The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

Paul Pierce soundsiwarning Regard
ing What Peopie should Eat.

Paul Pierce, i'm What 10 Eat.
THE more / see of the country. the more
l am impressed with :he enormous Quanti-
ty of poisoned foodsl consumed by the
American people Tho empty can. jar and
bottle is in evidence Everywhere The use
of coloring matter is extensively practiced.
Some of this coloringi matter is harmless.
some poisonous 1 do pot believe IL adds Ia
the least TO the nutriHve value OF the food
in which ii is used. IN manx-caSes-4-a<ar
satisfied that il is used to hide inferiority-
1--WE. i'm fact have; turned over TO the
great food manufacturing industries the
safekeeping OF the heslth OF ourselves and
our children and the generations yet 10
upon themselves a Tremendous RESPONSE
blity-they must realize their responsible
ity.
who has made q longt careful study OF the
use of coloring mattcs and antisepttcs In
food products, says ,shat some coal tdrs
color are prompt and active poisons, that
Others affect the excretory organs. espe-
cially the kidneys. mgSt unfayorably; that
some are so poisonous that when applied
TO the skin, prompt ai:1 vigorous symptoms
coal tar colors and their congeners should
be prohibited by law, from being used In
..,rhe use OF chemical preservatfves, ac-
cording to James H.i Shepard. is TO pre-
vent Preventative or putrefactive process
In the article of foc1 after IL Is placed
upon the market-to arrest decay In raw
materials before mrnufacture-to disin-
feet tainted raw ma5erial In order that
this unsanitary material may be sold In
TIE place OF sound, wholesome foodstuffs-
and he goes on to say, that IL must be
remembered that the processes OF diges-
ton in the human system are essentially
fermentation processes, brought about by
means of a series o. engines and that
any agent which will iprevent fermentation
in food product WEI probably render II
indigestible until such agent Is removed,
since the digestive senzymes themselves
are rendered powerlcsS by fits presence. He
and other able chemists further tell US
that most chemical preservatives affect
the system profoundly, In some or all OF
its functional processes
Certainly it is a grave matter when. we
products to-day contain one or moro chem
icai preservatives There may be some
people who have an appetite for antisep-
are a few OF us that prefer TO know when
we are buying IL. afd just what sort OF
doses We are taking. do not believe that
the amount of antiseptics and coloring
matter we eat In any one meal would be
homeopathic.
"our position on What to eat has been,
is and always will bd. 'let the label tell"
Let US know what I'VE are buying; pass
laws that will stop TIE selling OF foods for
tells us that IL a fosd product had to be
labeled what IL was IL would destroy his
business. Not, as he says. because the food
is Injurious. but because owing TO public
prejudice against IL, dhe people would not
purchase It If they knew what II was. Let
the label tell should !be the campaign cry
of all people interested in pure food.
eve must have on dur statute books COM
prehensive. practical and effective measures
for preventing the sale and manufacture
OF aduterated food and drink products.
Food inspection must be removed from poll
tics, and when we SECURE the national pure
food law, we can rhen secure UNIFORM
state laws. The food with pull is sell
dom molested under State law. no matter
how deleterious or spurious Food frauds
or aduIterations wh.ch are shipped from
one state TO another tannot be reached ex-
cent through a rigiti and well-organized
system OF federal inspection.
'..rhe extent TO which human rapacity will
GO in the poisoning sof humanity was re-
vealed i'm the investigation OF the milk sup
NV in New York city. conducted by the
Rockefeller Instituted.