Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-01-18


securing new Industries to locate here,
AID advancing the welfare of the
community wherever and whenever
possible.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
Observation-Disclosures Johnson.
1st Vice Pres Henry Goulet
2nd Vics Pres.-Frank J. John.
Secretary and Treasurer-N. n.
Bergheim.
The board OF directors consist of the
president and the two vice presidents.
UNSCRUPULOUs METHODS OF
THE BAKING POWDER
TRUST.
TIE Investigations recently made
into methods employed by trusts and
other bug corporations to crush out
rascality that surprises every honest
citizen of our country. Tn, So trusts
and their vilainous methods are the
shame of America But there is,
however, a wholesome and widespread
movement among the people to boycott
trust products. and jutsly 50. This
antitrust movement has materially
reduced the sale of the exor bitant.
priced Trust Baking Powders, Royal,
Dr. Prices end Cleveland. partlcu-
larly in the West. The strongest COM
piittor Of tie trust powders is the
Calumet Baking Powder, which on
it's merits is fast growing IN favor
with people who refuse to be hood
winked by ths contemplate methods
employed by the Baking Powder
Trust.
The Royal Baking Powder Trusts
latest bit of deception of the people IS
in using the columns of the daily press
to buili up a false prejudice against
meritorious baking powder. These
articles are paid for but appear as
pure reading news matter. and by
misleading cleverly worded statements
sneaking]y attack the baking powders
that are fast eating into the Trusts
business in every state. Yet every
publisher and many of their readers
know that the Royal Baking Powder
Trusts principal stakeholder was un-
der Indictment in Missouri for the
bribery of members of tbs legislature
, because he tried to keep on the stat
{ ute books of that state a law giving
, the Trust a monopoly of the baking
powder business of that state. This
3 low, undetermined method the Trust
takes to injure its competitor is no
doubt adopted with the idea Of intimi-
J dating and bunkoing the users of
. baking powder into paying 40 or 90
t cents pound for their powder (which
does not cost one third that to manu-
facture) aud attempts to discou; age
such consumers from buying pure,
? wholesome product for % cents q
r pound. It is q we'll established fact
J., inst the best baking powder in the
g world can be made to retail for "a
Il Genus a pound, but the Trust, ii they
g can, still want to command the xor'
q bitant price they have been getting
d for years.
10 Calumet Baking Powder has for q
y many years been the standard Of al
that ia good IN baking powders tina
its purity needs no defense. Their
are few facts that will bring thi
1t point forcibly to the readers mind
I'll with tho pure food laws of this an,
It all states. The materials used ar
:. selected with the greatest care an
,e submitted to rigid analysis: then b.
the use of modern chemical method
90 accurately proportioned and per
t. fectly mixed that complete neutrsliza
ton OCCURS. Therefore, Cslume
leaves no substance, such as Rochell
SIS Salts, Alum, Lime or Ammonia l.
~ food made from it. Further, tn
r Calumet Baking Powder Compsn
have for years made the standing offe
~ of One Thousand Dollars to the True
~ or anyone else to be paid If any sub
~ stance injurious to health can b
=. found in food made from Cslume
Baking Powder. If the Trust coul
furnish one iota OF evidence of thi
~ nature they would accept the chal
y lenge, but they never have. Again
=. the Calumet Baking Powder Compan
a is putting on the market high grad
y powder and only asking consumers t
paw q moderate price and what the
q. should tor wholesome powder; an
?. this company is able to do this be
,k cause it is not trust and Is satis6e
q with q fair manufacturer profit
They are selling their goods etrictl
on their merits and Offering NJ prize
st or schemes to induce the people t
g. buy their goods The Trust state
ID ment is, therefore, branded as a
y infamous lie.
20 To bring more forcibly to th
readers notice that these articles tina
are being inserted by the Trust AZ
le run with an idea OF decelvlDg an
ut misleading, We quote the instruction
g. that appear at the bottom OF the arti
* cles sent to the newspapers. Thes
in instructions are handed to the fore
man of the composing room. who sci
the articles in type:
ID ITO be run a. pure, straight read
1e ing matter in the same size and sty1
Il, of type and with the same style {
be heading az the pure reading matte
lie adjoining; loaded or solid to CORES
pond with such pure reading: to +
surrounded by pure reading and viii
IN out date, mark or anything designatin
Tx it as paid matter or emansting frol
nd us. ....s
til Perhaps you have read some of tx
IN Trusts paid articles. It so, no
he much confidence can you place
their statements when you consid'
that their nrincinRl etockhold0r II