Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-02-13
MADDENEo BY HUNGER.



A bowling, sursing nj b Of gannt and
anime stricken Paris3ansr rushed through
the streets oi pars "a tie last quarter o
he eighteenth century hurting anathe
mas on tile head of the Minister OF Asri
ultute and mutteiing curses on tn,
gtisiorrats who VIII rled bv in their gaf
,eouH equipages. Tie eoin supply haa
tailed aud the imprpeident faristans. nj
eeadg ground To tina earth hy tire up s,res
lions o. the mob t., were the hrst IL
wlfei from the scarcity. They sent .iep
itations to the King To pray for relief
rom the gnawing panga III hunger,
Trade WAS totiefing, and the pristine
4lory ot France seemed liaelY to be over
tllelmsd on the rock toward which ths
corrupt mobility hal driven the ship ri
state Little was done IN relieve TIN
anime, and the means uf the hungr,
ones broke out into sui en- roar tina
BODIED no good 10 tile irpne OF the Ca
nets. Tile echo of that terrible rr
reached the palace AT Versailles, wher.
Marie AntOinette. the beautiful VIE d
Louis NNi., held her conrt. When she
heard the threatening yniees Of her suf
lerlng subjects, she asked what they
wanted.
They are CRYING for bread which they
cannot get, answered her courtiers.
:. Ii they cannot hny bread mnr.
mnred the dreamy and impractical
Queen, why do they not buy eake--it
il cheap enough77
This answer WAS carried to the mob,
and A dersaiNe cheer went up from tire
hungry crowd. Mntlerings against the
luxury III the rich while The poor were
starving swelled little by little 4 cry
sac raised, "Dn9n with the haker and
the bakers wife, and the parisians,
hungry rs they were, caught the signiti-
sanre OF the nieknames. This WAS the
iirst blow struck 1T he monarchy Louis
XVI and Marie Aniolneite Mere known
Ia the Partisan m 10 ~ the baker AMI the
bakers vile, aud the unfortunate an.
swer oi the Queen when her subjects
were starving was remembered until the
guiilatine had severed the aestinies oil
the house Of Capet from those of France.
Little more than one hundred years
later another crv IL heard This time in
America. II Is not cry for quantity oil
bread, hut OF quality. Everywhere aaul-
teration is common in articles OF food,
and especially the twin poisons ammonia
and alum are used 10 adulterate onr hak.
ing powders by the greedy and merciless
manufacturers. Many States have strin-
gent laws on food ndnlteration, vet they
fail to check the evil. II il on the in
crease. The last report OF the Dairy and
Fool Commissioners of New Jersey shows
AZ per cent. or nearly half Of the food
preparations submitted To him for exam.
nation were adullerated.
Sometimes the asiulteFants used we're
found harmless, and in these cases the
purchaser would he only swindled, bat
IN many instances rank pnisons we're
found in articles OF every day consnmp-
ton i large percentage Of canned veg
etahles, such as peas and string beans,
acre found to contain eopperas to give =
green color, and a number OF baking pow
aers had heea doctored with smmonia
To give an artificial leavening strength
and 10 permit of carrying more waste
matter. In these cases there Is moi
only fraud, but danger to the public
health.
IN view OF the failure to enforce ex.
| letting laws the recent United States gov.
/ eminent report recommends the passage
of law in every State requiring the
manufacturers OF all feod preparations
20 print on every label list Of all the
/ ingredients the article contains. This
goes straight TO the point. II il not even
necessary 70 wait for the Legislatures q
act boards OF Health OF the larger cities
/ can take this matter up and make 9
/ thorough examination of all the food
/ preparations and expose such manutaet
urers AZ are found aanlterating our daily
food, and 80 protect the public.