The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-02-17

urdue nndTk Vi q superior 8rUcle. FOurUn,
adding material to give weightand bulk,
plaster OF paris to mustard, and ground
cocoa-nut shells to pepper. Fifth, alb
stracting rich properties from goods and
selling residue for the original, as skim
milk for sweet milk. Sixth, selling un-
wholesome or diseased food for the best.
Under this last head the professor, in no
unmistakable terms, registered his doubt
Of all canned meats. There is no doubt
apparently in his mind that the meat
sent to Cuba for the soldiers use was of
inferior grade and "doctored." Seventh,
the use OF weights and measures.
DR.. Hirsdale then made several state
ments OF fact. He declares that whole
someness is merely question OF nation.
al taste.
'ThC higher the price ofraw material"
he went on, "the greater the adultera-
ton will be-"
He made some sweeping and startling
statements, which if they are true-and
undoubtedly they are-tend to show
that practically all the food we eat is
adulterated. "There isn't a pure can of
jelly made by comp my on the shelves
of a grocery in the state today. There
isn't proprietary article but what is
doctored out of it's original usefulness,
among them coffee substitutes and GER
tain brands of cod liver oil. No ground
coffee is pure, and even that which
comes i'm the berry is adulterated.
Candy is made from white clay and glu-
cose these days and wheat -four is adul-
terated with bleached and finely bolted
corn meal. Milk is often doctored in the
cities to keep it sweet, in fact whole
sale outbreak of cholera infantum re-
Gently was traced directly to this per-
nicious habit. Canned meats OF any de-
scription are of inferior quality and you
often eat plain veal masquerading under
the name of chicken salad" These were
some of DR.. Hinsdale's assertions, and
they show up the pure food commission
in no favorable light
Some vocal and instrumental music
and an article on the Indian by Mrs. E.
Z. Warren, brought the meeting to a
close. Mrs. Warren's paper was able
and original, treating the Indian ques-
tion in a new light.
The audience rose to sing "God be
with You Till We Meet Again." Rev.
Mr.. Blanchard pronounced a benedic-
ton and the farmers institute for 1899
was over.
THE wOMEN's SECTION.
At half past one Wednesday afternoon.
the women's section of the institute as
sembled In the Congregational church.
Unlike the regular session which was being
carried on at the same time, ana where both
men and women we're in attendance, this
session was exclusively a women's section
and not man was allowed inside the doors
after the program commenced. Even the
reporters had to be content to stay away and
take such reports as kind friends among
the ladies should see ft to give. There
we're one hundred sixty eight ladies present,
however, eighty of whom we're farmers
wives, and all who had anything to say Of
the meeting pronounced 1t a valuable one,
the results of which would certainly be Of
much benefit to all
The meeting was called to order by Mrs.
Hannah A. Mason, of Owoss0 township,
wife of Rep Geo. T. Mason, who presided
as chairman. After singing by the au-
dience, the chairman introduced Mrs. Cook,
OF Vernon, who read an excellent paper on
"Home and Its Influences" She said that
the best home ruler is mothers love and
that the country is the ideal place for q
home. Use the bsst influences there and
boys and girls will profit by It in coming
years. The mothers power In the home Is
the outlook for Heaven.
Mrs. Topping, Of Bancroft, who was to
lead In the discussion, being absent, and
such general satisfaction being felt with |