The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-04-12

Many pure food bills nave been IN
troduced and some passed by State leg
islatures; many have been offered to
Congress, but all thus far seem objec
tionable.
II 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 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 common citizen of his
personal liberty The Postum Cereal
Co., 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 Ohe re
tail grocer). and, guided by this expert.
ence have prepared a bill for submis-
sion to Congress which is intended to
accomplish the desired ends, and mas
much as a citizen of the U. s. has
right to food protection even when he
enters another State, 1t is deemed
proper that the govt take control of
this matter and provide a national
law to govern all the states A 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.
Sec. governs the retailer who may
open barrel and sell the food in
small quantities. When he puts the
goods into a paper bag he must also
inclose a printed copy of the statement
of the maker which was affixed to the
original pkg. and inasmuch as the
retailer cannot undertake to guarantee
the staten ent 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 il
upon the maker, where it properly be-
longs.
The remaining sections explain them
selves.
The Postum Cereal Co, Ltd, for ex-
ample. have from he beginning of its
existence printed on the outside of each
and every pkg. of Postum and Grape
NUTS 1000 tIulhlui anu eAact sta'e'
nieiit Oh what the contents were iiiaoe
oI III oruer thaC the consumer might
hho" preclseIy Wiat ne OF she was
eatins' person uesirlhs W Duy' loi
instance surety pure Irult Jeiiy ana
Wliiihg 10 pa! the price mas right 20
expect not onIy an equltaleht lor lhe
cost, put d iurther riSht 10 certainty
as 10 WHAT ne eats VT ne may DC WIZ
ing 10 Duy at Tess cost Jelly hau'
par Vi Iiuit JUICES, sugar anu por
uoh Oh slucose' buI ne IIlusl De sup
piled with truthful information of the
ingredients and be permitted TO use
hi, D.-Sa1aI IjI,e-Tv 80 SeIac, 6Ic oI,,r
-;
Iooa accuraleIA.
The people have allowed the slow
nluruer OF infants anu auIi.s oy 'rlcAs
ln"hSIs oi Ioou' uIinA IIiu VI uss 70 :, :,
on aDout ions gnousu. DuSS ~ oheseli
IalIliy anu n~d'Ioi ~ ueniauus 'nal ~,
lnan anu "onian Jol" III an VI - ~
nv nv Tn,ent eat ouI peop'e io
TINS pIight' iUI MAJ hol oe "pie " :,
PEI soIaIIy 70 Nas",n ns'oh 70 inipI es'
!ouL oons,essiIeh, ouI you Ian' ~
NUS eIlestlse Ny zen nm W 49,
hon you uesire nm 10 IcpIesenl you;
neiileil'u'I tne ooh =. siilau 70 - -
Sohst'ss W IeP'eSehe .iu peopl. lIoli
nis ~, uis''let ~ anu ~ soooIS nu'aDei ~
cIllHens EXPRESS theiI VIEWS 10 MN, h'