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al. Butter may contain beef suet and
yet DO nutritious.
The peEson who buys and eats must
protect hlmself aud family, and be has
9 rIEht to, and now demands. a law
under which he can make Intelligent
collection 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
j%sctienable.
1t has seemed dificult for politicians
to formulate satisfactory bill that
would protect the common people and
Jet avoid harm to honest makers and
prevent endless trouble to retailers.
No government commission o. omcer
has the right to hx food standards"
to define what the people shall and
shall not eat, for what agrees with n
oct would deprive the common citizen
ct his personal liberty. The Postum
Cereal Company, Ltd, perhaps the
largest makers Of prepared foods in
tie world, have naturally Q close
knowledge ct the needs Of the people
and the details Of the business Of the
purvsyoss (ths retail grocsr) and, guild
- By this experience have prepared a
bill Ter submissioA to Congress which
d. intended 70 accomplish the desired
ends. ana inasmuch a. q citizen of the
y. Q. has q right to food protection
even. when hs enters another State It
= deemed. proper that the government
take control Of this matter and pro-
vide q national law to govern ali the
states. \ copy Of the bill 10 herewith
reproduced.
Section 4 governs the maker wheth-
q the feed 10 put up In small pack
aSsss sealed, or In barrels. boxes or
otherwise.
sec. 1'governs the retailer who may
epen Q barrel and sell the food in
small quantities. When he puts the
goods into q paper Tag he must also
enclose q printed copy Of the statement
OF the maker which ~ a@xed 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
. guarantee of his selling the food as
Il 10 r~spreeented to him. which relieves
the retailer Of responsibility Of the
truth Of the statement and throws 1t
upon the maker, where 1t 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 q truthful and exact
statemsnt Of what the contents were
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 a right
to expect not only an equivalent for
the cost but q further right to q GER
tainty as to what he eats. Or he may
be willing to buy at less cost 4 Jelly
made part Of fruit Juices, sugar and 4
portion OF glucose. But he must be
supplied with truthful Information Of
the lngredients and be permitted to
use hls personal liberty to select bis
ewn food accurately.
The people have allowed the slow
murder Of infants and adults by tricky
makers Of food, drink and drugs to go
OF 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
to 60 personally to Washington to i'm
press your Congressman, but you can,
in a 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 II q goodly number Of
citizens express their views to him he
secures . very sure guide to duty. Re
member also that the safety Of the peo-
pie 10 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-
ceiving and injuring the people. There
fore. IL your Representative in Con-
gress evadss his patriotic duty hold
him to strict accountability, and II
necessary demand equitable and hon
est service. This 10 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
lsgtslatiea % kill the olssmargarins In
1ustsy aeA b. power ot equalization
tered class legislation really IN
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