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famine stricken Parisigns rushed through
the streets Of Paris il the dest quarter. :,
OF the eighteenth century.
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whelmed on the rock towara which the
corrupt nobility had driven the ship OF
state. Little was done to relieve the
famine, and the means OF the hungry
ones broke out into a sullen roar that
boded no good to the throne of the Ca
pets. The echo Of that terrible cry
reached the palace at Versailles, where
Marie Antoinette, the beautiful wife OF
Louis XVI, held her court. When she
heard the threatening voices oi her suf-
fering subjects, she asked what they
wanted.
"They are crying for bread which they
cannot get" answered her courtiers
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mufed the dreamy and Impractical
Qneen, why do they not buy cake-it
is cheap emo 8 ~
This answer was carried TO the mob,
and a derisive cheer went up from the
| hungry crowd. Mutteringa against the
| luxury OF the rich while the poor were
starving swelled little by little. Acry was
| raised. Down with the baker and the
| bakers wifer' and the Parisians, hum
gry as they were, caught the significance
| of the nicknames. This was the first
| blow struck at the monarchy. Louis
| XVI. and Marie Antoinette we're known
| 10 the Partisan mob as the baker and
| the bakers wife, and the unfortunate
answer of the Queen when her subjects
| were starving was rsmem bered until the
euillotine had severed the destinies OF
| the house OF Capet from those OF France.
| Little more than one hundred years
| later another cry is heard. This time in
| America. 1t is not cry for quantity OF
bread, but OF quality. Everywhere adul-
| teration is common in articles of food.
! and especially the twin poisons ammonia
ana alum are used to adulterate our bak-
ing powders by the greedy and mereiless
/ manufacturers. Many States have stfin-
gent laws on food adulteration, yet they
/ tllI 10 CHHtk luc Cflls ~ 10 Oh viz
crease. The last report OF the Dairy
| and Food Commissioner Of New Jersey
shows AZ per cent. or nearly bali OF the
| fool preparations submitted to him for
| examiEa alton were adulterated.
Sometime es the adulterants used were
| found harmless, and in these casesaam
purchaser would be only swinde e
| In many instances rank poisoFF z.lS
found in articles Of everyday consump-
ton. A large percentage Of canned veg
| etables. such as peas and string beans,
we're found to contain copueras to give
.tsareen color, and number Of baking
/ powders had been doctored with am-
i monia to give an artificial leavening
i strength and 20 permit of carrying more
waste matter In these cases there Q
not only fraud, but danger to the public
heath.
In view Of She failure to enforce ex-
listing laws the recent United States gov
vrnment report recommends the passage
OF a law in every State requiring the
manufacturers OF all food preparations
to print on every label list OF all the
ingredients the article contains. This
goes straight to the point 1t is not even
necessary to wait for the Legislatures to
act; B ,ards Of Health of the larger cities
can take this matter up and make g
thorough examination OF all the food
preparations and expose such manufact-
urers rs are found adulterating our daily
food and SO protect the public.