The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-03-01

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
jectionablc.
It has seemed difficult for politicians
to formulate a satisfactory bill that
would protect the common people ana
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 ana
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 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 citizen or the
T.. s. has right to food protection
even when he enters another State 1t
is doomed proper that the government
take control of this matter and pro
vide Il national law to govern all the
states. 4 copy Of the bill is herewith
reproduced.
Section ] governs the maker whetl-
or the food is put up in small pack
ages sealed, or in barrels, boxes or
otherwise.
Sec. governs the retailer who may
open a barrel and sell the food in
small quantities. When he puts She
goods into a paper bag he must also
enclose a printed cOpyof 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
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 1t
upon the maker, where it properly be
longs.
The remaining sections explain
themselves.
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