Chicago eagle., 1908-04-04

4 Co.'S oleo was found to contain bo-
racic acid. and you have reported the
same to the commemorative attorney.
Beg to say that we have given instruc-
tions to the olcomargarine department
to cease using any prcscrvatives II
they are using it,"
"a Armour & Co. have al
ready begun the manufacture Of sau-
sage for Kentucky at Louisville. while
I'M 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
acid FOR KENTUCKY AND PENN
SYLvANIA.'
The following Associated Press dis.
patch appeared in the Chicago daily
papers of October 12. 1906:
Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. II. 10O6.-On
the charge that Armour X Co. have
been selling meat preserved by boric
acid to local consumers State officials
went TO Washington to-day 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. b. Critch.
field. state secretary of agriculture. to
lay the case before Secretary Wilson
and DIR. II. II. Wiley at Washington.
The meats alleged to have been
u,1,,to.o.,v ,..o,.n <tts,Dya arad ~, Slant ~
and as the pure food net became opera.
tive on Sept. 1 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.
II speaks for itself:
RULING OF MICHIGAN JUDGE
BLOW TO ARMOUR COMPANY.
Petition to Have Injunction Against
Sale Of Sausage Dissolved Refused
Another Plea Falls.
Niles. Mich, Oct. l9-tSpeclal.1-
Judge Coolidge to-day refused to grant
the petition made by Armour & Co. to
have the Injunction forbldding the com.
pany from selling sausage In Michigan
dissolved. The injunction was oh.
tained by State Food Commissioned
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 & Co. forbldding Bird from
posting certain bulletins showing that
the sausagcs contained certain adulter.
ants.
The following dispatch published IN
the Chicago Record. Herald, Oct. 81,
1907, explains itself:
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 3O.-William
Huxtable. representing Swift & CO.. and
Claude byron, representing Armour 4
Co.. were to-day bound over to tho dis.
trlct 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 "a: - 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 Associate
which opened In Chicago Oct. Z, 1907
the committee appointed to ask the gov
ernmcnt to return to the packers meats
rejected ana condemned by govern
ment inspectors, made the following
report: mo provision has been made
for the return of meats to inspected es'
adjustments after they have been re
jected, but your committee expects
when this ~ 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 tc
the packers!
What will the packers do with THU
condemned meat?
Ship 1t abroad, or sell 1t to the peo
pie OF Chicago?
People are beginning to appreciate
the enOrmity Of the withdrawal of Chi
cngo city inspectors from the big pack
Ing houses.
Does borlc acid cause appendicitis
In the course OF an article re-publishe,
from New York paper, In the Chicag,
Daily News Of November 8, 1906, W,
find the following:
"In the meantime physicians, as vel
as the public at large, continue to won
der whether either one OF the autl,ori
ties Just mentioned may find 1t possibl,
to correct some Of the abuses that ar,
most frequent, says the New Yorl
Post. The troublesome problem of tn,
use Of boric acid as food preserva
tive, for instance, has Just beer
brought to the attention of the medIca
world once more by the appearance Il
recent number of the Lancet lion
dom OF an article In which such al
authority as DR.. Reginald Harrison