The times., 1899-01-20
ADVOCATES OF PURE FOOD:
Mr. Perky Criticiscs Subsistence
Furnished Soldiers.

The concluding feature of the second
days session of the Pure Food and Drug
Congress was perhaps the most notable
of the convention 1t was the lecture de-
livered in the hall of the Columbian
University last night at s o'clock by
Henry d. p. Perky on How Naturally
Organized Foods Make Possible Natural
Conditions" Mr.. Perky is the founder
and president of the Dread Institute of
Worcester, Mass, which has for its OBJ
jeCt the instruction OF the women and
girls OF this country in the mysteries of
domestic sciences. He has made a study
of the pure food question for number
of years.
The lecturer made some bold state
ments but always cited facts and figures.
All OF the food properties of wheat were
explained. The most valuable properties
OF the grain are lost Mr. Perky stated. in
the mill; that is, they are lost to the
public The miller sells them to be fed
to the hogs and cattle. The parts of the
grain which contain chemicals which the
human race absolutely need are thrown
to the swine. Whole wheat, Mr.. Perky
declared, is the most beneficial substance
in the world. and when used properly will
destroy many human ills. Every particle
of the grain is essential to the mind
worker, the laborer or the growing child.
1t invigorates the brain, makes muscle
and builds up the body. Men could live
and work on it for years without an ill
day. II makes unnecessary the use OF
meats.
Just think OF the way meat is brought
before the public at present A gentleman
at the War Department called it embaimed
beef and promptly got himself into trouble
1t is worse than embalmed. some of it is
I sNl.E9 T,ft tna t. "a
brought to the market. They are first
driven into the corral after having roamcd
over vast pastures and are penned up un-
til they can be placed on cars for ship
ment to the markets of the country. Then
, the painless process of dehorning is gone
through with. After the dehcrning pro-
cess the cattle are placed in the cars
Hundreds of them are penned III a space
hardly large enough for one. They are
compelled to stand in the cars for hours;
! there is hardly room for them to lie down.
Then a train comes whistling by. 1t scares
them nearly to death. The engine finally
backs into the cars composing the tram
with crash that throws them OFF their
{ feet. Scared again. II they do not stand
up they are prodded up with long poles
to which iron points are affixed. They
! travel this way for days at a time. What
/ is the result? DO you suppose these ami
mails are fit for anything when they reach
/ their destination? They ars sick. They
are not fit for food Yet that is what you
| buy at the markets Embalm-i beef is
a good phrase.
''One of the most terrible things to con-
template about the war is the way the
/ soldiers who went to Cuba were treated.
| They were sent to that hot country, We're
| worked hard with the excitement and the
extra eXertions of war and were fed hard
| ia il.
! ing substances known to man. II was a
crime, gentlemen. and yet no one was to
blame for 1t. No one There is not man
who knew or knows any better There is
| not an officer in the War Department who
could have offered a substitute for the fare