Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-23

In American products. We are I'm.
porting and using very inferior Amer.
lean wine. which Is exported first to be
furnished with foreign label when
we could get much better article mt
home II we were willing to be known
as consumers of home. made wines.
There Ii little doubt that we Gun pro.
ducc figs. dates. prunes and other
fruits which we now largely Import.
Oranges Of the best We already grow
In Florida and California. and with
our new West India acquisitions all
our tropical fruits cnn easily be of the
home grown varieties. And why
should we not be able to supply our
own wants In the shape Of coffee and
ten and the sugar to sweeten both
within a very few years? The fault
Of the American farmer TO date has
been his inclination to contine himself
to the cultivation Of few staple crops.
with which he often OvcrstOcks the
markets. There should be greater Ill.
versity In his farming. ana the reports
Of the Department Of Agriculture point
out very definitely the field In which
this diversity can he probably eXcr.
cised. American farmers cannot study
these reports too carefully for their
own prosperity.
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prevalence Of food adulteration In the
United States that many nervous per.
sons have become alarmed about the
integrity Of their stomachs. They are
beginning to fear they will have to
limit themselves to vegetables and
boiled eggs. It will be comfort for
these persons to be assured by q com.
petent authority that they have been
worrying themselves unnecessarily.
Prof. Wiley Of the Agricultural De.
partinent. who has been helping the
Senate Committee on Food Adulter-
ants In it's Investigations, rebukes the
alarinists who have asserted that near.
ly all food products for sale in the gro
cerIes are what they should not be.
He says: "You may select hundred
samples Of food. bought Mt random In
the public market, and you will find
that hardly 5 per cent. Of them are
adulterated." He says further that
"there IL little or no adulteratiOn OF
our staple articles Of food. Take -four,
sugar. meat. and other staples. and
they will not be found to be adulter.
ated." This Is a consolation. The Pro.
fessor does not deny that there are
some adultera tlons-not all Injurious to
health, however-and he Is In favor Of
the enactment Of pure food law which
shall prohibit the use Of harmful adul.
terants. and which shall give notice ia
consumers when harmful ones are
used. 80 they may know they are buy.
Ing oleomargarlne, for instance. and
not fancy they are buying butter. An
authoritative assurance that O5 per
cent. Of food products Ii beyond 70.
proach ought to dispel the fears Of con-
sumers. When they make purchase
the chances are nineteen to one they
will not be cheated. The odds are not
80 much In their favor In the horse
market or at o primary election.
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There are other Bill Anthonys. Brave
men who have faced dangers In food
and field. but 1nd the everyday strug-
gle Of life more menacing. more trying
than facing shot and shell. And there
are many men and women who have
done nothing more heroic than to keep
up with the procession" until now. but
who feel discouraged and are not sure
OF the future. To all such It may be
said that, however safe and easy our
pOsterity may find the path OF life. III
days to come when perhaps justice
and order reign, the conditions to-day
give splendid opportunity for charac'
performing. For this cause We should
deem ourselves fortunate that we live
In an age of stress and strife. For this
reason we should set ourselves stead.
lastly to our daily tasks, however
hard Mark Tapley, one Of Dickens
cleverest creations, accepted every
hardship and trial as an opportunity
for gaining credit to himself for cheer
fulness and helpfulness. That Ia the
spirit In which we can succeed. This
is the ideal which we can carry with
US In daily life and conquer.
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The White City OF Chicago. like the
Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia
gave to hundreds of thousands OF peo
pie some new ideas Of what art and
taste can do for the establishment Of
our surroundings and the increase Of
refinement. There has sprung up
wide and growing demand for "beauty