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Show ill SWiSIji BLIEQJI SCI Ground Glass Stories Said to Ba Circulated With Evil Intent. IS AIMED AT FOODS Federal Attorney and Sp cial Agent Declare Work Is Vicious. That publicity is one of the this?) most desired by German- propagandist, as an aid to their achievement;, an,i through the medi um of publicity th"v I hope to discourage a great many Ameri'. cans and render useless thousiuV" tons of foodstuffs by creating fear thaX it is charged v.-ith ground glass or poisoa Y when, in reality, it may be harmless ij the opinion of United States District Attorney V?. W. Eay and Leon Bote, special agent of the department of j:.. tice. This opinion was expressed y-terday y-terday when a package of food materia: containing ground glass was brouyj'. into the office of Mr. Eone. "If the German propagandists cin cause the women of this country to bt-lieve bt-lieve that many of the foods found it the stores contain ground glass or pi. son, placed there by Germans or Ge-man Ge-man sym athizers. they are pleased a:j have fuiiilled their mission," said lit. Kay yesterday afternoon. ''If it y spread about that a certain brand or cereal, or a certain make of bread hi-been hi-been found to contain ground glas, a;.; publicity is given to the fact, it is cer tain that no more of that food wiil k purchased, and thousands of packaa or loaves will be thrown away. Suits Their Purpose. "This is just what the Germans wait. In this manner they can cause ton; ai: tons of rood to be destroyed, this reducing re-ducing the country's food resources jji that much. "Tuere is no question that grc::.: glass has been found in a nurtoer d sample of canned goods, and ia kzi loaves of bread. That it was plait: there by the manufacturers or a"ry.::: jn their employ is beyond reason, fr as soon as a certain brand of gocis ii found to contain ground glass, the nm-.-facturer might as well go ou'sj t'u business, especially if such a coN,3 becomes generally known. In ail instances in-stances where ground glass has been found iu food, there is not a doubt ha, it was piaee-i 'here by seme Gerrr? who had at least temporary 2cy"to the plant, and probably only a rti t: the cans or loaves were infected. "At any rate," continued Mr. Ey 'the less publicity that is given to in matter the better, for :t is tie supreme object of the German propagandist; tc scare the people into refusing to purchase pur-chase f oo i that may have been tampered tam-pered with, thus causing the destrjrt'.cr. of vast quantities cf valuable tool Care Is Urged. "It would be well, however, 'r housewives to careruiiy inspect .! canned goods, cerea-s and bread frcr tee baker, to be sure that they are fr ot ground g'ass or other deieterro:; substances. Publicity does no: aid tr; : ubiic in anv manner, but ere brings loss to too manufacturer who innocent and heirs the Germans ia eniug our food resources." It was said by a prominent rhys.cis" lat night that no inyury can come frcr swadowing a small ouhntity of greyy glass, at icasr the extremely s.r.ad r:"-tion r:"-tion that could be contained in a c:-;.' ful of mush, bread or canned meat (' fish, and that inyury couid only ccn; from a continual diet of food cont.iur.r; the substance, lie suggest 1. heev" thr.t great care be exercised by y housewives in carefully inspecting S-loo S-loo l before preparing it for the ta'ra'-to ta'ra'-to be sure that' it. contains no fr?nt: e'.uss, tho detection of which is simr.c. |