Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-03-07

cOcn HOUR GNQ feulIJ De 1upTOStu.
Olive oil MAY be made Of cotton seed
oil: Butter may Contain beef suet aud
get be nutritious
The person who buys and eats mNst
protect himself and family: and he has
a right to, and now demands. q IaM
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 d satisfactory bill that
would Protect the common people and
yet avoid harm to hdnest makers and
prevent endless trouble to retailers: no
government commission or officer has
the right to fix Stood standards" to de-
fine 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 per.
sonal liberty: The Postum Cereal Co.,
Ltd, perhaps the largest makers Of
prepared foods in the world, have nat
urally close knowledge Of the needs
of the people and the details OF the
business of the purveyors, (the retail
grocer) and. guided by this experience
have prepared a bill for submission to
Congress which is intended to accom-
plisl the desired ends, aud inasmuch'
as citizen Of the q. S. has right to
food protection even. when he enters
another State it is deemed proper that
the govt take control Of this matter
and provide national law 10 govern
all the States. A copy of the bill is
herewith reproduced.
Sec: governs the maker whether the
food is put up in small packages sealed,
6r i'll barrels; boxed OF otherwise.
Sec governs the retailer, who tnay
open Il barrel and sell the food i'll
Small quantities: When he puts the
goods into d paper bag he must also
enclose a printed copy of the statement
of the maker which was 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 them
selves.
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 truthful and exact state
lpent. Of what the contents were made
Of in order that the consumer might
know precisely what he or she was eat
ing. a person desiring to buy, for iii-
stance. strictly pure fruit Jelly and
willing TO pay the price has a right to
expect hot only an equivalent for the
cost but Il further right to certaluty
as to what lie eats. Or he may be
willing to buy at less cost jelly made
part of fruit juices, sugar aud a portion
of glucose. But he must be supplied
with truthful information of the ingre.
dients and be permitted to use bis per-
sonal liberty TO select his own food
accurately.
The people have allowed the slow
murder OF infants aud adults, by TRICKY
makers of food, drink and drugs to SO
on about long enough. Duty to oneseir,
family and nation demands that every
man and woman join in an organized
movement to clear our people from TINS
blight. You may not be able to 80 per-
sonally to Washington to impress your
Congressman, but you can, IN most
effective way tell him by letter how
you desire him to represent you.
Uemember the Congressman is III
Congress to represent the people from
his district and II a goodly number OF
citizens express their views to him. lie
secures very sure guide to duty. ke'
member also that the safety of the
people. is assured by insisting that the
will OF the people be carried out, aud
not tile Vaccinations of the few fol
selfsh;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. if your Representative In Con
gress eyades his patriotic duty hold HIN
to strict accountability and il necessary
delnaud equitable aud honest service
ThIs is a very different condition thai
when a faction demands class legis!a
tlon Of the Congressman: Seyera
years ;ago the butter interests OF tllt
country demanded legislation TO Kill
the oleomargarine industry AND b,
power of organization forced class les
islatiou really unworthy of free pco
pie. Work people wanted beef sue
butter because it was cheap and bette'
than much uuclean milk butter, but tut
dairy interests organized and forced the
legislation. The law should have pro
vIded That nkgs. Of oleomargarine bea1
the statement of ingredients and thel
let people who desire purchase it to
jIst what is, aud not try to XII 1t b.
r heavy tax. Manufacturers saa,s
,.lmsa tfY 80 forfa lnsAs!ir5s IL Eii'ii