Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03

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under which he can make intelligent
selection Of food
Many pure food bills have been in
troduced and some passed by State
legislatures; many have been offered
to Congress, but all thus far seem OBJ
jectionable.
1t has seemed difficult for politicians
to formulate satisfactory bill that
would protect the common people and
yet avoid harm to honest makers and
prevent endless trouble to retailers.
No government commission or officer
has the right to fix food standards"
to define what the people shall and
shall not eat, for what agrees with one
may not agree with another and such
act would deprive the common citizen
of his personal liberty. The Postum
Cereal Company, Ltd, perhaps the
largest makers of prepared foods in
the world, have naturally a close
knowledge of the needs Uf the people
and the details of the business of the
puryeyors (the retail grocer and, guild
ed by this experience have prepared a
bill for submission to Congress which
is intended to accomplish the desired
ends. and inasmuch as a citizen of the
Il. S. has a right to food protection
even when he enters another State it
is deemed proper that the government
take control of this matter and pro
vide a national law to govern all the
states. A copy of the bill is herewith
reproduced.
Section l governs the maker wheth-
er the food is put up in small pack
ages sealed, or in barrels, boxes or
otherwise
Sec. governs the retailer who may
open a barrel and sell the food in
small quantities. When he puts the
goods into a paper bag he must also
enclose printed copy of the statement
of the maker which " ss affixed to the
original pkg. and inasmuch as the re-
taller cannot undertake to guarantee
the statement of ingredients he must
| publish the statement of the makers
and add his own name and address as
a guarantee Of his selling the food as
it is represented to him, which relieves
the retailer of responsibility of the
truth of the statement and throws it
upon the maker, where it properly be-
longs.
The remaining sections explain
| themselves
The Postum Cereal Co, Ltd, for ex
ample have from the beginning of its
existence printed on the outside OF
each and every pkg. of Postum and
| Grape-Nuts food a truthful and exact
| statement of what the contents We're
made of in order that the consumer
| might know precisely what he or she
| was eating. A person desiring to buy,
! for instance, strictly pure fruit jelly
! and willing to pay the price has right
| to expect not only an equivalent for
! the cost but q further right TO a GER
/ tainty as 70 what he eats. Or he may
/ be willing to buy at less cost jelly
made par of fruit juices, sugar and a
/ portion OF glucose. But he must be
supplied with truthful Information of
the ingredients and be permitted to
use lis personal lIberty 70 select hIs
| own food accurately.
The people have allowed the slow
murder of infants and adults by tricky
makers of food, drink and drugs to go
on about long enough. Duty to one
self, family and nation demands that
every man and woman join in an or
ganiZed movement TO clear our people
from this blight You may not be able
I to go personally to Washington to i'm
press your congressman, but you can,
| in most effective way tell him by let
ter how you desire him to represent
/ you.
Remember the Congressman is in
Congress to represent the people from
his district and if a goodIy number of
citizens express their views to him he
secures a very sure guide to duty. Re-
| member also that the safety of the peo-
| pie is assured by insisting that the
/ will of the people be carried out. and
not the Vaccinations of the few for
! selfish interests.
This pure food legislation is a pure
/ movement of the people for public pro-
lection. 1t will be opposed only by
those who fatten their pockets by de-
ceivmg ane injuring the people There
fore. If your Representative in Con
gress evades his patriotic duty hold
him to strict accounta bility. and if
necessary demand equitable and hon
est service. This is a very different
condition than when a faction de
mands class legislation of the Con
/ gresham. Several years ago the but.
| ter interests of the country demanded
legislation to kill the oleomargarine in
dustty and by power of organization
forced class legislation really IN
worthy OF a free people. Work people
/ wanted beef suet butter because 1t wa: