The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-07
why We Arc sick.

No device that can add TO the comfort and
convenience of dwelling il omitted in our
modern architecture, and money is not re-
garded when the luxury of clothing or
beauty of personal adornment is in cues.
ton. Hence we all live in better houses
and wear better clothes than did our fore.
fathers. Why should We not take the same
better care of our health? Why should dys.
pepsia and the train of diseases that follow IL.
almost unknown in the olden time, be so
prevalent now Simply because of tho
poisonous and indigestible trash which in
these days is forced upon the public MS
genuine food, or used to adulterate those
articles that so to make mp the daily bill of
fare of every household. Our iorcfathcrs
were content to make money bv plain and
honest methods; but the hot competition of
the present day, and the strife for rapid
| riches have called forth all the ingenuity of
modern science to devise cunning decep
tons to enable the avaricious dealer to more
| rapidly increase his profits, even though he
destroyed the health of the public thereby.
Tho consequence is adulteratcd impure,
poisonous and bogus food on every hand,
The people buy the adulterated articles of
food because they are cheap entirely ignor.
| Wll VI tutli lNiobluuS tINullllNS, "A lew
years ago this evil had reached such alarm.
ing proportions in England that the public
sentiment demanded legislative interior.
ence, and parliament enacted the most
severe repressive laws. DIR. Small, u, s, A..
after an examination recently made under
the direction of the war department, con.
cudes that the adulteraton of food IL n.
great IN this country to-day, and of as DIM.
gerous a character, as IL was in England al
the time referred 20. No article entering so
generally into the food Of every family has
been found more villainously adultcra,ed
than baking powder. For the purpose OF
undcrseling an absolutely pnre powderl like
the "Royal'-which has become the stand.
ard for purity and strength in baking pow.
ders-hundreds of dealers are putting
up baking powders with cheap and adui.
terated cream of tartar, containing lime.
earth. ETC., adding strength by the free use
of alum. These powders are sold cheap
but their use Is expensive, for they are ono
OF the chief causes Of the dyspepsia fro a
which the American people are suffering,
This species of ndulteration, az least. can
be avoided by following the advice of Pro,
fcssor Mott, the chemist TO the govern,
ment, who recommends consumers "whp,
purchasing baking powders to select one
standard powder, us the Royal Bakinr
POWDER rather IMAM 10 risk PURCHASING
adventurous compounds put upon the mar
ket by persons who have no higher motive,
: than dollars and cents
We hope TO see congress take hold of this
important matter In a sufficiently vigoron,
manner to put an end to tho whole nefari
Gus business, In the mean time, If peopl,
will be as careful to Luy the best and
purcst food us they are to wear the hes
clothes and build the most Comfortable,
houses, II will not be necessary to ask q,
frequently the question, "Why are W,
sickr" Every scientific test has proven IN,
Royal" to be pure and wholesome.