Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-09-23
Save the Children.

Detrimental food which, BY reason O4I
their superior strength, may not ssrioas.s
ly affect the health Of adults, @ = well \
known, frequently acts upon the n0so
delicate organs of the child to produce
disorders of the most serious cnaractef.
The amount of laudanum or other peisna 4
that would be harmless to an adult viii
cause the death Of an infant. THIS grsat
difference between the vitality Of adulls
and children is too generally oyerlooko1
IN the preparation of food. Because -
harm Immediately perceptible comss q \
the adult by the use of IN article Of foo1,
no thought is given to the effect II nay
have upon the more delicate ofgansof
inferior age.
Children diet largely upon cake aAd
bread, and these articles, il light, swese
and composed of materials that are liss
from injurious substanceA are eaally
dlgested, nutritious and wholesoGno.
There is danger to our children, AoW-s
ever, lurking in their bread and cake
which is too often lost sight Of. TAsses
articles are now leavened largely b hal-
ing powders, and when pure and whojs-
some baking powders are used they nakss
not only the most pslatable food, but -
much more wholesome and nutrttive than
if leavened with yeast or cream OF taytars
and soda. The trouble arises from The
fact as shown by recent scientifc tess 81
the government chemists and BY omciaI
boards of health, that al these baking
powders, with the single exception sf -
Royal, contain either lime, alum, pAoo-
pilates, or acids of an injurious charactog.
Therefore when bread or cake u made
with the use OF these cheap baking pow
ders these ingredients which are prsseat
through the efforts of the manufactures
to produce cheaper articls) psss into thsS
food and are taken into the delicate Or
gans OF childhood where they are ~
source of very much Of the disease with
which our children are afflicted.
Persons who nave not strong constits-
tons, growing girls, young children ard
nursing mothers are particularly llahle %
the evil effects produced by the introdac-
ton of the adulterants named q found q
the cheap baking powdef. Heartburn
and the prevalent forms Of indigestioa
are often solely traceable to the action 6
alum on the delicate coats of the stomach.
Prof. Willard Parker, U. s. Sargeoa-
General Hammond, Prof. Aenzo Clark,
most eminent physicians Of New Yesk,
with scores of others, have writtea andss
spoken most earnestly of the evils arisine
from partaking Of such food. TAsle
should be as much care in the choice Of \
baking powder as in obtaining pure mix
or In having prescription compoend.@
ed from pure drugs and not from po6-
sons.
The matter is one Of the greatest in-s
portance, particularly to the rising eone-
ration, and while our conservative ~
makers are making up their minds = -
the proper legislation to stop tie sale 60
poisonous compounds, mothers VIII -
well to study 1t carefully. The 49,
keepers will experience No incoavs11
in discardlng the use Of the adalesM1o4
baking powder, II she has been uae
as the Royal Baking Powder upea
purity and wholesomeness Of which =
the government chemists a9ree, = - IS =;
accessible; but she will need - exsecl1o Nc
close watch upon her packages fFs0 eas
grocer IN order to prevent the taSss1e II
brands from creeping into Ter kioeAn
unaWAres.
In what We have felt il our da1y - -
in reference - the sabjecs q ook 8
powder there u no intsAssoa - ~
the work or the peo1nois g tAeeo
manufactures n eehae nne1ee 1o
ducts Who, Win cooos11n
labefaliey, ars ssfvIaG -
puse - whoouoDuo auc1lnD(