Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-08
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 preserve
ton Of food. He points out that the
death rate from enterltis, appendicitis
and perityphlitls increased In Great
Britain during the twenty.year period
Of 1SS5-1004 from 1873 to 3O5 per 1,OOO,.
600.
According to DR.. Harrlson's theory,
the process by which the boric acid
produces appendicitis Is mechanical
and Indirect, the first step being the
development Of fatulent dyspepsia
now recognized 40 being an almost in.
evitable effect Of the presence Of such
preservatives In he fo0d--and the sec.
ond step being the entrance Of gas into
the appendix. DR.. Harrison says:
"'The initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible is the
opening or blowing out Of the appen.
dical canal to such degree as to rem.
der 1t accessible to the contents Of the
intestines. When this condi.
ton has thus been fairly we'll estab.
lished, the ease and life of the appen.
dix, not to say anything Of the indl.
vldual, are liable to become preca.
rlous'
I'm support Of his contentious, DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Beaver, Of Phila.
delphia, and a 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 credcncc 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 a 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 ut 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 a
jar, both the informant and his wife
noticed a 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 was
then examined and was found to have
been put up by one Of the bcst.known
and most widely advertised meat firms
In Chicago. 1t was concluded-and
properly, according to consulted author.
ities-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 IL 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 an awful thing. We
take the following from page 90 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 1--we Of whom were
appointed In NovcMber) have con.
demned and destroyed 2,704.O3s
pounds Of meat, as being unit for
food; all Of which would lave 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 financial
but also from a sanitary and hygienlG
standpoint.
"rhe following will show how neces
sary city inspection IL at the Union
Stock Yards:
"The city meat inspectors have con
demned in the coolers and on the cut
ting floors, AFTER PASSING GOV
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
"l25 cattle, cause, actinomycosis.
"97 cattle, cause, emaclation.
"24 cattle, cause, tuberculosis-evi
dence of the disease having beer
trimmed out,
40 sheep, cause, downers.'
"o7 sheep, cause, pneumonia.
"94 hogs, pyaemia and tuberculosis
AZTEC pounds of cut meats ship
ped from st. Louis, Omaha, ETC.. fol
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.
Der %, 1905, speaks for itself