Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-01-19

We will wager ten thousand dollars
$10,O000o) with any investigator, that
fair committee. upwards of three hun
dred (300) communications from ply
sicians, many of them expressing the
highest commentator of our products,
but these will not now or ever be turn
ed over to the publisher for his use.
Notice the statement in this charge:
THE only famous physician whose
name was signed to Postum testimon-
ial. etc."
The truth is. this DR.. Underwood was
one of great many physicians who
have not only written commendatory
words about the value of our foods, but
writes an article on coffee or on food,
and sends 1t to us with a suggestion of
compensation for his time and medical
knowledge. Previous to the time when
we employed physicians in our own
business, we occasionally employed q
doctor to write an article on coffee. al
ways insisting that the article be an
honest expression of his opinion and
research.
The weekly" hunted UP this physi-
clan, and because he seemed to be poor,
and as It says. Krokendown,' had him
a jury as the only physician that had
ever endorsed Grape-Nuts," but much
to the chagrin of the Weekly" when
our attorneys asked him II the article
he wrote about coffee was true he re-
piled, yes
Statement No. reads "The health
officers of Mich, Maine. Penn, New
Hamp., and other states In their Off
cial bulletins have for years been de-
nouncing as preposterous and fraudu-
Cereal Company" We do not recall
any criticism except from Mich, Penn,
Maine and $. Dakota.
The average reader might think that
the opinions expressed by the State Of
conclusion is not borne out by facts.
AS an illustration: About thirteen
years ago the Dairy and Food Commits
sion OF Michigan for some personal
reason printed n severe criticism on us
for making Postum OF Barley accord
ing to his official chemlstl at market
price and selling too high He was
shown there was never grain of bar
ley used in Postum. HIS report was
I.4se and misleading. The governor
dismissed him.
We believe that most of the state
officials are honest, and on the other
hand we are firmly convinced that some
of their conclusions cannot be sub
stantiated by facts in scientific re-
search.
They never criticize the purity of our
foods. for so much we are thankful.
If our conclusions in regard to it's be-
ing a brain food differ from theirs. and
we are both honest, they have rather
the advantage, because under the law
they can order us to eliminate from the
package any statement IL 1t dlSagreeS
with their opinion. Otherwise they
would harass grocers.
Spasm No. O saysi 1.-THE most dam
gerous thing in the world for one
threatened with appendicitis is to eat
any food whatever. Notwithstanding
he knew that danger, G. w. Post adj
vertised Grape-Nuts at fifteen cents a
package for those SO threatened"
This Is intended to middle the read
err into believing that we put out
Grape-Nuts as a cure for appendicitis.
Mr. Post, himself. has had probably
as wide experience as any other man in
America in the study and observation
of food es related to the digestive or
gans, and we proved in Court by the
physicians and surgeons on the witness
stand that the predominating cause of
appendicitis Is undigested food. and
that 1t Is necessary to quit eating food.
and when the body requires food again,
use pre-dgested food, or at least one
easy of digestion.
DIR. Ochsner in his work on append
citis refers directly to the use of the
well-known pre-digested foods that
can be obtained on the market He
also brought out the interesting fact
that in after treatment" 1t is advan-
tageous to take on a pre-digested food.
The price of the package (referred to
by the weekly is not known by us to
have any relation to the question.
Our advice to stop using indigestible
| food In bowel troubles and to use
| Grape-Nuts food has been O great
blessing to tens of thousands of people
| and we hope will continue to bless q