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Public eye on packers and pure food fears in 1906 era
A column argues the public deserves full disclosure from state pure food authorities and the press about meat packers. It cites boric acid and sulphites in meats, inspector withdrawals at Chicago stock yards, and raises the Beef Trust as a looming 1906 campaign issue tied to adulterated products and weak enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beef Trust
Chicago
Pure Food Department of
Illinois
Ike
Health Department of
Michigan
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Commonwealths
Pure Food
E. F. Ladd
Ita
The
Food Commission
North Dakota State Laboratory
Food Commissioner of
Lab
Armour's
Armour & Co
Vienna
Armour Packing Co
Kansas City
Swift & Co
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment 8 Station
Kentucky Packing & Provision Company
Louisville
John Huffman
Cincinnati
Jacob Vogel & Sons
Ohio
Evansville Packing Company
Evansville
Indie Packing Company
Omaha
Neb
W. W. Archer
Commonwealth
Chicago Daily
Philadelphia
Washington
Dairy and Food
Warren
Oliver D. Schick
N. B. Critchfield
Wilson
H. H. Wiley
Niles
Midh
Coolidge
Bird
Chicago Record-Herald
Lincoln
William Huxtable
Claude Dyron
Cudahy Company
Chicago Health Department
New York
Chicago Daily News
New York Post
London
Reginald Harrison
Hunterian
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Great Britain
Harrison
Deaver
Richard Jones
North Wales
British Medical Association
Berkshires
Onser
Union
Union Stock Yards
St. Louis
Health Department
Europe
America
C. J. Whalen
Commissioner Whelan
R Health Department
Food Trust