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The Washington times., 1911-01-08

Item II is an illustration of the
squirming and twisting Of the sensa-
tional writer delivering distorted mat
ter to his readers.
While on the witness stand Mr.. Post
testified to his studies in Anatomy,
Physiology, Dietetics and Psychology
all relating to the preparation and d.
gestion Of food. Asked to name author
tiles studied he mentioned six or eight
from memory, and commented on some
clinical experience covering several
years in annual journeys to Europe
Now notice the distortion. Copy from
the printed crtticism.)
He Post) pointed out a pile of books
in possession of his attorneys as the
very ones he had read"
CNotice)-"the very ones he had read"
leading the reader to believe that they
were the only ones)
Did you consult the books from these
edltions?" was asked.
From those and various editions"
answered Post
The attorney picked up book after
book from the pile and showed the title
pages to the jury,-all except two had
been published since 1905
This is an example Of distortion and
false coloring to produce an unfavor-
able impression.
The facts are Mr.. Post purposely in
troduced the latest editions that could
be obtained Of prominent authorities to
prove by them the truth of his state
ments regarding appendicitis and the
analysis of brain, also the latest con-
clusions in regard to the action Of the
digestive organs. These works are:
Human Physiology. by Raymond.
Physiological Chemistry, by Simon.
Digestive Glands, by Pawlow.
Hand Book Of Appendicitis, by Ochs-
ner.
Physiological Chemistry, by Hammar-
stem.
Biochemic System of Medicine. by
Carey.
The Weekly carefully eliminates
from its printed account testimony re-
garding the years Of research and study
BY Mr.. Post in fitting himself for his
work, and would lead the reader of the
distorted article to believe that his edu-
cation began since 1905.
Distortion No. IL reports Mr..
Post as a lodging witness"
If
The Washington times., 1911-01-08

Of every time spot light turned from any
offers splendid chance talk about the merits of the products
pon honor now, not hiring that "Weekly.'
general the Scraps"
few may lately articles attacking
interested the following:
Some time disagreement with Weeky" They
dod foods by but wanted change the
ing, to which objected.
The "Week discontinued inserting advertisements while they
negotiating changes they wanted the wording
the advertisements during this correspondence
gave instructions Advertising Department quit advertising
together in that "Weekly"
Quite time after the advertising had been left editorial
attack We replied in newspapers and the scrap
Then libel suits from both sides
Generally teome to the public.
That "Week has attacked many prominent and reputable
manufacturers.
Our Company enough for sensational writer
60 after hunt for little cicse, then dio, twist
present it to the public under heads
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Distortion No. I

we, have been accustomed to advertise
Grape-Nuts and Postum as "cure-alls
for everything"
1t has never been the policy of this
Company to advertise Grape-Nuts or
Postum to cure anything.
We say that in cases where coffee
disagrees and is causing sickness its
dismissal will remove the cause of the
trouble, and we! suggest the use Of Pos
tuTn for the reason that it furnishes
hot palatable morning beverage, and
contains natural elements from the
grain which can be used by nature to
assist in rebuilding nerve centres that
coffee may have broken down.
Likewise Grape-Nuts food does not
cure anything, but It does assist nature
tremendously in rebuilding, provided the
undigestiDle food that has been used is
discontinued and Grape-Nuts taken in its
place.
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poor, and as it says "brokendown," had
fore 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 if the
article he wrote about coffee was true,
he replied, yes"
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No z i, a live wire. II rsssrs 10
c. W. Post and his studies and expe-
| rience in Suggestive Therapeutics, or
| Mental Healing which further lead to
| most careful and systematic study Of
the effect Of the mind on the digestive
and other organs of the body.
He attended the clinics in Europe and
! fitted himself for a future career in
which he has become known as one
of the food experts of the world, fitted
to judge both from the material as well
as the mental side of the question.
For about eight years previous to 1891
being under the care of several we'll
known physicians, he was quickly
healed. by what to him was a curious
and not well-understood method. Suffi-
cient to say he became a we'll man,
weighing about 1S5 pounds.
This experience challenged his investi-
cation into causes of disease and their
amelioration. Those studies and expe-
riences developed a very profound rev.
directly operates upon the human being.
and this reverence for the Infinite be-
came to him a form Of religion which
included honesty Of purpose towards his
fellow-man. A statement which will
be indorsed by everyone who knows him
closely.
He will make a public announcement
in detail of these facts, and the Postum
Company will cause that statement to
be published in newspapers and maga-
zines in due time. We suggest the
reader look for it.
PrevariCation No. 8. ..po..
spends nearly a million a year In ad-
vertising and relies on that to keep out
Of the newspapers the dangerous nature
of the fraud he is perpetrating on the
public"
The Postum Company does pay out
upwards of a million a year for trade
announcements. Newspaper men be-
lieve our statements truthful or they
would not print them. Large numbers
of newspaper men use our products.
They are capable Of telling the public
whether or not we tribe, them.
It may have escaped notice that we
did not ''bribe' that particular weekly.
I'VE states that the amount or
the verdict will 'Fbe devoted by the
weekly to exposing fraud
This is almost real humor.
We have two suits pending against the
weekly" total, $500,0O.O0.
We haven't devoted" the sum to any
particular purpose yet.
tlciI ~ is discovery that
wheat bran is a part of Postum.
But the criticism neglected to mention
that for years every Postum package
announced in plain type that the outer
covering Of wheat (bran), made part Of
the beverage.
They ignorantly fell into a trap here,
not knowing enough of food value to
The Washington times., 1911-01-08

So attorney from New York spent less time for months
in Battle Greek hoping to find impurities foods dirt in the
factories After e spying about summoned twenty-five of work
and took their testimony Every single testified that the foods
made exactly the grain and ingredients printed the packages
the wheat barley and being the choicest obanab thoroughly
eansdhe water Of the pe and part of the factories and
machinery kept scIupulously clean:
That all proved disappointing to the weekly" There very
few factories hospitals pvaeor hotel and restaurant kitchens that
could stand the close spying unexpected times enemy paid
find dirt impurities of kind
In any ordinary kitchen factory he would find something
magnify and make noise about.
But he failed utterly with the Postum Works and products Twenty
thirty thousand people go through annually
enquire whether they there spy not makes difference
He turned to discover something about advertising
could be criticised.
the methods and distorted of the Weekly"
the items
open them for Inspection We will chan up" the harsh words
and reference this article the BIRTH growth and methods
of the "Week" try conne the discussion the questions
issue.
The Washington times., 1911-01-08

placing that juy-The Public
good scrap less comforting and then
In the has been taken unded
faith the ultimate decision of our American Tribunals
efo Ibesnd$5O
The Washington times., 1911-01-08

know that TAXA -Diastase'' the article
used by physicians the world over for
starch Indigestion" is made from
wheat bran"
So we use that part Of the wheat berry
because II contains the elements needed
to develop the valuable diastase in man
ufacture. Good Postum is impossible
without this part.
These self-appointed critics do make
some Iaughable bIunders through ignor-
ance, but-be patient.
The Washington times., 1911-01-08
Some Facts.

Battle Creek Michigan, December &c. 1910.
We the undersigned certify that knowledge has
testimonial letter been printed by the Postum Cereal L which
behind genuine signed,
honest statement
To the best of knowledge and belief the Company has received
upwards fifty thousand 5oooo) genuine testimonial letters
This Company has knowingly made permitted
truthful statement regarding its products its methods
M K. HOWE, Treasurer with Company about il years.
LAMsoN Inspector Adv with Company years)
GRANDIN Advertising with Company years
M STERRETT, M D. Physician charge of Scientific Dept
with Company about 4 Il years.)
CHESToN SYER Advt Writer. with Company about years)
CHARLES GREEN, with Company years)
BURT, General Supt with Company years.
H. c. HAWK Assistant Chairman. with Company about years.
CIV POST, Chairman with Company years. the begnnng
The Washington times., 1911-01-08

asked as damages, and man
After all the smoke battle blows will stand clearly and
forgotten that Postum. GpeNu and perfectly have good
the highest plane of commercial .s.. s
~There'S Reason"
Postum Cereal Co, Ltd, Battle Mich.
The Washington times., 1911-01-08

Before the passage of the Pure Food
Law the packages stated that Grape
Nuts food was made of wheat and bar
The Washington times., 1911-01-08

We did not esteem the small amount
of salt and yeast as of value enough %
speak OF, but after the new Law came
In we became as technical as the Of
fcials at Washington and added the
words yeast" and salt" although we
have no recollection of being asked to.
We believed that cur statement that
Grape-Nuts will supply elements to
Dourish the brain and nerve centres is
true and bring authorities to support
the fact.
Some state chemists believed this a
gross eXaggeration and inasmuch as the
Food Dept at Washington could easily
harass grocers, pending a trial on the
disputed question, we concluded that
much the better way would be to elm
inate from our packages such claims.
however certain we may be that the
claims are true.
Another statement objected to read
as follows:
"The system will absorb a greater
amount of nourishment from one pound
Of Grape-Nuts than from ten pounds Of
meat, wheat, oats, or bread
Some Department. chemists deceive
themselves as we'll as the public.
'Calorie" is the word which defines a
unit of heat determined by the amount
necessary 10 raise one kilogram of
water one degree centigrade. On this
hasis a table of calories is prepared
showing the percentage Of different
kinds of food. Butter shows $50; Grape
Nuts 1886; milk 070. Remember the
statement on the package spoke of the
nourishment the system would absorb,
but did not speak of the calories of heat
The Washington times., 1911-01-08
Charge No. 3 ,

passage of the National Food & Drugs
Act compelled us to drop from the pack
ages some assertions regarding the nu-
tritive value of Grape-Nuts
We have never been compelled" to
make any change.
Since the beginning it has been a uni
Yersal rule to print clearly on every
package exactly what the contents are
made Of
The Washington times., 1911-01-08
Distortion No. IL

Post as a lodging witness"
His eye Is not Of the shifty kind OBJ
served in the head Of one Of his chief
The Washington times., 1911-01-08

hope will continue to bless a good many
more in the succeeding years.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
Senator Gallinger.

The proposition to honor Senator Cal
linger with dinner rendered to him by
the citizens of the District win meet
with general approval For twenty years
Senator Gallinger has been steadfast
friend of the National Capital, industri-
ously laboring to advance its interests
and bearing in large degree the burden
of its local legislation 1t is appropriate
that his services should be recognized
by the proposed tribute
It is gratifying to note spirit IN
Washington of appreciation for the work
which Senators and Representatives are
called upon to perform for the District.
The expression of sentiment of graft
tude has especial fitness in the case of
Senator Gallinger.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
A Reciprocity Parable.

From the Boston Trarscrip-
A certain man about to die called his
sons around him and said: my children,
have had a great deal of trouble in my
life, but most of II was over Things that
never happened" The moral of that is
especially commended to the granger ele-
ment that scents disaster to its interests
should the reciprocity agreement become
operative. The grangers have had sim
liar Nightmares in the past, at least in
sections. They faced ruin to their sugar
interests when reciprocity with Cuba was
under discussion, but they are still rails
ing beets and extracting their saccha-
rine qualities at a profit. The Connecu-
cut tobacco growers were ready to throw
up their hands in case any tariff con-
cessions were granted to the Philippines,
but crops and prices have rarely been
so good as last year. and they are max
ing preparations to extend operations
during the coming season. The late Con-
gressman Sibley, of Pennsylvania. op-
posed the irrigation project to bring into
fertility our arid lands, not because of the
cost, or by reason of doubt of our en-
gineering skill to accomplish this great
undertaking, but because he feared the
effect of increased competition upon the
farmers of the East. Yet the value Of
farms all over the country has never in
creased so rapidly as since that enter
prise has taken shape. And now, though
the agriculturists tremble before this
fresh obsession, they will find in a year
or two, should this agreement be rati-
fed, that they have borrowed a great
deal Of trouble about something that
never happened
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
Clerks Cause Gains Headway.

The largely attended and enthusiastic
mass meeting last Saturday right in be-
half of increased salaries for the gov
ernment clerks is already bearing fruit
These faithful and underpaid employees
did not lack for new champions yester-
day when the legislative, executive and
judicial bill was under consideration IN
the House, and the arguments and ap-
peals were earnest and sincere
While the much-desired and equally
deserved increase may not come irnmedi-
ateIy, the agitation will hasten the day
when the result will be finally reached.
Public sentiment is fast being awakened
to a realization of the fact that these
government employees are still working
for salaries which have not been in
creased, despite the fact that the high
cost of living has placed upon them a
burden which it is difficult to bear.
When it is remembered that the average
salary paid TO government clerks is less
than $500 a year, and that this amount
must pay for rent, fuel, Light, food,
clothes, and other necessaries of life, il
is easy to see that the appeal of the
clerks is founded upon condition which
Congress ought speedily to remedy.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
True Cause of French Crisis.

To-day IS to witness the official but
voluntary retirement of Premier BRAND,
of France, whom the opposition was
wont to call the first socialist prime
minister" While NJ BRAND technically
still possesses the confidence of a ma
jority of the deputies, that majority has
been reduced to so narrow a margin,
and the man has been so discouraged by
antagonism where he had the right to
expect support, that he has lost heart,
and, with his colleagues, has decided to
make a dignihed exit rather than to
await an ultimate defeat which, under
the circumstances, seems to him I'm
avoidable and but a question of time.
The crisis comes as a result of the
coalition against him on both sides of
the chamber The radicals in his own
SociaIistic party deserted him because
weighty responsibility led him to tenn
per his former radicalism, in subordinat-
ing his personal views to the more i'm
portant needs of the state, in which
certainly this seif-made man used fine
judgment and good sense On the other
hand, the Clericals were bound to defeat
him, because they will never forgive the
prominent part which he played in the
separation of church and state.
The issue of clericahsm, advanced by
the radical wing among his former col
leagues, is mere pretext The actual
ground for their dissatisfaction is his
resoiute refusal to let the agitators con-
troll him When the country was en-
dangered by the railroad and other
strikes, he put forth heavy hand to
save the land from revolution, and per-
haps worse NJ BRAND deserves well
of the French nation for his successful,
his unseI6sh services to the country IN
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

and ChandOs, in black velvet and sables.
Lady Blandford with Lady Norah Spen-
cer-Churchhiu; Lady Northbrook. who
came with two daughters; Miss Violet
in pearl gray and Chinchilla furs; Lady
Garvagh, Lady Kilmarnock, Lady Knars-
borough who brought Miss Meyrey-
Thompson; Lady Blanche Cunyngham,
Sir Reginald and Lady Talbot, and Lady
Deerhurst- were sitting in the front part
Of the church.
The bride received from Queen Alex
andra a pink topaz and pearl pendant
and an Indian shawl Attached to the
pendant is an autograph card inscribed,
With best wishes to my god-daughter,
from Alexandra" Lord Worsley gave
his fancee a dimond tiara. and Lord and
Lady Marlborough were the donors OF
many gifts, including a dimond and sap
phire pendant, a Maltese cross In dia-
monds, and a diamond and pearl cluster
ring From Miss Violet Vivian and Lady
Haig, her twin sister, there was a fan
of eagles feathers mounted in tortoise
shell with a diamond monogram
FT.ANEUR-
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
Funds for the Panama Canal.

Secretary MacVeagh will have to bor-
row money inside of a few weeks, be-
cause the working balance in the Treas
ury, which at the beginning of the fiscal
year amounted to some $38oooooo is
now down to about $zs,oooooo, and
continues to shrink. Hence it is not
only desirable, and good policy, but an
actual necessity, for the safety of the
national exchequer, that the bill to is
sue 3 per cent Panama bonds, which
has passed the Senate with very little
real opposition, be adopted by the
House. Up to the present time no. valid
reason for blocking the passage Of the
bill has been advanced.
The working balance in the Treas
ury cannot be replenished. nor can any
funds be raised by issuing per cent
bonds without fear of reducing all
those securities below par. The bill of
fered by the Secretary expressly provides
that the Panama bonds shall not be re-
ceivable by the Treasurer of the United
States as security for the issue of ma
tional bank notes. Panama 3 per cents
would be a gilt-edge security, compared
to the per cents, but if they would
carry the bank-note privilege they would
initiate bank currency and depress the
per cents more ndSmore This being
provided against, IT is difficult to under
stand the opposition to so Just and so
necessary measure
If Mr.. MacVeagh should not be au-
thorized to issue the 3 per cent bonds,
as be proposes, most likely he viii Dor
row what the Treasury will need on
certificates Of indebtedness. Funds are
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY q 1g1l
Developing the Lower Potomac.

1t has always seemed strange that the
region along the Potomac River between
Washington and Chesapeake Bay lacked
in development 1t is splendidly adapted
to truck farming, the land is not ex-
pensive, and there is comparatively easy
access to Washington. Now that the
means of transportation are improving,
there is no reason why the entire sec
ton should not enjoy an era of progress,
Although contiguous to Washington,
this lower river country has really been
closer to Baltimore than to this city.
This is largely due to the fact that the
commercial interests of Baltimore have
more keenly realized the value of ham
ding the products of the river farms.
There is no reason, however, why Wash
ington should not get the bulk of this
trade. With population here of over
$4,000 which must be fed, there ought
to be a good market for agricultural
products grown within sixty or seventy
miles. If the development of the lower
river section is aided by earnest effort
on the part of our commercial organi-
zations, the result viii be a decrease
in the high cost of living. We argue
for reciprocity with Canada and the-rest
of the world, while d region at our
very doors IS allowed to fall far short
of its opportunity IN furnishing cheaper
food
Secretary wilson, whose practical aid
to agriculture has been most beneficial,
can be of valuable assistance in this mat
ter II would be well for the Depart
me1t of Agriculture to send more ex-
pcTts into the farming country along the
lower Potomac, and, after analysis OF
the soil, educate the people Of that sec
ton in the matter of growing crops best
suited to the land. We already know
that the cantafoupes from the Coan River
farms have a favor of exquisite delicacy.
while the canning industry tIrives upon
U4S SIfOlIIOUS plOuuGIOl VI. lOLhdtOCS
grown in the river counties OF Maryland
and Virginia What has been done with
these two articles can be done with many
others, If the attention of the farmers
is inteTTgently directed. There are thou
sands of acres which now produce
sparsely, but which could be made most
remmers.ive If the Department of Ag-
riculture viii take this matter in hand,
the result would be of enormous mate
"a benefit, not only to the producer, but
the consumer.
1t is worth while for the two COM
mercial bodies here to give their earnest
consideration to the development of the
lower river section. The food stuffs of
that region ought-to find larger market
here.