The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-09-03


on an article Of food would properly de.
scribe the contents of the package. But
when the people pinned their faith to
the men who pick their pockets, they
displayed an inexcusable ignorance of
human greed.
Government officials have just made
u report of the eases prosecuted in Chi.
cago for the past year under the pure
food law. The punishment inflicted in
these eases reminds one Of the Glove
taps" inflicted by the sleepy eyed maid.
ems upon the MAI being lured ia his
doom. II don Z hurt a bit. and Is ac
cepted ms a license TO repeat the offensc.
Following are a few Of the reported
convictions for swindlinR the public by
selling adulterated foods:
Swift x Co.. fined 5000 for selling cot
ton seed oil under the guise of imported
olive oil.
Tolman 4 Co.. fined $50 for selling
maple syrup that contained none OF
the genuine article.
Atwood l. steele Co, fined ell 80 for
selling extract of lemon that contained
no lemon.
Calumet Tea 4 Coffee Co, fined $50
for adultering black pepper with wheat,
capsicum and fruit shells.
King Cereal Co., fined sl0 for selling
quick rising b%uckwheat flour that was
made of wheat flour.
Squire ingee Co., fined $50 for sell.
ing tomato catsup manufactured from
~decomposed substances unfit for food.
Spielmann Co., fined s25 for selling
pure apple vinegar that was an entirely
artificial preparation.
Publ Manufacturing Co., fined so for
adulterating and artiGcially c%oloring a
, so.carled pure Mexican Vanilla extract.
: And so on down the list. Men who
deserved long terms in the pcnitientary
were given fines no larger than those
usually assessed for disorderly conduct.
Such prosecutions are a farce.
Consistency is an attribute Of divinity
4 and il is n virtue of ~profoundest worth
|. to every human heart. God never for.
r gets ny and lie never fails US. lie SENDS
/. us the sunshine and the rain. He fix.
h ~ the seed of time and the harvest. am,
4, He causes the earth 10 yield an album
A.. dance for all. Never for an instant ha.
A lie withheld His hand from the human
. race. His word and His promise is 1
, bond that is never broken aud it binds
Throughout eternity. God never poc'
back Cd a friend.
In our Journey through life we look
/, and sometimes look ia vain, for thit
4, priceless virtue Ia those we trust an'
love. We know so well the faults an,
frailties Of the human heart that ",
sometimes wonder il consistency is al
a dream. We wonder aud keep on won
dering il our friends are true, neyr
brushing away all doubt and neve
, forgetting how false and faltering GU
: friends nave been. And yet We hop
WHl weep wv HoIlHS WI lli'HhH "h'N
consistency we shall never doubt.
Ingratitude, not consistency most IRE
~quently impels the human mind. Gree,
also plays it's part, and M ickle friend
forget their former ties and obligatio
1t may be that we have bent our back
: in bearing their load OF care, or we mn.
> have been u round in the ladder b.
which they have reached the summit q
their ambition. But greed and ingrat
tude, self deserving TWAS of hell, forevr
seek new friends who may help theI
y still further on. We serve our day n
the faithful horse carries the couric
one lap nearer the journey y end. Gree
aud ingratitude change friends as tn
courier changes his horse, giving u
" thought or care 10 those who have ru
The virtue Of consistency il very Il,
ringly extoiled in the following poei
written by n prisoner ia the Jefferso
City penitentiary, who mad been betral
ed nv one whom he deemed a frieno
=, Although coming from behind the pris