The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-03-01

1890 ahu AShiAhy oAo "a hAS
a right to, and now demands, a law
under which he can make Intelligent
selection Of focd.
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
~5ectionable.
1t has seemed difficult for politicians
to formulate a satisfactory bill that
would protect the common people and
yet avoid harm to honest makers and
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 ommon citizen
Of his personal liberty. The Postum
Cereal Company, Ltd, perhaps the
largest makers Of prepared foods in
the world, have naturally a 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 as a citizen Of the
u. s. has n right to food protection
even when he enters another State it
is deemed proper that the government
take control Of this matter and pro
vide a 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 pnck-
ages sealed, or in barrels, boxes or
otherwise.
Sec. 2 governs the retailer who may
open a barrel and sell the food in
small quantities. When he puts the
goods into a paper bag he must also
enclose a printed copyo of the statement
of the maker which was affixed to the
original pkg. and inasrnuch as the re-
taller cannot undertake to guarantee
the statement Of ingredients he must
publish the statement of the makers
and d his W name and address as
a guarantee Of his selling the food as
1t Is represented 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 It's
existence printed on the outside Of
each and every pkg. OF Postum and
Grape-Nuts food a truthful and exact
statement Of what the contents were
" edn 81 IN or1nr that J1,
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 a further right to a GER
tainty as to what he eats. Or he may
be willing to buy at less cost a jelly
made part Of fruit juices, sugar and q
portion OF glucose. But he must be
supplied with truthful information Of
the ingredients and be permitted 10
use bis personal liberty to select his
OWL food accurately.
The people have allowed the slow
murder 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
ganiZed movement to clear our people
from this blight. You may not be able
to &c personally to Washington to i'm
press your congressman. hut 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 if n goodly number Of
citizens express their views TO him he
secures q very sure guide TO duty. Re
member also that the safety of the peo-
pie is 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-
ce!ving and injuring the people. There
fore, II your Representative in Con-
Gress cvades his patriotic duty hold
him to strict accountability. and IL
necessary demand equitable and lion
est service. Ihis is a very different
condition than when 4 faction de-
mands class legislation Of the Con-
gresham. Several years ago the but
ter interests OF the country demanded
legislation to kill the oieomargarine in
dustry and by power OF organization
forced class legislation really an
worthy Of a free people. Work people
NANtnd hoof efaf hntfor ba.ausa u xroe