The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-28

selection Of food. 49, ~.
:. Many pure. food bills have. been. in
troduced and some passed by State
Legislatures - marry have been offered
to Congress but all :. thus far seem OBJ
: It 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
govt commissioner officer has the
right to fix "food$ 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 sthe details Of the
business Of the purveyors, (thez. retail
grocery and, guided by this experience
haye prepared "a bill for submission nj to
plish the desired ends, and inasmuch
as a. citizen of the Z, IS. has a right
to food protection even when he enters
another State it. is deemed proper that
the govt; take. control Of this matter.
and provide a national law to govern
all the States. = copy Of the bill is
herewith reproduced ~
Sec. governs the. maker whether
the food is put up in small packages
sealed, or in barrels, boxes or other
wise. I, ..,.,........ ..s-,. s.*
Sec. 2 governs the retailer. who may
open a barrel and sell the food in
small quantities. When he. puts the
goods into q 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
i it is represented to him which relieves
the retailer of responsibility Of the
4 truth Of the statement and throws it
! upon the maker, where it properly be
longs.
4 The remaining sections explain them.
! selves.
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
made Of in order that thei consume
Vas eating. A person desiring to buy
!, for instance, strictly pure fruit jelly
and willing to pay the price has righ1
J, to expect not only an equivalent for The
cost but further right to certainty
. as to what he eats. Or he may be will
!, ing to buy at less cost a. jelly. made
, part of fruit juices, sugar and a por
ton Of glucose. But he must be sup
piled with truthful information of tn,
ingredients and be permitted. to u.s.
his personal liberty to select his owl
food accurately.
The people have allowed the SLOW
murder Of infants and adults, b,
tricky makers Of food, drink and drug
oneself, family and nation demand
that every man and woman join in al
organized movement to clear our peo
, pie from this blight. You may NOT b
! able to GO. personally to Washington t
impress your St,onggF aasnen, but you car
LIN most effeetive way tell him by let
i. tier. how you desire him to represen
"a you. l5