Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-20

c1icory WAS poison, that any attention
should be paid 10 such selfish
and preiudiced clamor ? Should it /
no. be dec ded whether or rot cnlcory
was deleterious to heslih rather thspf
accept thu evidence OF the c. fee msl s. F
conclusive? Have not persons peIfsc
right to buy chicory as chicory If they
cnoesr7 Persons have right to preVe2
the ccffse man from chesting ny selling
caicory for coffee, but the C, fee man hsr
no right to prevent persons buying enc
DRY g. chic0ry. A very commoa case &C
similar nature is the "a ItuIe OF oucSsst
@hesE -four. Strictly pure buckwnea'
| -four is the cause, SO is we'll known,
different arrangements Of the sSssem Il |
some persons. l. may ID Certain csse !
cause eruptions on ths sRln, etc. The |
strictly pure article has also vsry bitter |
favor, Objectionable 70 some palstes. |
mixture Of wheat mddiings co'recss these |
difficulties il he nsi1 So that va>ious |
brands of s0-cailed prepared DuckWaess
| fur are far more populAr on breakfast
tables than the absolutely pure article.
Legislation TO tsx or suppress sucn COM
pounds would be simply silly. a La
should require such goods 70 be label q
with the word "mix d" or "c1mpoun6,"
as is usually done nov by houses VINO
put up such goods. And the law might
prohibit the use of the word squire"
Further than this Is unreasonable.
Besides the Oleomsrgsrine experiment
in tuis line OF legiilasIon, reference may
be made to the experience OF the Eng h.
The earliest enactment concerning pure
food in Great Britain WAS in 1861. Ssv-
eral sta utes by way of amendme NJ, etc,
were subsequently passed, viz: in
1869, 1871, and 1873. All these
were consolidated in 1875 idto
one bccsd, comprehensive law.
One would Judge that it had worked most
satisfactorily for the British people, for
the scs Of 1875 has been amended Only
once since-viz in 1879.
II then Giea5 Britain has g wise and
sensible ana satisfactory law regulating
food products this c0uOtry would do well
to avail itself of its provisions. Slch
course would be fer more likely to meet
the public needs than patchwork sys-
: TEN such as sOme statesmen seem 20
favor. There is slre sdy law prohibiting
the importation of bogus tee, but there
is no law prohibiting the manutsctur5
of tea dust In this country. TIE
existing law goes on The theory that if s
/ CuGaAS III Ing JAuC Va IVA
IL is very wicked frsud, but If
Yankee fxes up hay with copperAs
and arsenic 10 initiate green tea tnen
tn re is no crime. a bill has been
introduced into the United States Senate
to repesl the errors and inius ICES # the
oleomargarine law by similar ret aimed
to prevent cotton seed oil from being
. used for cooking purposes. The bill Is
entitled Gan set to regulate the a6uiter
!. alton Ct lard" but In reality it is an act
to destroy the IttOn-0il industry OF Tie
, south The same old oleOmarEarine
), story is repeated. Il is insulated with
4 out scintilla of evi Ience that cotton oil
Is poison and thst is should be taxed out
: of existence to banefs the hog packers.
l Il is rot apprehended that there is any
y danger OF this lard bill becoming law.
The country Is tired of this special legis-
J lation. Senator IDgalls characterized
4 the idea IN Just terms the Other day
} when hs said that there might
q q as well be established a department
y lin the Cabinet to De called
. the department OF Groceries," aid dub
u the new Cabinet officer the "Secre,ary OF
;, Pork en- Molasses" Moreover, even those
- who felt most earnestly necessity for
>. protecting pure butter can hardly feel any
- enthusiasm in behalf Of pure hog grease.
:. II is serious question if the so-called
. steam refined lard at slsughtering houses
70 is entitled to be called "pure." The pub.
9 lie learned crest deal about packing
, house lard at the time Of the McGeocD
= corner. 1; certainly contsins great desl
, from the enlrstls, uuder the geneAsl term
Of "ttimmings," that /, not appetzipg
=, And it is suspected thst careful dis
y elimination Is not always maintained In
= the tanks between deadthog fist
- and the live, healthy product. Suct
mixture must certainly be prop
{, erly rehaed before 1t is 1T for food
70 Again, when so much is known shout the
" uDclean nature and habits Of the Dog, It's
- diseases and trichinosis, 1t prOvokes {
~ smile to hear hog-psckers preaching TIT
20 virtues Of the pure fat OF swine and con
=. denim the vegetable cotton oil OF tht
VI south that the old col0red 'aunties" OF
e. the plantations used for fried CHECKER
81 ever after IL was 1rst discovered TO be
wholesome and pRisti ole food article
10 The long and snort Of the whole matter. il
NC that the public is tired OF claptrsp legts
lstfon on the subjsct OF food, and the de
s rfand Is for q q. neral law TO cover tb
~ whole subject and to espec ally includ
- drugs. Pare food and pure drugs sr'
M needed, and Imitation articles should D.
~ ~ sold on their N .rits and under their RICH
:, - names 1t is not for the government t
,to interfere between the cotton planter "a
On the g-packer.
" Some strange results may follow tn
- enforcement of such law as has bee
liz described man may fad his strictl
~ pure pepper too hot for his throat an
GO prefer q mixed and blended seasoning 8
a. q lower price. But the general prineipl
NJ - is correct, and the brand on the lmi
~ tstion should no. read squire" pepper
&c Let The man with 8 cast-iron stomsc
81 have his pure cayenne II he wants 1t, an
- let the laoeI on the blended article sta
-. that it is 8 compound. Many simls
81 examples will readily suggest themssiss
for ,,..sSs $50, r.