Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-12
AND THEN ON THIS:

Denials, individually by the
members of the San Francisco
Board of Health of the statements
attributed to them by the Royal
Baking Powder Company:
INTERVIEWS WITH MEMBERS OF
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Joseph r.. Davidson, member of
the Board of Health, in response to
inquiries regarding the alleged en-.
dorsement, by the Board, of the
Royal Baking Powder, said; "The
whole thing was an imposition, and
our names were obtained under false
pretenses. | was applied to by a per-
sonal friend, who asked me to sign my
name to statement that the Royal
was good baking powder. He told
me it would be published in one
paper, an obscure weekly paper, and
was to help out deserving man
who wanted to get an advertise
ment. Under these circumstances
1 signed my name. am free to ad-
NIT to you, AS L have to all my
friends, that it was mistake, and |
shall be very, very careful how i
sign my name to anything again."
Dr. H. M. Fiske, member of the
Board, was also seen. He said:
"The alleged certificate from the
Board of Health, was obtained by
false representations, and as it ap-
pears in the newspapers is, to all
intents and purposes, forgery. 1t
was an outrageous proceeding, all
the way through, and places US in a
wrong light before the public"
DIR. Chas. McQuestion, a member
of the Board Of Health of San Fran
cisco, said "rhe alleged certificate,
published by the Royal Baking
Powder Company, was obtained by
fraud. We never signed any such
paper as was published in the news
papers. Here is a copy of letter ad-
dressed to the local agent of the Royal
Baking Powder Company, infcrm-
ing him that if the advertisements
was not Withdrawn, we should com
mence an action against him.
received an answer from him stating
that the Home office had authorized
him to Withdraw II, and that IL would
not appear again. The thing Is outra-
geous; we never analyzed the Royal,
don't know what IL contains, ana
never intended TO set IL above any
other powder. Their whole
action has been reprehensi-
BILE In the highest degree"
DIR. lie Tourneux, a member of the
Board of Health Of San Francisco,
said: "The advertisement published
in the newspapers by which we
were made 10 endorse the purity aud
excellence Of the Royal Baking
Powder, was a fraud. We never
sigued any such paper. DIR. Me-
Questen and myself called on the
local agent Of the Royal Company,
and he promised 10 withdraw the
advertisement, but on the contrary
II appeared In all the papers the
next day. We then informed him
that we should take legal means TO
protect ourselves. am IN earnest
In this matter, and propose TO
see that the thing II set right.
The despicsble action Of the Royal
people has placed the Board la
wrong light, and for one am deter
mined that Justice shall be done.
/ have heard on good authority,
that this action Of the Royal Bak-
ing Powder Company Is an old
trick Of theirs and that most Of
their alleged certificates are obtained
10 this way"
Mr.. w. A. Boyee, reporter for
the San Francisco Chronicle, oerti.
des 10 each one of the foregoing
letters, that the statements therein
contained were made by the writer's
TO him,
James A. King, notary public.
certihea with bis Official seal and
signature, that each Of the foregoing
statements were made 10 him under
oath al hIs oiiiee, IN san Francisco,
December 2, 1859.
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RAKING POWDER