The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-01
selection Of food.

a right to, and now demands, n law
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.
jectlonable.
1t has seemed difficult for politicians
to formulate satisfactory bill that
would protect the common people and
yet avoid harm to honest makers md
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 close
knowledge of the needs of the people
and the details of the business of the
purveyors (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 rs Il citizen of the
U. s. has right to food protection
even when he enters another State 1t
Is deemed proper that the government
take control of this matter and pro-
vide 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. 2 governs the retailer who may
open barrel and sell the food in
small quantities. When he puts the
goods into 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
n guarantee Of his selling the food as
II is represented to him, which relieves
the retailer of responsibility of the
truth of the statement and throws il
upon the maker, where it properly be-
longs.
The remaining sections explain
themselves.
The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, for OK
ample, have from the beginning of its
existence printed on the outside of
each and every pkg. of Postum and
Grape-Nuts food n truthful and exact
statement 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 right
to expect not only an equivalent for
the cost but n further right to II GER
tainty as to what he eats. Or he may
be willing to buy mt less cost jelly
made part 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 his personal liberty to select his
1wn food accurately.
The people have allowed the slow
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
yanizcd movement to clear our people
rom this blight. You may not be able
% 20 personally to Washington to i'm
press your congressman, but you can,
n most effective way tell him by let
.er how you desire him to represent
you.
Remember tho Congressman is In
Congress to represent the people from
Ills district and IL a goodly number of |
'ftizens express their views to him he
secures n very sure guide to duty. Re.
member also that the safety of the peo-
lie Is assured by insisting that the
will of the people be carried out, and
lot the Vaccinations of the few for
elfish interests.
This pure food legislation is n pure
movement of the people for public pro.
ection. 1t will be opposed only by |
hose who fatten their pockets by de-
elvins and injuring the people. There
ore, II your Representative in Con-
,ress evades his patriotic duty hold |
lin to strict accountability. and IL !
lecessary demand equitable and hon
st service. This is very different |
than when faction de- |
nands class legislation of the Con-
'ressman. Several years ago the but |
er interests OF the country demanded |
egislation to kill the oleomargarine in |
lustry and by power of organization
orccd class legislation really un-
worthy of n free people. Work people |
voisted beef suet butter because 1t was |