Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-24
NEGLECT PURE
FOOD CAMPAIGN
Alleged That State Board Of
Health Of Iowa "Has Done
Nothing"
DR.. II. P. DuFFIELD's PAPER
Takes Up information From Various
Sources Relating to This Subject -
Poisons in Cheap Soda Water Es-
pecialIy Condemned and Milk Found
I to be Commonly Aduitcrated.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines March 24.-In a payer
read at the meeting Of the superin-
htendents of the state institutions DIR.
Hamilton p. Duffield, surgeon OF the
Soldiers Home at Marshalltown, stat
ed that Iowa continues to eat, drink
and prescribe, everything that Is offer
ed within her borders. He states that
a letter to the state board of health
to ascertain what the board was doing
under the existing laws to enforce
manufacturers and merchants to sup
ply pure food brought the response
that "our board has done nothing.
DR.. Duffield's paper takes UP at some
length the testimony before the COM
mittee Of the United States senate and
the Investigations Of DR.. Wiley and
also gives information from various
sources. He states that Vermont
maple syrup has been manufactured
at Davenport, Iowa, where there are
no maple trees and the syrup was
manufactured of cheap yellow sugar
with hickory bark.
According to the information given
in the paper there Is practically no
article Of food but has been adulter.
ated Nor deteriorated more or less tho
sugar and the condensed milk from
the larger factories are usually pure.
Milk is the most common article adul-
terated and the poisons in cheap soda
water are especially condemned by DR..
Duffield. Four grades OF maple syrup
on examination We're found to con-
tain from twenty to eighty per cent
tglucos Extracts for cooking purposes
arc found to be almost always adul-
terated and in fact but one factory
could be found where the invitation
was freely extended to investigate all
parts of the factory The product
there was found to be pure.
According to DIR. Duffield practically
all the Imported beer and most of the
home product contains salicylic acid,
and peanut shells and cocoanut shells
are very commonly ground up with the
spices sold In Iowa. Molasses and flour
are moulded into coffee berries and the
ground coffee is usually about two
thirds chicpry. AS to the effect of all
these polsons DR.. Duffield quotes au-
thority that the health is impaired and
the vitality weakened while the i'm
purities in beer impair the digestion
and derange the kidneys. The wooden
nutmeg. DR.. Duffleld says, Is no longer
an article of commerce in which there
is a lucrative profit. The business is
done away with by the latter day Yam
kee who has found poisons that are
cheaper even If more harmful. He
gives great credit to Edward Box for
exposing the patent medicine poisons
and condemns practice of severely
Furnishing man for passing a coun-
terfeit bill but giving no punishment
to the person who counterfeits our food
and drugs.
The board Of control has made the
addition of a number Of new trades
to the course Of study as taught by
the Eldora Industrial School for boys.
One man has been employed to teach
brick laying, stone masonry and plas-
tering He Is an expert in the line and
a competent teacher. In addition har-
ness making is being taught and 1t is
expected to make all the harness that
is used at the institution as well as
for the other institutions. The board
has also ordered the teaching of the
manufacture of concrete blocks and
this year the. boys will erect a building
at Eldora. The state owns the sand
and will only have to have the cement
The boys will do all the work and the
only expense to the state will be the
purchase of the cement and in the
meantime the boys are learning a
trade. Another course now added for
the first time Is in stenography and,
telegraphy. The printing plant is all
ready well under operation and is be-
ing used to print all the work for the
school and this month the board is
having printed the quarterly bulletin
there.
State Horticulturist Wesley Greene
believes that the fruit is In very good
condition in this state with the excep-
ton of peaches, which he has already
reported to be practically destroyed
for the year, and he believes the prin
ciple reason for the good conditions is
due to the good fall of 1904. The fall
was late and this gave the wood of the
trees time to mature in good shape,
and it was thus able to withstand the
severe weather conditions much bet
ter. Mr.. Greene will have another re-
port on the fruit conditions soon.
The executive council will investi-
gate the lighting proposition at the
state house AT the meeting of the
council committee consisting of the
secretary of state and treasurer of
state was appointed to look into the
matter. The council has proposition
for the sale of the gas fixtures in the
building, but does not wish to do so till
the matter has been investigated. The
grounds are now lighted by gas and
the building with electricity. The mat