The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-08-30
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The Ewent&etA cen4uRy viii uhdDstbt-
eddy be the era Of pure foods through
out the civilized world, for there has
been general governmental awak-
ening TO the fact that maYkeNs are
flooded with the most injurious sffui-
teFeted food stnAs, both solids and
liquids, q menace TO human health.
says What TO Eat. The United States
ia studying the pure food question.
and congress- will doubtless take &C.
ton In securing q national pure food
law which shall regulate the selling of
imita tions and adulterations In the
various states Individual states are
being awakened 10 the great need Of
suppressing fraudulent foods, and the
popular Statesmen are those who adj
vocate pure food laws and the correct
labelling Of adulterations. 1t is the
duty Of the state TO protect its homes,
and that state which sends forth
the strongest and beet men and wom-
en-, physically, mentally and morally,
is the best representative Of great
nation.
Countries and states can do little
toward educating the people without
the cooperation and assistance of the
individual home makers. "Pies like
mother used TO make stand for the
best of all foods in ell times, for it. is
the home cooking Of his mother that
stays in the memory of every boy and
man. whether be end in cabin or white
house. 1t is the mothers and the
teachers of domestic science that are
most awakened to the fact that little
men and women, as well as big ones,
need the pnrest and most mDurishing
food to fit them for the nerve-wreck-
ing environments Of the modern bust
mark in any business who has clear,
active brain, vigorous bodily strength,
perfect health and calm nerves. He
whose system knows no paison has
every advantage over the Sne whose
system is undermined. nerves weak
ened and brain force impaired by in
sufficient Dourishment.
Heretofore people have gone blind |
~ through life. knowing less about
the A C of health than of any other
subject. The child learns in some
schools, not all, that he has bones,
muscles. veins and arteries, flesh and
cuticle. and gets Emattering idea of
the proper foods. What he does not
get, but what the new century will |
see him learning, is perfect knowl-
edge OF the nutritive value of different
foods, their effects on the human sys-
tenn, how to detect adulterated foods
and true knowledge of their injuri-
GUS effects. Danish the adulterated
food that does not nourish and the
poisons that undermine the system
and much of the crime and misery of
the world will go with it. 1t is the
hungry, ill-fed, overworked man. with
nerves beyond control who commits
murders. thefts and drinks himself
and his family to ruin. A man seldom
arises from a good. square, we'll
cooked meal Of beefsteak and goes out
and kills a fellow man. The working
man who has nourishing soup. meat
and good coffee at home has little ex-
use to patronize the corner saloon.
The food question is vital one. and
people have awakened to the fact.
That the pure food movement will
succeed is best indicated by the fact
that the manufacturers of pure foods
rave enlisted in the cause of health
md have given the food subject long
md careful study. Men Of science and
earning and wide experience in the
of foods have expert
nented and tried until they have
ound the ideal nourishments.
the United States the
,ure food factory sites dot the rail-
Dad lines and big manufactures run
lundreds of carloads behind in their
riders during the busy season, show
nR that the demand for pure food is
universal. The pure food
are % education in
hemaelyes, for they stand for well
GIFTED, perfectly ventilated, smmac-
lately clean plants, where Ne EN-.
loyes enjoy blessings unknown 70
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