-
kar 1nlr cpanl,S Fnr itcalf.