The Dillon tribune., 1886-08-14
SAVE THE CHILDREN.

Detrimental foods which, by reason Of
their superior strength. may not seriously
affect the health OF adults, as is well
known, frequently acts upon the more del.
icate organs OF the child to produce
disorder, Of the most serious char
acter. The amount OF laudanun, or
other poison that would he harmless
10 an adult will cause the death Of an
infant. This great difference between
the vitality OF adults and children
is too generally overlooked in the prepara.
ton Of food. Because no harm immediate
~ perceptible comes to the adult by the
use OF an article Of food, no thought is given
to the effect it may have on the more deli
cate organs OF inferior age.
Children diet largely upon cake and
bread, aud these articles, If light, sweet and
composed Of materials that are free from
injurious substances, are easily digested,
| nutritious and wholesome, There is a
danger to our children, however, lurking
in their bread and cake which is too often
lost sight OF. These articles are now
leavened largely by baking powders, and
when pure and wholesome baking pow
ders are used they make not only the most
palatable food, but one much more whole.
some and nutritive than If leavened with
Yeast o, cream Of tartar and soda. The
trouble arises from the fact as shown by re-
cent scientific tests by the Government
chemists and by official boards of healh,
that all these baking powders, with the sim
gle exception OF the Royal contain either
lime, alum, phosphates, or acids Of an in.
juries character. Therefore when bread
! or cake is tna,le with Inc use of these cheap
baking powders these ingredients (which
are present through the efforts OF the ,nan.
ufacturers 10 produce cheaper article)
pass into the food and are taken into the
DELEGATE organs OF childhood where they
are the source Of very much Of the disease
with which our children are afflicted.
Persons who have not strong cons.;su-
tions, growing girls, young children and
nursing mothers are particularly liable to
the evil effects produced by the introduc.
ton Of the adulterants named as found in
the cheap baking powders. Heartburn
and the prevalent forms Of indigestion are
often solely traceable to the action of alum
on the DELEGATE coats of the stomach.
Prof. Willard Parker, U. s. Surgeon. Gen.
Hammond, Prof. Alonzo Clark, most emf.
nent physicians Of New York, with scores
Of others, have written and spoken mos,
earnestly Of the evils arising from partak.
ing Of such food. There should be as
much care in the choice OF a baking pow.
der as in obtaining pure milk or in having
prescription compounded from pure drugs
and not from poisons.
The matter is one OF the greatest import
: ance, particularly to the rising generation
and while our conservative law makers are
making up their minds as to the proper
legislation to stop the sale of the poisonous
compounds, mothers will do well 10 study
it carefully. The housekeeper will rxpcr
: ience no Inconvenience in discarding the
use Of the adulterated baking powder, il
she has been using it as the Royal Baking
Powder upon the purity and wholesome
ness Of which all the Government chem
lists agree, is equally accessible; but she
will need to exercise close watch upor
her packages from the grocer in order te
/. prevent the inferior brands from creeping
s into her kitchen unawares.
In what we have felt it our duty to say
f In reference to the subject OF baking pow
] der there is no intention to dis2arage tn.
i. work or the products Of those many manu-
, facturers in other lines Of products who
with conscientiousncss and liberality, are
serving the public with pure and whole
some articles Of diet.
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