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Show The declaration of Senator McCum-ber McCum-ber of North Dakota In the Senato jesterday as o the adulteration of food, Is certainly sensational It ttuc. He declares that ndultcrnled food products pro-ducts amount eurl) to nearly four bllllcn dollars. If this adulterated food Is all eaten, It amounts to upward of 550 a )ear for every man, woman and child In the United States. Wo think there must be some mlstako nbout this, there wouldn't be much left for the placing of puro food, if so much adulterated were sold. Rut It Is a fact that the great bulk of tho foods used, tho mont, tho Hour, tho potatoes, tho rice, nre all pure, nnd necessarily so, any one can see Just what they nre. The chance for Senator McCumbars reckoning being true nro so small as to bnr no nppreclil.Io lutlo to the Immense figures he useB, |