The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21
Pie Down And OUT,
UNCLE SAM HOSTILE
Or. Wiley, the Governments
Chief Chemist, Returns a
Verdict Against 1t.
HAS BECOME DEGRADED
Time Honored Del;eacy Now Found
to Contain Benzoate of Soda,
and Is Therefore Con-.
dcmned.
HAS BECOME DEGRADED

Washington. Special: Pie is soon to
know it's fate.
Little did the thoughtless statesmen
who blithely passed the pure food law
which might sllatter the very n
lions of our g~astronomic liberties. But
it did.
Sir demanded Senator Henry Ca
bot Lodge, statesman, scholar, litera-
teur and ariStocrat, when in the SEN
order filled, Sir, do you mean to tell
me that a man amt have cold mince
pie when he asks for it here? We
must know more of this?"
The threat was sufficient. There
after cold mince pie was ever ready
at the beck of the Goldfish statesman.
But DR.. Wiley, chief chemist, steely
Of eye, hard of heart, unyielding of
purpose, was not thus easily to be
handled. DR.. Wiley has been cooking
into pie, and circumstantial report de-
clares that his verdict is against 1t.
If pie is to be communicated from
the fellowship of praEdial proprieties.
1t will be one more alarming testimon-
ial to the ena of commercialiZing
tendencies. Time was when pie was
as honest as our mothers knew how
to make it; Wholesome, toothsome, al
together desirable, it appealed to the
palate without offense to the intcgu-
ments of The alinientary tract.
Machine Made.
Then pie became commercialized.
Nay. more. 1t was trustified,
financed. exploited, degraded. Ben
Zoate of soda was introduced into it.
Machines We're invented to manufac-
ture it.. 1t was turned out by the mill
lion. Its circulation was the largest
for return copies. The benzoate of
soda made its more or less indefinite
preservation possible; n after long
n exhaustive experimentation. DR..
Wiley, according to alarming rulnor,
has decided that benzoate Of soda is
pressed. With it must go the pie Of
M
Pie came over on the Mayf1ower.
The men who laid the foundations Of
this nation were bred on it. The min
ute men Of Concord and Lexington
We're filled no less with patriotism than
with pie. The desperation Of courage,
the recklessness Of death, which in
spired he heroes of Bunker Hill may
be traced directly to the influence Of
cold mince. What wonder then that
the ~descendent Of these men who now
graces the senate chamber with his
presence, should view with alarm
whatever might presage the passing Of
pie?
The empire Of pie was established at
Yorktown. The great Napoleon coded
a new empire to 1t. Its conquests were
pressed until its domain extended from
ocean to ocean,. and thence it urged it's
conQuering way to the stands OF the
sea. With is consort. dyspepsia, 1t came
to rule over 100000 900 happy freemen.
And then came wealth, luxury, deca-
dence, vice. commercialism-and BEN
zoate Of soda The cycle is all but COM
plete. The pie of the fathers is no
more: the degenerate and unworthy
descendant that has ursurped it's glor-
tous name deserves just what DR.. Wiley
is about to hand it.
Adverse Conclusions.
Thus far the evidence is largely cir
cumstantial. Some weeks ago it was
announced that DR.. Wiley as chief ex-
ecutioner under the pure food law, was
investigating benZoate of soda. He
would find out all about the stuff be-
fore he issued any decisions. He
would probably treat the subject in a
long and detailed scientific brief which
would become the basis Of a series Of
decisions indicating what proportions
OF it might be used in various food
products.
Now it falls out that instead of a
! long INC laborious treatise, Dr. Wiley's
| conclusions aboI. benzoate of soda
| have been summarized in1n "a brief and