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Show " " - -i RVL' J S wamitia Html TiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaMii Pfdiiict Our Food. The doctors Inform" tia that nluifl in poison, hnd that alum baking powders liould bd avoided hocause thoy make thofood uliivliolcsoinc. Prominent hygien iete, who havo gncn tho matto.' most Btudy, regard these powdewaa an ovll that should ho suppressed by stnto action. ac-tion. In Minn, nnd Wis. n'um powders nrc not permitted to bo sold unloea they nre branded to wnrn consumers of their Iruocharnctor, while in tho district of Columbia tho authorities havo under the dircclion'of Congress, adopted regulations reg-ulations lo prohibit tho ueo of ill am in bread altogether. Aro not tho peoplo of other stales, na well as thoao of Minn. A Wis. ontitlcd to warning of n danger which is apparently menacing tlium nt closo hand, and is'nt tho whole country cntHled to absolute protection, us tho people ot tho district of Columbia are protected by legislation which la entirely prohibitive? Until wo can havo protection in the form ol n Btntute, how can our state boards of health, stao analysts or food commissions bettor servo tho public than by publiuhlug in tho newspapers from tiino to time the nnmo of tho baking bak-ing powder which they find to bo made from alum 7 Meantime, It will md tho housewife in designating the alum powders to ro-meniber ro-meniber that all powders sold at 25c or lees per pound aro of this dangerous clasa Puro cream of tartar powdord nro usually sold at 45 A SO cent a pound. |