The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-06
LADD COMPLIMENTS
The WHOLESALERS,

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Pure Food Commissioned Ladd
throws some hot shot into the sec
retary Of the National Wholesale
Grocers Association, who recently
made an address before that body
on the hardships entailed by the
North Dakota pure food law. Prof.
Ladd says: ase
It is clearly evident tLat he would
have law where it would be nee
essary to come into court for each
every case and to prove that sail
cylic acid, for1nald ehyde, saccharin,
boracic acid, coal tar dyes, and
heaven knows what else, are harm
full to the health and that the eat
ing Of products actually produced
an injury to the person consuming
the same. Why should he do this? ?
In order that the powerful corpo-
rations with their corporation law
-yers, skilled in the methods of de-
ceit and by employing so-called ex-
perts, they could come into court
and so cloud the minds of the jury
as to mislead them and deceive them
and thus secure, if not an acquittal
disagreement in the case. If for
maldehyde is harmful, then why is
it necessary to come into court with
every case to prove that it was in
furious. Let the statute prohibit
it's use. If saccharin. is a fraud,
why should we have to thresh it
out every time in the courts in or
der to secure punishment for the
guilty party? Il boracic acid pro-
sduces nephritis Of the kidneys, why
must this fact be proven each time
before prosecution can be had?
Does Mr.. Lennen dare to come
before the public and say that for
| NAL ldahyd bora cievaeid and salis
.cylic acid have no harmful effects,
and therefore that the manufactur-
ers Of food products should be per-
lnitted to use the same until it is
actually proven in the courts that
the individual has been harmed by
eating foods containing them. No.
he is sufficiently sensible to know
better than this. This is not the
purpose for which he is working.
He knows that saccharin is a fraud,
that coal tar dyes, even though
.seme Of them may not be harmful,
are used to cover up fraud and
make deception possible. Then,
why should not all laws be positive
on this point, as in North Dakota,
and state that the use Of these prod
ucts is forbidden? He admits that
the law is constitutional, for he says
that it has been maintained by the
United States Supreme Court in
similar cases. More than this, if
this specific statement is made and
the product prohibited, then the
manufacturer can have no excuse
for the use Of such products in the
preparation Of foods. knowing that
the same would be in violation Of
law. If the label tells the truth, as
the label should tell, the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth, the manufa facturer has no rea-
son then for claiming that the la.
beling of glucose as maple syrup or
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honey was not commercial wrong.
He cannot complain that he is not
aware that it is not improper to label
apple juice and glucose as current
Jelly, or that boracic acid and sui
phites were dangerous to the health
Of the consumer. Let US hope that
the honest manufacturer will not
be misled BY such argument as have
been put forth in: this address be-
fore the National Grocers' Assn.
VI & Az y exchange says that if you are
troubled with flies, take twenty
drops of carbolic acid and let. it
eyap aporate frsoma u hot shovel. twill
Danish every ty v IL u room quicker
and more u sctisely than poison
paper 81 stick a But be
careful of the acis v don't Ut
the children 80 II II D w Il l,pison.3 y