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Show Protect Our Food. The doctors inform no that alum ie poison, nod that alum baking posters hould be avoided lecau they Ittike the food anwhnlcromi Pifiniinrnt hygien lite, who haw gicn the maltCt' moft study, regArd tln'SO pouch i hhs nn il that should he suppressed by state action. ac-tion. In Minn, nnd Wif, r.'ntn potlrr( re not permute 1 ( I)l sol I mil m the) are branded to warn tonsiim-! of their true ch.iractnr, nliile in the district of O jlmoliin tlit ninliiiiiis iHe undtr the dltcction'iii t'ongrtsii, adopted reg-ulatioiiH reg-ulatioiiH In prohibit the use ot alv.ai a breed altogether. Are not the pfoplo of nther st.itos, as well as those of Minn. & Wis. entitled to warn lug of a danger which is nppareutl) menacing them at close hand, and ie'nt the whole country enti'led to absolute protection, as the people ot the district of Columbia are preieeted by legTshitlon which Ie entirely prohibitive? Until we ean have protection in the form ol a statute, how can our sMIe boards of health, state analyst! or food commissions better serve the ptljllc than by publishing in the newepapers from time to time the name of the linking link-ing powder which they find to be made from alum ? Meantime, it will aid the housewife in designating tlie alnm powders to remember re-member that all powders sold at 2So or lees per ponndnreof this dangerene olaee Pure cream of tartar powder are usually sold at 15 A 60 cent :i pound. |
