The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
LIKE A GROCERY STORE.
Samples of Jellles, Canned Peas and
Tomatoes and Fake Booze Are
Arrayed in tho House.

The space in front Of the speakers
desk of the house resembled small
section of a corner grocery Thursday,
with cereals, jams, jellies, tins Of
peas, tomatoes, corn, bottles Of whis-
key and wine, imported sausage and
other edlbles and drinkables scat
tered over two tables, and to COM
plete the picture there were stand
ard scales with weights, a graduate
and funnel for the purpose of DEM
onstrating the contention Of the ma
jority of the committee on interstate
ard foreign commerce, that pure
! food bill is necessary for the protec-
ton Of the people.
The house went into committee OF
| the whole for the consideration OF
the pure food bill, Mr.. Mann beglA
| ming the discussion.
Mr.. Mann contrasted the features
of the senate and house bills, remark.
ing that it was not the aim Of the
house committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce to recommend leg
islation as to what the people should
eat or drink, but to call attention to
what they are eating or drinking.
Medicines now on the market adj
vertised in the strongest terms to
cure opium habit said Mr.. Mann,
"show on investigation enough opium
to develop the opium habit
Most of the goods are not adulter-
ated, according to Mr.. Mann, and
since the pure food agitation, which
began a number Of years ago, there
has been a decided reduction in adul-
terations. "Yet," he said, "every-
where the honest manufacturer or
dealer goes, he is met my sharp and
keen competition from authorizations
or short weights"
He read letter from the German
American Extract Works, in which
they told how to make all kinds Of
liquors. They were especially inter
ested, he said, in their Old Tom Gin
extracts, which give the exact taste
of the original article. Then to stin
further interest the house, he sa1o,
that this firm claims to make any
kind OF liquor out Of lethal alcohol
with no liquor in it.
Black pepper, he said, is a fruitful
source Of adulteration, the 'tfller" be-
ing sold in fve-ton weights, accord.
ing to a letter which Mr.. Mann read.
Pepper berries, he said, were made
out of tapioca, colored with lamp
black
"The coffee that we drink, Mocha
and JAVA" said Mann, "is generally
adulterated with Brazil coffee, and
ground coffee with sawdust, and even
bread crusts."
Taking his position behind the ta-
bles, Mr.. Mann began a rapid expla-
nation of every article there.
Taking up bottle of bright colored
cherries marked "Marischino cher
ries," he explained that the cherries
had been picked green; that they were
then bleached and colored with anal
inc dye, and this bright colored bit
of cloth, he said, this cloth was
dyed with the same dye.
"What are these cherries for?" ask
ed member.
II understand they are used one
at a time in we'll known drink"
replied Mr.. Mann, amid laughter.
Some Of the members recognized the
cocktail which goes with the cherry.
Holding up q bottle with light
colored liquid in it, Mr. Mann said it
was honey, yet It never saw hive,
much less a comb. It is fresh from
the glucose factory" Freezin, he
said, was a powder sold to preserve
meat like cold storage. He admitted
that it might keep meats from spoil
ing, but that it was most injurious
to health, being composed of sulphate
Of soda and red coal tar dye. A
ane grade of olive oil used by the
Union League Club OF Philadelphia
turned out to be cotton seed oil, with
an adutterant
Taking up the subject Of canned
| tomatoes, Mr.. Mann held up three
cans, each being of different weight,
and yet all bought for three pounds.
1.-THE department stores of New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and
Washington and the mail order hous-
es sell the short weight cans" said
Mr.. Mann, which was received with
applause.