The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-12-31

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1t Is astonishing that SO Iittl
thought Is given to the matter Of pur
food, and its manufacture under pro
per sanitary regulation Until tn
people are more educated to the ne
cessity, the official whose duty it i
to protect the health and lives Of tn,
community has a hard row to hoe
He runs counter to men and womeI
In business who consider that the.
know about as much how to run theil
establishment as the man who is en-
trusted with this duty. They sa,
they do not see what harm few fiies
can do, or what great danger there II
is depositing their slops and garbage
on the ground. The butcher who
feeds his hogs on the entrails and
filth ef slaughtered animal, will
argue that It can possibly have no eff
feet on the animal eating it, as 1t Is
taken into the stomach and digested
The city which decides to institute q
sewerage system, empties its sewer
age into the river or stream, and de-
tends itself by contending that water
purifies itself and that therefore It
is hurting no one to deposit it's filth
into water source on which many
have to depend for their domestic
uses, forgetting that there are germs
In all sewerage, whether it be from
the typhoid patient or some other per-
son suffering from some Infectious
disease. 1t is great work that the
State Dairy, Food and sanitary COM
missioner of the state has to perform,
for he has not only got to enforce
the law In spirit of justice, but he
at the same time has to educate the
people to a sense Of realization of
their duty to their neighbors.
In this work of education 1t is re-
freshing to know that the men are
not the only ones who have to become
converted to its necessity. The wom-
en- of the nation have become aroused
to the danger from impure foods, and
have come to the assistance of those
who have been called to enforce, the
NIX n n tfte IN ~ aGSx132Ae the ladies
have nobly said that any assistance9
they can render in the campaign for
cleaner conditions will be cheerfully
given. In this they are following in
the lead of their sex in the other
states 1t is getting now to be the
rule, and by no means the exception,
in the eastern states, that but The.
or baker or other manufactures OF
foods who will not pay strict atten-
ton to cleanliness his business, Goes
not receive the patronage OF the peo-.
pie.
Thirteen thousand Iowa club wom4
en- have been since 1905. deeply in
terested in the passage and enforce.
ment OF state and national food laws
They are now at work for lean milk
and ciean markets. The ladies of
Kentucky recently published and sent
broadcast circular letter containing
suggestions for practical programs
Under the titles Bread Milk"
Meats, " Labels, etc, is list Of
subjects practically covering the his
tory OF manufacture or production
storage and sale of these food pro-
ducts, with suggestions for study of
labels on food packages. A food con-
vention was suggested in another
state, and $500 was needed to pay the
expenses. 1t was promptly raised by
,ssnaed' prs9niSas yImsS. .addressi n.
The convention on vital topics. Reso-
buttons were adopted on milk, slaugh-
ter house inspection. bleached -four,
etc. a lady in one of the eastern cit
les, and wealthy lady, got the ladies
together, and she said, Nov, we
have law here and we want to see
that 1t is enforced" and those ladies
went to every grocery store and every
meat market in the town and said.
IF you don't live up to the law in
every detail we won't buy thing of
you, and the merchants began to I
scrub their floors and sweep the cob
webs off their ceilings and arrange
things on their shelves, | believe
woman will see that the dealer fully
and honestly complies with the law.
We are adopting score card system
for every store in Idaho, and we are
going to score every grocery, meat
market, and every food furnishing
place. We will invite everybody in (
the state to write for a copy Of any
n1ass We; Nave Inspected. v, pne state
trote and said: Il want y score card
Export Of every grocery store in the
eity." 1t was sent to hSr Then she
lot busy on the grocery stores. s,a:;
lays, This is fine State of affairs s
% have on the rece,ls Of the state.
You had better get busy and clean
up or we will not do any business !
with you" And so you can see the
possibilities of the wives and mothers 9
If Idaho in the campaign We ars wag- :
ng for purer and cieansr foods. e
The food laws OF Idaho insist nDcn !
correct labelling, prohibit suhstitu- !
ion, and reduction of quality estab- !
ish standards of purity, and define all
'orms of adulteration. We are COM g
telling manufacturers TO guarantee a
he purity of every preparation TO I
heir consumers But while we are :
ioing all these things, While W. arc a
eaching honesty and lievating bust >
less morals by sheer fo:cs OF law, we 2
ire neglecting almost, cntirely p,ost I
important phase of food question.
While we have been going after the q
AIMED goods, we have paid no atten- l
ion to sanitary milk production. y
lean bake shops, sanitary slaughter y
louses, and wholesome markets. We !
orget that our bread and milk and y
meats may be swarming with the 9