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Show NEW FOOD LAW People now demand (he rlshl to I know eiacdy what they eal ' To lie told br maker or retailer that Ihe food la i.lm" la not aallafaclory Candy may contain pure' white clay or "pure dyea and yet be very harmful Hyrupa may contain ' pure" glucme and vet lie quite dlgeallbleand cten lieiieflclal Tomato catsup may contain a .mall amount nf salicylic or bnrncle acid as a neceaaary presort live, which may agree with one and he harmful to snolher Wheat Dour may contain a porllnn of corn lionr and really lie Improved Olive oil may be mi le of cotton seed oil Hotter msy contain beef auet and yet be nutrition. The person whn buys and eala must prntect himself and family and be baa a rlshl to and now demands, a law under which be can make Intelligent selection of font! Many pure food hills, have hern In Irndured and semie m'iI by Slate leg liUlurea. many have been nffered to Congress bul all thus far teem objectionable objec-tionable li ha seemed difficult fnr politicians lo formulate n aallsfarlory bill lhat mould protect lh mmmun Hiplc and yet avoid harm to honest inakera and prevent rndlca trouble lo retnllera Nn gov t coniml.alon or officer haa the rlrht lo fa "food atandarda" lo define what the people .hall and shall not eal for what agreea wlih one may not agree with another and auch act would deprive the common clllien of his personal lllierly The l'oslum Cereal Co, Ltd tierhapa the largest makera of prepared foods In Ihe world hnvn naturally a close ktioa ledge of the needs of Ihe pop!e and the details of Ihe business of the purveyors (Ihe retail re-tail grocer) and Ridded by thla ciperl ence havo prepared a I 111 for aubmls slnn to Collate., which la Intended to arrotnnll.h the itealrril end., and In.. much aa a clitien of the U B, li a rlsht lo food protertlnu Wftiticn'lnY enlera another Hlale It la deemed proper lhat Ihe gov't tako control of this mailer and provide a national law lo govern nil the stale A ropy of th bill Is herewith reproduced Bee 1 gorerna Ihe maker whether the food la put up In small packagea aealrd nr In barrels, hose or otherwise other-wise Rec 2 governs Ihe retailer who may open a barrel and sell Ihe food In small quantities When he puis Ihe goods Into a pser bag he must also inclo.e a printed copy of Ihe statement of tha maker which was nulled to tho original psg and Inasmuch at tho retailer rannnt undertake lo guarantee, tho stslemrnt of Ingredients he must publish Ihe statement of tj o inakera and ad I his own name and address aa a guarantee of his selling the food as It la repreaented lo him which relieve the retailer of rcepnntlhlllty of Ihe) truth of the statement and throws It uimn the maker, where It properly belongs be-longs The remaining sections ext Iain them selves The Poslum Cerr-ul Co Ltd , for ex nmple havo ftota Ihe beginning of Its nilstcnco printed on Iho outside of each and every pkg nf I'otluni and Ornpc-Nuli Ornpc-Nuli food a truthful and exact statement state-ment of what Iho contents wero made of In order lhat Iho consumer might know precisely whnt he nr she waa eating A peraon di siring lo buy, for Instance, strictly pure fruit Jelly and willing lo pay Iko price haa a right to expert not only an equivalent for the cost, but n further right In a certainly as In what he eats Or he may be will Ing to buy at less cost n Jelly mado part of fruit Juices auger and a pur tlon of glucose Hut he must be sup piled with truthful Information of iliu Ingreilli nta an I be t erniltled tn ttso hi. tteraonal liberty to select hla own fluid accurately The people have allowed Iho alow murder of infanta and adulla by tricky makers of food drink and druga to go on about long enough Duly to oneself family and nation demands that every man and woman Join In an organised movement to clear our people from thla blight on may not be able logo personally to Washington lo Impress our Congressmen, but you can, In a most etTcctlvn way tell him by letter how )ou deslro him lo represent you Iteincmler Ihe Congressman Is In Congress lo represent the people from his district and If a goodly number of ell liens eipress their vlowa to him, ho aeeure a very sure guldo lo duly Ho-member Ho-member also lhat Iho safely of lha people Is assured by Insisting thill lb will of Iho people ho carried out, and not tho rnarhlnatlons of Iho few for seP.h Interests This pure food legislation Is a pure movement of the people for public protection pro-tection It will be opposeel only by those who fatten their pocket, by de celvlng and Injuring the people Therefore There-fore If our Itepreaentatlte In Con grass evades hla patriotic duty hold him lo ntllct accountability and If neoessar) demand equitable and hon eat service Thla Is a very different condition than when a faction demands clan legislation of the Congrtesman Several teara ago the bul'er Interests of the country demanded legislation to kill Ihe oleomargarine Industry and by power of organisation forced class leg illation really unworthy of a free jeo-pie jeo-pie Work pe'ople wauled beef suit butter bei ause It waa hi ap and better than much unci, an milk butter but (he dairy Interests organised and forced the legislation The law should have provided that pkga if e leomsrgarlne bear the ataicment uf Ingredlenta and fnr Juat what It la and tint try tn kill It by a heavy lav Manufacturers some time try lo force measure tn their own Interral. but contrary lo the In lere.lt of Ihe people and Ihe labor Host Is aloaya arllte In push through bills dratted In (he Intrtrst ot thst trust but directly contrary to Ihe In meals of the people ns a tilinle VVII nee Ihe antl Injunction bill by which labor ttnlona seek to tie the handa of nur courts and pretent the Isnue of any order to rrstrsln the members uf thai trust from attacking men or destroying de-stroying properly Much a bill Is per lisps th most Infamous Insult to our courts and Ihe common people ever laid before Congress and Iho llrpre.i n tatltes tn Congress must be held to a strict sccnunlablllty for IVIr acta relating re-lating thereto Hut when bill come before Cnugreea lhat are drawn In Ihe Inleresla of all tho ix-uple Ihey should receive the sctlve persons! support of Ihe people and Ihe representative be Instructed by Ihe clllrcns The Benn tors also should be written to and In strueled If therefore you will remember re-member your privilege and duly you will at once now write In ynur Con greaaman andr1enalor on thla pure food bill Clip and enclose the copy herewith preeenleel and ask Ihem to make a husine nf following It through th committee considering It Urge II being brought to a vole and requesting re-questing thai Ihey vole for II Borne oppressively Intelligent and carping critic may say this It simply an advertisement for Poslum and Orape-Nuta It la true that tbes ar tides are spoken of her In a public manner but they are used aa llloatra tlons of a manufacturer seeking by example printing on each pkg a truth ful exact statement of Ingredients, to shame other makers Into doing lb fair thing by Ihe common people, aad establishing an era of pur food, but Ibtt procedure has not yet forced those who adulterate and decelte to change their methods, hence this tSort to arouse public sentiment and show a way out of the present condition of trsud, deceit and harm Tho undersigned la paying to tha publishers ot America about $10,000 00 to print thli announcamtnt In practically practi-cally all of thn great papers and mag, tines In Ihe conduct of what he choose lo term an educational cam polgn ' ealrcmcd to bt of greater direct di-rect value to the people than the establishment estab-lishment of many libraries That Is held lo bo a worthy method of using money for the public good Tell the people facts show them a way tn help themselves and rely upon them lo act Intelligently and effectively 'Ihe reader will be freely forgiven If he entirely forgela the reference to I'oitum and (Trape-Nuts, If he will but Join Iho pur food movement and do thing a w. tost. |