The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-02
PURE ROOD.
A Woman Contends That II Can Only BE
secured by the vigilance Of Women.


To TIM Enron or THE SuN Sir: When
| one recalls the facility and frequency with
/ which simple. straight laws are broken daily
/ and hourly in America, II would seem TO be
wenigh hopeless to adjust such crucial
issue as that pertaining TO the food supply OF
an entire country by legislation, no matter
how comprehensive and understanding IT
might be. The possibilities Of its iuulty
seem intending and the certainty az unjust
discrimination q foregone conclusion Tho
whole question is not one for Washington,
but for the individual householder
II seems That the rush and roar OF life in
America is felt even In the rural districts
| and no one has time any more to live simply,
grow rich slowly. and discharge the duties
I OF good citizen In thoughtful. reverent
manner The beer must Be premhturely
aged and artincially clarified. Instead OF
I simple cereals, people no longer waste time
& to prepare them. but turn with gastronomic
avidity from one breakfast food TO another.
Z The manufacturer OF ono OF these pate
foods bought some new rollers AT 4 certain
/ foundry, and after two weeks ret urned
/ them. Insisting that he had been cheated In
/ the steel. for the rollers were rough and iull
/ OF l1rgc holes. Tho chemist OF the company
made an examination and found that the
/ rollers had been eaten 10 shrcds by acids used
! by the manufacturer 10 preserve his wares,
! What law could govern this case winch could
| not be Jumped over. burro"ei under or run
| arOundt
| Can laws from Washington prevent grain
| elevators in MiDnnupolis or Duluth from
shipping out several million more bushels OF
grain than they ever received rom the farm-
! err or assure the houseNle That the wheat
! SHE buys in 1our Is not come weird mixture
which squeozas by the near sighted inspect orr
Would any man In Washington or elsewhere
IN get -rich-quiok America Pc able TO oqlu
and enforce laws which would make II I'M
possible for rich and influential elevator men
10 take this little scalp at their LEISURE
Every third man or dog throughout the land
would have TO turn himself into n spy to help
the Government enforce such laws.
A for the stomach's being teased ana
tempted through COY vision. h seems easier
and more logical TO cultivate such healthy
eye that nothing falsely colored would APP
peal TO II than to expect whole digestive
organization TO form a. vicious taste, for ami
line dyes formadehyde. borc acid. verdi
girls or single n1usl II would seem that
must surely retard digestion, especially II
one gets between soup and nuts some seven
or eight different samples perhaps even OF
The whole question In in the hands OF the
women OF America Let them be less nervous
about tho appearance Of their purchases and
care more about their quality. and 90 per cent
glucose-nnd-dye Jelly will cease TO exist.
because there viii be no one TO buy 1t II
the milkman puts personalities in the milk;
from which triumph of economy dozens OF
infants died IN Chicago let tho women bring
him suinmarily TO terms After the mother
has lost Jimmy and Dick from ptomaine
poison from those doctored peas. she VIII
cease TO crave peas. even If they are colored
10 pithhe the eye.
There was a man in Chicago who had
the economical. cider preserving scheme
beaten. He went to all the commission
houses and bought decnyed eggs for q
few cents. These he sold 10 sundry bakeries
where the yoks we're separated from the
whites. alleged to be wholly untouched and
then made into frostngs for cookies and
cakes probably gayly colored with aniline
dyes al the same time.
Ifthese questions 20 to Washington precious
little reform viii result until all ghaetly
with ind geston. One thing will result
there will be few more milionaires. who
will become philanthropists and give back
molety OF their money to our despcled |
public. which would rather. incidentally. |
have sound stomachs than Tree homes for
dyspeptics II must b. solved inst as
several other questions. such as temperance. |
&c. can be solved. By the mother Of the family
standing Mp fer the welfare OF those dear to |
her Better 10 secure pure food for poor |
babes from the vantage point OF n back noo1 |
and coal scuttle than TO issue plpieT macha |
laurels from . lecture plat form by nasally |
wailing about "Nomon-y. Rights" Carlyle |
SAYS: Man has no rights. only duties. |
and this is especially frue OF the women at |
I his very chaotic time 10 our young country. |
They alone can secure for us pure food, even |
il Il doesn't come in mauve doilies or tied up |
In baby ribbon EMILY GRANT Won TErSEL.
NEW YORK, Dec. 81. |