The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18
TIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
The Pride of the Eve.

II .I Hos 1lade tne american people slaves 70
"a. the artful practice of dyeing their articles Of
food. We seem to care more about satisfying the
eye than the palate The first requisite is that our
Z food must be bright and fresh looking. The Cam
palgn Tor pure food meets with this obstacle every
Where Manufacturers insist that the public will not
buy uncoiored articles and the law which prohibits
artlnclal colorlngs matter in Minnesota and some
other states is roundly abused Well-informed peo-
pie know that coatar dyes which are generally used
because OF their cheapness variety and staying quail
ltles are positively injurious to health but they are
Wiling to take small doses Of such poison every day
rather than eat their food in its natural and whole
some form, uncoloredT #g#s
s Butter, which most. Of the year comes from the
churn barely tnged with straw tint, is dyed a
bright yellow because the trade demands it. In fact
we require much higher color than European coun-
Tries, and butter makers will not give up the cooring
mater because without it butter might not be dis
tingu1shed from oleo. Canned meats and jams are
dyed red peas and othervegetables take on metal
lc green TO counterfeit article and nearly
everything on the market that viii take color is
dyed BY shrewd dealers TO the5desired hue Candies
are colored every hue Of the rainbow by extracts
from the same coal tar: Minnesota has forbidden
harmful coloring matter,Sbu the law has not been
effective and on March I the experiment Of barring
anime colored candies will be tried
This desire to be hum rugged III what we eat is no
new thing. Back the eighteenth century adultera
ton ran rampant, checked BY law, and much of It
was IN the direction fcaI colorto please the
consumers eye In Snol lktt s Humphrey Clinker
written IN III, ,Matth eW} IraInble writes to Dr.
Lewis hair-rasing storY5of the fraud and unclean-
ness practlced in the British metropolis Of that day
In it he says: V
The. bread | eat in London is deleterious paste
mixed up with chalk, alum and ashes inspid to
the taste and destructive to the constitution The
good are not gnerantof this aduteration but
eney prefer 1t to wholesome bread because it whittier
than the meal Of corn (wheat). Thus they sacrifice
their taste and their health and the lives Of their
tender infants to most absurd qualification of mis-
judging eye. t. nI.,,,.,s
As to the Intoxicating potion sold for wine,
Brambe deposes, Kit is vile unpalatable per
nclous sophistcation balderdashed with cider corn
spirit and the juice Of sloes. This is sample of
adulteratlon for pure greed, and familiar story to-
day. Bramble's tale Of hundred gallon cask Of
port found to contain but five gallons of real vine
and that brewed = by the merchant at Oporto, is
outdone IN this day of commercial triumphs In
TACT, the chemists art SNOW taxed to find new COM
blnatlons The highest salaries paid to men in that
branch OF learning go. to employees of manufac-
turers, for whom they devise new and cheaper wava
OF fooling the public and cheating the laws. J,
The public now, as in Smolletts time. lends snn-
port willingly to every humbug Pure food laws
must be enacted to protect people, not only against
trauas but Themselves twill take years rs
ana maybe generation, Of effective legislation
against dyes IN food to break the old habit PEOPLE
Will be better off then not only in health but In
pocket IheyAWill cease to pay for1 DYES and ret
the natural article They Will notob deceived hy
makeup into buying stale stuff for fresh The eva
will be a safer guide for. the palate