Chicago eagle., 1908-03-14


September 2Sth. saying that Armour
4 Co.'S oleo was found to contain bo-
racic acid. and you have reported the
same to- the commemorative attorney.
Reg TO say that we have given instruc-
tions to the oleomargarine department
to cease using any preservatives If
they are using it,"
80 Armour 4 Co. have al.
ready begun the manufacture Of sau-
sage for Kentucky at Louisville. while
an agent of swift 4 Co. states that his
firm have installed separate de-
partmcnt In the Chicago plant In or.
der to make sausage without boracic
ncid FOR KENTUCKY AND PENN
SYLvANIA."
The following Associated Press dis
patch appeared In the Chicago daily
papers of October ~. 1906:
Philadelphia. Pa. Oct. II. 10OG-On
the charge that Armour 4 Co. have
been selling meat preserved by bOric
acid to local consumers State officials
went to Washington today to urge
action by the federal authorities.
state Dairy and Food Commissioner
Warren. who caused warrants to be
issued for several Of the company's
agents, sent his assistant. Oliver ID.
Schick. accompanied by n. Il. Critch-
field, State secretary of agriculture, to
lay the case before Secretary Wilson
and DR.. II. II. Wiley at Washington.
The meats alleged to have been
"doctored" were discovered on Sept. IL
and as the pure food act became opera
tive on Sept. Commissioner Warren
declares the company Is liable under
the federal laws for violation Of this
act.
The following appeared on the sec.
ond page OF part !. Of the Chicago
Sunday Tribune of October 20. 1907.
1t speaks for itself:
RULING OF MICHIGAN JUDGE
BLOW TO ARMOUR COMPANY.
Petition to Have Injunction Against
Sale OF Sausage Dissolved Refused
AnOtnef Plea talls.
Niles. Mich, Oct. 10.-fSpecial. i
Judge Coolidge to-day refused to grant
the petition made by Armour 4 Co. to
have the injunction forblddIng the com.
pany from selling sausage In Michigan
dissolved. The injunction was oh.
tained by State Food Commissioner
Bird on the grounds that the sausages
were adulterated In violence Of the
pure food laws.
Judge Coolidge also refused to sus.
tain the temporary injunction obtained
by Armour 4 Co. forbiddlng Bird from
posting certain bulletins showing that
the sausages contained certain adulter.
ants.
The following dispatch published IN
the Chicago Record.IIerald, Oct. 81,
1907. explains itself:
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 3O.-William
lIuxtable, representing Swift 4 Co.. AMI
Claude byron. representing Armour \
Co.. were to-day bound over to the dis.
trict court on the charge of violating
the pure food law by selling unbranded
meats. The Cudahy company agreed to
abide by the decision In the cases of the
other two concerns.
Chicago Health Department annual
report, 1907, page o.: 4" a
number OF samples of butter, cheese,
liquid eggs. sausage ana potted or can.
ned meats and other canned foods have
been found to be preserved with borlc
acid during the past year."
During the annual convention of the
American Meat Packers Association.
which opened In Chicago Oct. Z. 1907,
the committee appointed to ask the gov.
ernmcnt to return to the packers meats
rejected and condemned by govern.
ment inspectors, made the following
report: "NO provision has been made
for the return Of meats to inspected es-
adjustments after they have been re-
jected, but yOnr committee expects,
when this Is fully considered by the de-
partment, relief will be granted"
In other words, meats condemned
because Of cancer. tuberculosis, lumpy.
jaw and the like will be returned to
the packers!
What will the packers do with this
condemned meat?
Ship 1t abroad, or sell II to the peo.
pie Of Chicago?
People are beginning to appreciate
the enOrmity of the withdrawal of Chi.
cago city inspectors from the big pack
Ing houses.
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Does bOric acid cause appendicitis?
In the course of an article re-published
from a New York paper, In the Chicago
Daily News Of November 3, 1905, we
find the following:
"In the meantime physicians. as we'll
as the public at large, continue to Won
der whether either one of the autllorl-
ties just mentioned may find 1t possible
to correct some of the abuses that are
most frequent, says the New York
Post. The troublesome problem of the
use OF bOric acid az food preserva.
tive, for instance, has Just been
brought to the attention OF the med lcal
world once more by the appearance In
a recent number OF the Lancet (LOn.