The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
PURE FOOD AN
EARLY PROBLEM
Pioneers in the Cause Encount-
cred Opposition and Per-
sonal Danger. @

New York, April 25.-Forty-eight
years ago great men were arising to
meet, master and overcome the varied
and vexed problems of national, state
and local import. The exlgencles OF
those DAYS called for the services OF
many brainy men. At the time written
of Lincoln and Greeley were deeply
intrenched in the public mind, and no
publication more faithfully portrayed
and illustrated the now historical
events than Frank Leslie's illustrated
Newspaper.
During the weeks of 1906 just past
Leslie's Weekly has reproduced from
the valuable old files a number OF IN
teresting illustrations and articles de,
picting the stirring events connected
with this important period in our ear
Her history. In tomorrow's issue OF
the Weekly noteworthy reference
will be made to Frank Leslle.s per-
sonal work as it was carried on by MIN
in the summer of 1858 IN his strehu-
Gus crusade against impure and Gs-
tillerv milk, on which evil some cities
are lust beginning to take determined
action.
Frank Leslie was threatened many
times with death and humiliation In
MANY forms, and his artists and re-
porters. and himself even, were at
lacked on several occasions by male
stable attendants referred to IN Les
lies vigorous articles as Hlpernlan
Milk Maids
In this day and age we keenly ap'
preciate the vital Importance OF pure
food, and particularly q pure mix sup
NV. as bread and milk are the most
fmportant articles of food. Too much
credit for the benefits we enjoy III this
respect cannot be given to Leslie To-
his effective work, which, SO we'll be
grn bv him, has been carried on al
These years by his contemporaneou
worker, the originator and inventor O.
condensed milk, Gail Borden. by name
the product Of whose brain IS still be
ing utilized. :,
marvellous results in the saving o
hosts of children's lives and In pre-
noting the general health of NeN
Workers, by the sale of his condense
milk, produced under his scientific da1r
reguiations. Fortunately, and Amos
providentially, he was ready to suppl
the demand in 1858 for pure milk at
time when Leslie's crusade had drive
the distillery product out Of existence
Charles Elley Hall, Leslie's geners
staff correspondent, writes entertain
. ingly of these historical topics in tn
modern article. The fund Of informs
ton, the result of personal investiig:
ton by. the writer, contained tiinedrs IN tn
exhaustive illustrated discourse WI
doubtless tend to enlighten many legi
lators and citizens (including mothe!!
and other opponents Of the raee-su j! i
theory and educate them %. in the e d 5itt
and most valuable industries, as ca
ried on by Gail Borden 5 successor
Borden's Condensed Milk Company:
The inventor s early struggles again
failure, and finally, after much priv
ton and defeat, his success, as Quilting
here, make profitable reading for tt
ambitious youth Of all nations. IT!
high standards to quote from NJ
Halls article, introduced : by hi
among the farmers and dairymen of, tt
two riches American grazing spots
New York and Illinois-make possib
the production of the rich and pu
fluid milk required all these years f
the making of the famous Elgin al
New York State butter.'