The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-18
A CRUSADE FOR pIlpr

the doctors Ct and scientists M ~
about the secrets of life ana s' =,
Old people. apparently a s ,vas''
collapse suddenly on the -,s s0A
cars and at home. Young n., ~ y n
40 symptoms of illness to xIys n
ing s"e ths1
Strong men break down !,
routine of work or business J., 's'
ried to their beds delirious ans ~
fatally smltten. ~ nrsS
Everywhere there is a seps,.
uneasy dread. Newspaper RAD
when they open their morpin, !,
read of tho sudden and inexnl,s..
of some prominent person. frleoa .
Dor. the night before.
The very mention of the m.t., .
the weak, timid and morbid
Only the other night. an Ola !,
fainting to the floor in Louisvll. y
when she heard Rev. Sam .yon..
that the city would be shocked i,
Der of sudden deaths in the M, !.
DAYS.
Evidently there is sonsth,n,
somewhere. What is the troubls,
People are not satisfied with an, Z.
nations as heart failure and apon,,,.
Perhaps there is another cau.s {,
will suggest Itself to every MAN.
reader of this article.
Within the past few weeks p.o.r.
read so much about "emhalmed hs.r
thousands are now tempted 10 II.
vegetarians.
They do not feel treasured vs., I
read the testimony of experts ON 4, /.
side People have lost confdene. !,
perts, They have seen them abou, NJ
matched on both sides Of impor,sp, !.
items. and they have come to tbs w,
sion that many experts are in the u,r.,
ready to swear to anything.
Men eat certain kinds OF food IN. \ |
Experts testify that the chemical. NJ,
the preparation or preservation Of Il. !,
are poisonous. Then the parties lut.,,v,|
on the other side place other exus,, N
the standawho solemnly declare no D,Iv,
Gus stuff has come in contact with i
Somebody has lied. on one sIds ., h,
other.
In the meantime people buy and N
meats which have been kept Tor months !.
the Western cold storage house t.ss
they were retailed to consumers IN,
consume quantities of canned goods via
are said to be artificially colored. Thsy u
tbutter which has been colored and sss.
iected TO the influence of "treezlne.r Ihl
till their pantrles with adulteratei fsr
sugar, coffee. tea. spice and dozen oAu
things.
All over the country men and yona
are complaining that something is wa,
in their systems. They have no app.e..
Nothing tastes good any longer Enr
body complains of his stomach, hear, Iva
head or nerves.
Old General Debility" is on top, sas
thousand patent medicine men food u
papers with advertisements to gull ID
half-sick, half-trightened masses
Some articles of food and drink are !,
adulterated. Some few things are pg
and wholesome as a matter OF course, !,
there is growing conviction that alma
everything we eat and drink has been tll
pered with injurlously by some produs
manufacturer or middle man.
1t is an alarming state OF affairs
~
II we are to believe some experts, 10
are thousands of men in this country VI
do not hesitate, for the sake Of a sol
profit, to adulterate food stuffs with sA'
poison. They would Indignantly scorn
idea of robbing and killing man o.
highway, but when they poison an
known person hundreds of miles away
is a very different thing.
This Is only a brief and general say
ment OF the evil. / take 1t for granted y
my readers, during the past few NOM
II not before. have become somewnH
quainted with the magazine, newspape'
official statistics in regard to food aau'
ations. Some of them have preserves =
of the articles which are adulteratea W
greatest and most injurious extent ~ =
it is safe TO say that the people NV
possession of very large stock o. Nv
matlon on the subject.
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do not wish TO alarm anybody ~
do not mind saying that 1t is impos''p''
be too particular and cautious ABOUT :,
We eat and drink. We must recogni1s
fact that many food stuffs are pFo's'
manufactured or sold by unscrupuio@
sometimes ignorant persons, VINO "
know or do not care for the eonseq-''
of their life destroying methods
F 1t would be a good thing II son' :
respectable citizens engaged in tne W.
Gus adulteration of food. drink ana W
cine should be sent to the galloWs'
I do not believe that this evil wan
much longer. Tho American peeps
remarkably successful in reform'ns
conditions which endanger the lives"
however Indifferent they may be when
few are likely to suffer. or ND'D
trouble is confined to one class o.
section.
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I shall not attempt TO give TINS =
local character. hut the readers "