The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Save the Children.

Detrimental food which, by reason
OF their superior strength, may not
seriously affect the health of adults
rs il well known. frequently acts
npon the more delicate organs nf
the child TO produce disorders ~
the most serious character. The
amount Of landanum or other poison
that wOuld be harmless to an adult
will cause the death Of an infant
This great difference betM cen the
vitality Of adults and children is too
generally overlooked in the prcpara-
ton Of food. Because no harm i'm
meiiat@ly psrcsptible comes to the
adult hy the use Of an article OF food.
no thought Is given 10 the rff.ef it
may hnvr upon the more delicate
organs of inferior age.
Children diet largely npnn cake
and bread. and these articles. II
light, sweet and composed IT MAJ.
rails that are free from injurious
substances. are easily Ig~-t.d. III
tritious and WHOLESOME Thnr. i
a danger to orr children, haw.v.r.
lurking ia their ',read All clse
which IS too often ! tst sight ~
These articles are now h.av. ned
largely by baking powders. and
when pure and wholesome baking
powd. RS are used they make moi
only the most -palatahle food. huf
one much more WHOLESOME" and
or cream Of tartar AMI soda The
trouble arises fnm the fact as shown
bv recent scientific tests nv the
Government ch.rists and nv .nfflri
al boards of health, that all thes.
baking powders. with the singl. ex
cepfion Of the Royal, contain either
lime, alum, phosphates, or acids ri
an injurious character. Therefore
when bread or cake il made with
the use OF these cheap baking pow
ders these ingredients (Which are
present through the efforts Of man.
nfactnrers tn produce cheaper ar
ticlej pass into tha food and are Ia
kerr into the delicate organs Of child
hood where they are the source If
very much Of the disease with which
our children are afflicted.
Persons who have not strong cor
stitnfinns. growing girls. young
children AMI nursing mothers are
particularly liable to .ha evil effects
produced by the Introduction of the
adnlterants named rs found in the
cheap baking powders Heart burn
ynd the prevalent forms of indiyes-
tion are often solely traceahlr ~
the action ~ alum on tho d.'iaatn
coats Of the stomach. Prof Willard
Parker. u. s. Surgeon General Ham
mcnd Prof Alonzn Clark. most emf
nent physicians ri New York, with
scores OF others. have witttn and
spoken most earnestly Of the evils
arising from partaking IT such food
There should he rs much care in
the choice Of baking powder as in
obtaining pure milk or in having a
prescription compounded from pure
drugs and not from poisonous.
The matter Is one Of the greatest
importance, particularly to the ris-
ing generation, and while our con
servative law makers are making
mp their minds Ms to the proper
legislation to stop the sale OF the
poisonous compounds, mothers will
do well to study 1t carefully. The
honsekeeper will experience M in.
convenience in discarding the nsa
OF the adnlterated baking powder.
II she has been using it. as the Roy
al Baking Powder upon the purity
and wholesomeness Of which all the
Government chemists agree, Is
equally accessible: bnt she will need
to exercise q elise watch upon
her packages from the grocer in
order to prevent the inferior bran's
from creeping into her kitchen un-
awarps.
In what we have felt 1t orr duty
TO say IN reference to the subject OF
baking powder there is no irtentinn
to disparage the work or the pro-
ducts Of those many manufacturers
In other lines OF food products who,
with cOnsrientiousness and liheralifv
are serving the public with pure and
wholesome articles Of diet.