The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-31
The MIDWINTER.
The Graphic Placards at the
Health Booth.
What PreservatiyesD0 to Foods,
and Man.
DYE AS FOOD PRODUCT
The Campaign of Inspecting
Stores and Markets.
Oysters, Olive Oil and the Ma
pie Syrups.
DYEAS FOOD PRODUCT

The successful Midwinter exposition
is drawing to close. Tonight and to-
morrow are the closing exhibitions.
If the reader has not already done SO
he should visit the booth of the state
board of health. 1t is both an educa-
ton and an entertainment to the fam
lily. The men should spend much time
there and the women should stay
longer.
Here are some Of the striking pla-
cards and announcements at this
booth, an exhibit of purity in food and
a warning of the menaces to health:
Coal Tar Dyes in food products
might also be called Interior Decora-
ton"
Laws are of force only when public
sentiment is back Of them, and public
sentiment is back Of the Kansas food
and drugs law"
What Kansas consumers need most
is a stringent state law to exclude the
tuberculosis dairy COW, and require the
/ inspection of all animals slaughtered
for food in the local or country slaugh-
ter houses. Will you help to get such
| law?
THE power of the mind depends upon
! the power of the body, even the moral
! virtues are influenced by the bodily
| health, which receives its strength from
the food consumed"
I'm the health of the people lies the
strength Of a nation"
Swat the Fly"
1.-The establishment of a sound ma
| tional physique Is more important than
| a sound national finance.
1.-THE continued use of poisonous coal
tar colors destroys the life giving quail
tiles of the food, retards digestion,
causes dyspepsia"
fresh air. wholesome water and pure
| foods and drugs for all the citizens OF
| Kansas
representatives in foods: The con-
tinued use of preservatives in foods
| produces disturbances of appetite, re-
| tards digestion, causes dryness of mu-
| cous membrane, adds extra burdens to
the kidneys, causes loss of bodily
| weight, affects the nerves. shortens
| life
1.-The food of the child determines
the future of the citizen and the phys
icaI strength of the potential fathers
and mothers of the state.
Read the labels on all food and
drugs products before you purchase.
or don't complain if you are 'stung.
"FIies may infect food with germs
of typhoid fever, or consumption, and
are therefore more. dangerous than
preservatives. Death to all flies
Baking powder over two years old
is worthless, as it's gas strength has
been exhausted because of the chem
ical action that slowly but continuously
takes place in all baking powder"
1.-The four best dtsinfectants:
1.-The best natural disinfectant-Sun-
shine
The best germ disinfectant-Fo
maldehyde."
F'The best physical disinfectant-
Soap.
"The best moral disinfectant-Pub-
licity.''
oysters: Kansas consumes ap
proximately 10000 gallons of oysters
o., 1,-1rr %o I'D
from Is to 20 per cent of added water.
Thus this department will save to the
consumers $4,000 annually on this
one item, based on a 8 per cent water
content. at the usual price of so cents
per quart
eff a compound food or drug product
is named after two or more of its in
gradients, the predominating ingredi-
ent should be named first, thus a label
reading Cane and Maple Syrup in
dicated that it contains more cane
syrup than maple syrup
'Olive oil problem: If pure olive
oil costs $3.50 per gallon. and cotton
seed oil costs so cents per gallon, what
would the consumer lose on one gallon
Of olive oil, in case it was adulterated
with so per cent of cotton seed oil?
Answer-$1. so lost to the consumer"
Maple syrup problem: If maple
syrup costs 81 per gallon and cane syrup
costs so cents per gallon, what would
the consumer lose on one gallon Of
maple syrup in case it was adulterated
with so per cent of cane sugar? An
swer-75 cents lost to the consumer"
Number of inspections from April 1st to
December 31st. 1907:
0IOCery stores Dow
DdherieS Luz
bulcner SHOPS olU
Slaughter houses Observation-Disclosures. 800
Hotels -. Observation-Disclosures. 2O5
Restaurants 49,. Observation-Disclosures. $50
Dining cars Observation-Disclosures. 20
Ice cream and pop factories .......... 275
Drug stores OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50
Jobbing and places ordered cleaned. i. 800
Chemical analysis on food and drugs. 600
Labels: Flavoring products that
are labeled extracts indicate that such
are of standard strength and quality;
If called flavor it indicates such to be
less than standard strength or an imi-
tation product Example: Extract of
lemon means a standard product
Lemon flavor means under standard
strength. Artificial lemon flavor
means that it does not contain any
genuine lemon oil. but is an entirely
imitation product"
Among he Booths.
There are many kinds of salt and
many impure salts. If you want to