The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-07
Ten CLUb'NIOMEN
|. GO TO S'I]|lO|G,KY ARDS.
MOST OF TIE BIENNIAL DELE
II GATES, HOWEVER,, REFRAIN.
Professor Shepard Of the South Dakota
Pure Food Commission Tells Women
They Can Be Masters of the Food
Situation if they will Exert Their
Power. ss5r
(Early Proceedings on Page a.

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Zen clubwomen, delegates to the BIZ
ennlal convention of the General Fed
Grafton OF Women IS clubs, went to
south st. Paul today to inspect the
packing plants and stockyards.
:, AL the delegates, were invited by the
livestock exchange to look the plants
over and see for themselves whether
South st. Paul may fairly be, included
when l, mention is made of the meat scan
DIAL. But the clubwomen were too busy
to accept. IL. sss -
Clubwomen the Masters. Ts;.4
Dc. the clubwomen want to force all
the manufacturers of adulterated and
fraudulent foods into bankruptcy in
single day? They can do it, if they
choose, by refusing to buy the products
ket, the manufacturers cannot do bust
ness. 800 10 &st ~ -. 80
This is the solution OF. the pure food
question, according to Professor J. Fl.
Shepard Of the South Dakota pure food
commission, who spoke today before
the general federation at the biennial
this morning. M - - ,%.>sI
;, If the consumer IS ignorant of what
ne buys, ignorance is not. an incurable
disease and he can educate himself to
problem. Study the the pure Sn Food Food laws aoUa
read the reports Of the pure food and
dairy commission, ask that these reports
be published in the, daily paper, advises
Professor Shepard. These reports should
give the lists Of all foods inspected,
whether legal or otherwise It is not
enough for dealer to know the legal
and illegal goods, the consumer should
know. r = ..~E- = =. - - - - :
Authorizations are of two kinds, those
that perpetrate fraud upon the consum-
err, and those that are inimical to the
public health. " Every American wo-
man should see to It that she gets full
valueG for every dollar Of the family
income that she spends for food. The
law guarantees, no man the right to
perpetrateSa fraid. 81 On the other hand,
it does distinctlysguarante every one
the right to receive that which he buys.
T. Il Deadly coloring. w.;
!. Do the America swon1en demand the
use of senseless and often poisonous
coloring matter in The food which they
feed to their helpless childreenY The
manufacturers say the s'trade ~ de-
mands it, and the trade is the women.
Club women can do: what no other
organization on earth can accomplish
They can disseminate information, they
can create sentiment, and .jby appealing
to the educated woman who buys, they
can hasten the day when pure food, hon
estly labeled shall lbe the rule and not
the exception" y Z Z = 5@'.f,'%'.'
Report on Food Bill. /
The report Of the pure food bill com
mittee, by Walter McNab Miller of
Missouri, was preceded by the reading
Of several telegraph from congressman
who were asked blythe clubwomen frem
all states&to do alIthey could to secure
the passage of the pure food bill. Two
OF thes Minnesot eongressmen replied
that there~Were voters enough in the
s9 gssst tegas !, I'D
the packing fotfsg n vssatffgat
"Refusesto buy canned products that
are not s labeled with the name and
place Of zmanufacture and that are not
guaranteed by local dealers,'' said
Mrs. Miller in her report. She asked
the general federation to work untir,-
ingly for the honest label. "Each club
can aid in this fight for pure food by
studying, their local conditions. Even
states with good food laws have appror
priations so small that the work. Of
the commission isAbadly, hammered. |