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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20
Physiological Chemistry. by HamuAo

Physiological Chemistry. by HamzAs
stem.
Biochemic System of Medicine, ~
Carey.
The weekly" carefully eliminates srou
its printed account testimony REGARDING
the years Of research and study by Mf
Post in fitting himself for his work. and
| would lead the reader Of the distorted
article to believe that his educatias
began since 1903.
Distortion No. Y reports Mr.. Poss =
j lodging witness
His eve is not OF the shifty kind eAa
| served IN the head OF one of his chin4
critics. On the witness stand Mr.. Posi-
looks quietly but very steadily stra light in
|! to the eyes of the hagaling, twisting law
vcr, irving by all his art 70 ask do'abAs
| harreled questions and bull-doze and COO
fuse q witness.
The "dodginr" it seems consisted 4
replying, 4 dent know"
Onnoeinr counsel holds a book, Ia hi
hand While he queries,-
+ want to know if there is O sf-exfa
thing in your whole book here that aua
Tests any particular Kind Of food" Thcs
followed some discussion between sttov
neys.
When Mr.. Post was allowed to repfM
he said. Il don know until l read thS
book over to see"
This book, it turns out, was written IN
Mr.. Post seventeen years ago and prob.
ably has net been read carefully hy him
IN the last fifteen years. Il would re0uirQ
a remarkable memory to instantly say
yes" or no as to what a book Of ~
peFes did or did not contain, without
reading II oVer.-but such conservative
End we'll balanced answers ar. construed
Icy sensation seekers to be "dodgins."
The attorney sought by every art b
impress the Jury with the fact that Mc.
relation to the body branded him as IN
reliable and worse.
TIE following is quoted from ons -
the questions:-
The lawyer reading from the book.S II
"The writer of these pages desires -
say nothing of himself other than "a =
Simple instrument through which the ~
v3ne Principle chooses to manifest itself
Ly precept and example.
skill in mental practice is gained h
the same way as skill in any departmeui
e science-bv observation, study. exne.
renee and the ability to evolve correco
conclusions.
Read carefully, t%houghtfully no muv
than twenty. pages daily. Afterward seel1
an easy position where you will not s.
disturbed. Relax every muscle. C1ons
your. eyes. and 20 into the silence whers
rand IS plastic to the breathings Of sp;ri1
aid where God talks to the Son. TIE
thonghts from Divine Universal Mind
come as winged angels and endov ron
With a healing power. If you 20 into I'll.
silence humble and trusting, YOU will ccme
out enriched and greatly STRENGTHENED ia
body by contact even for a shot tim.
with tho Father of all life and all power.
! on will feel refreshed in every wav w
TODD taken will digest readily a. The
stomach works smoothly when under ~
influence Of q Higher Power"
IT ask you if you did not write that.
and if you did not believe it when 70.
For a moment tho Court Room xss n
absolute silence.
Mr.. Post slowly leaned forward ovs,
The rail. pointed his finger ct the Atty,e
face to emphasize his reply and with e.es
that caused those Of the Attorney to drnn
ne sald. Yes. ! am proud to say I did,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20

in due time. We suggest the reader lock
for il.
Prevarication No. 8. post spends
nearly a million a year IN advertising and
relies on that to keep out of the news
papers the dangerous nature # the fraud
he Is perpetrating on the public
The Postum Company does pay out up
wards of a million a year for trade an
nouncenents. Newspaper men believe our
statements truthful or they would not
print them. Large numbers of newspa-
per men use our products.
They are capable Of tcllinr the public
whether or not we "bribe' them.
II may have escaped notice that we
did not "bribe' that particular weekly.
No. 9 states that the amount Of the
verdict will "be devoted by the weekly
to evnos,r~ frord'
This IS almost real humor.
We have two suits pending against the
weekly" total. 500. 10000.
We haven't devoted the sum to any
particular purpose yet.
Item 10 is a discovery that wheat
bran is a part OF Postum.
But the criticism neglected to mention
that for years every Postum package an
nounced in plain type that the outer
ering of wheat (bran), made part y i.
beverage.
They ig%norantlv fell into a ,.ap here,
not knowing enough of food value to know
that Taxa Diastase' the article used by
physicians the world over for starch in
digestion is made from wheat bran"
So we use that part of the wheat berry
because it contains the element needed
r, Ia1r,lar H. ,-,l,. Ill lta@,r~ -
ufacture. Good Postum IS impossible
without this part.
These self-appeinted critics do make
some laughable blunders through ignor-
ance, but-be patient.
Item II is an illustration Ct the squirm-
ln1 and twisting of the sensational writer
delivering distorted matter to his read
ers.
While on the witness stand NJ. Post
testified to his studies in Anatomy. Physi-
olory. Dicteiics and Psychology all re-
lating to the preparation and digestion cf
food. Asked to name authorities studied
he mentioned six or eight from memory
and commented on some clinical eApe-
rfence covering several years in annual
journeys to Europe.
Now notice the distortion. Copy from
the printed criticism.)
He POST pointed ont a pile of books
in possession of his attorneys as the very
ones he had read"
fNotice.-"the very ones he had read"
the reader to believe that they
were the only ones.)
Ibid YOU consult the books from these
was asked.
From those and various editions" an
swered Post.
The attorney picked Up book after
book from the pile and showed the title
pages to the i%ury.-ali except two had
oeen published since 1905"
This is an example Of distortion and
'alse coloring to produce an unf.vorable
IMPRESSION.
The facts are Mr.. Post pnrposely intro
iuced the latest editions that could be
Of prominent authorities to prove
ov them the truth of his statements re-
appendicitis and the ANALYSIS of
IRA n, also the latest conclusions in re-
ard 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-
er.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20

We did not esteem the small amount
Of salt and yeast as ef value enough 10
speak of, but after the new Law came
In we became as technical as t., off
ciais at WASHINGTON and added the words
"yeaet" and salt althouoh we have
no recollection Of being asked TO.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20
Some Suspicious Persons
Enquired if we were "himg" a certain weekly paper 70 abuse US:

So an attorney from New York spent more Or less time for
months in Battle Greek hoping to find impurities in our foods, or
dirt in the factories. After treless spying about he summoned
twenty-five of our worknen and took their testimony. Every
single one testified that the foods are made of exccty the grain and
ingredients printed on the packages: the wheat, barley and corn
being the choicest obtainabe-al thoroughly cleaned the water Of
the purest, and every part Of the factories and machinery kept
scrupulously clean.
That all proved disappointing to the Weekly" There are
very few factories, hospitals, private or hotel and restaurant kit
chens that could stand the close spying at unexpected times and by
an enemy paid to find dirt or impurities Of some kind.
In any ordinary kitchen or factory he would find something to
magnify and make a noise about.
But he failed utterly with the Postum Works and products:
Twenty to thirty thousand people 60 through the factories annual
ly and w never enquire whether they are there to spy or not. 1t
makes no difference to US.
He next turned to discover something about our advertising
that could be criticized.
An analysis of the methods and distorted statements Of the
weekly" may interest some readers, SO we take up the items one
BY one and open them out for inspection. We will chain up the
harsh words and make no reference in this article to the birth,
growth and methods of the weekly" but try to coufne the dis
cussion to the questions now at issue.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20

hmay be remembered that we were first attacked and have since defended
ourselves by placing facts before that great jmy-Th Public.
A good scrap is more or less comforting now and then. if YOU know
you are right.
In the case lately ted, an appeal has been taken to the higher courts. We
have unbounded faith in the ultimate decision of our American Tribunals.
Our suits against the weekly have not yet been tried. They are for libel
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20

We believed that cur statement that
Grapefruit will supply elements to nour-
ish the brain and nerve centers is true
and bring authorities to support TIE fact.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20

Before the passage OF the Pure Food
Law the packages stated That Crape-Nuts
food was made Of wheat and barley.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20

and bring authorities to support The fact.
Some state chemists believed this a
gross eNaPgeration and inasmuclI as tho
Food Dent. at Washington could easily
harass gfoeers, pending p tria' on the
disputed question. we concluded that
much the better wae would be TO elm
inate from orr PACKAGES such claims,
however certain We may be that the
claims are true.
Another statement objected to read as
follows:
"The svs.om w cheort a greater
amount Of nouriehment from one pound
Of Grape-Nuts than from ton pounds Ct
meat, wheat, oats, or bread
Some Departnent chemists deceive
themselves as well as the public.
"Calcried" is the word which defines a
unit of heat determined by the amount
necessary to raise one kilog-a'n Of water
one decree centigrade. On Ills basis a
table of calories is prepared showing tho
percentage Of different kinds uf food.
Butter shows $50; Grape-Nuts 3oG:
milk o.7o. Remember the statement OF
the package spoke Of the nouri~hnert til,
svs-em would absorb. but did not speak OF
the %caiories Of heat contained in it, for
the heat is not n%ourishment. and the
nourish'nent cannot be judged by the
number of heat units. notwithstanding
the fact that certain chemists would have
the public believe so.
A an illustration: Attempt to feed a
man SIXTY days on butter alone, with it's
en caiories. The man would die be-
fore the experiment had run sixty days.
Then. take Grape-Nuts with 3.es and
milk with o%.70,-the two combined equal
le8-anout one-half the number Of Gallo
ric. contained in butter. The man fed for |
sixty days on this food would be we'll
a~ourished, and could live not only sixty
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20

Charge No. 2 states that the passage
Of the National Food & Drugs Act com
PEELED US to drop from the packages Some
assertions regarding the nutrjtive value
Of Grape Nuts.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20

We have never been "compelled" to
make any change.
Since the BEGINNING it has been q univar-
al rule To print clearlv on every package
exactlY what the contents are made Of.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20

OF course every time a spot light is turned on from any source
Z offers a splendid chance to talk about the merits of the products,
tut pom honor now, we are not hiring that Weekly"
The general reader seldom cares much for the details of scraps"
A few may have read lately some articles attacking us and may
be interested in the following:
Some time ago a disagreement arose with a Weekly" They
endorsed our foods by letter, but wanted to change the form of
advertising, to which we objected.
The weekly" discontinued inserting our advertisements while
they were negotiating for some changes they wanted in the word
ing and shape of the advertisements, and during this correspondence
our manager gave instructions to our Advertising Department to
quit advertising altogether in that Weekly"
Quite a time after the advertising had been left out, an editorial
attack came. We replied in newspapers and the scrap was n.
Then came libel suits from both sides, and some harsh words.
Generally tiresome to the public.
That Weekly has attacked many prominent men and repu-
table manufacturers
Our Company seems prominent enough for a sensational
writer to 60 after, hunt for some little spot to criticse, then distort,
twist and present it to the public under scare heads.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20

Distortion No.. I stated that 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 Pos
tuln to cure anything.
We say that IN eases where coffee disa-
grees ana Is causing sickness it, dismissal
wilt remove the cause Of the trouble, and
We suggest the use of Postum for the
reason that it furnishes a hot palatahle
morning beverage. and contains natural
elements from the grain which can be
used by nature to assist in rebuilding
nerve centers that coffee may have broken
down.
Likewise Grape-Nnts food does not
cure anything. but it does assist nature
tremendously in rebuilding, provided the
undigestible food that has been used Is
discontinued and Grape-Nn.s taken in its
place.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20

This is almost real humor.
We have two suits pending against the
weekly" total. 500. 10000.
We haven't devoted" the sum to anv
particular purpose yet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-25
IT Is DANGEROUS.

1t is explained for the administra-
ton that though the new treaty with
Japan makes no provision for exclud-
ing japanese coolies it is the under
standing that Japan herself promises
to keep her people at home. That
sort Of an agreement will do very we'll
if the promise is observed, but the
average westerner would prefer to see
an exclusion provision in the treaty
This country, not Japan should sup
ervise the excluding process. That is
distinctly our business. There is but
one satisfactory way to settle the ori-
entail problem and that is by reserv-
ing America for the caucasians and
leaving Asia to the orientals. If the
gates of the west are opened to orl-
entail immigration that course will
lead to riot and bloodshed and prob
ably to a war between the United
States and Japan.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-25

vision is good one and IL adopted it
would eliminate one of the objections
to the direct primary law. The act
providing for rotating names upon the
ballot is also aimed at weak spot
in the direct primary.
In the view of the East Oregonian
the second choice men in the legisla-
ture made a mistake in following the
procedure they did. If instead of en-
acting the change themselves they
had passed a resolution submitting
this matter to the people at the next
election they would then have been
freed from the charge of altering a
popular measure. There is a general
disposition to resent any legislative
changes in the direct primary law or
in other measures enacted by the peo-
pie. In the case of the second choice
bill this resentment was increased by
the fact that the bill passed the sem
ate with the aid of men of the Bow
erman contingent. That was a taint
that spoiled the measure with thous-
ands of good people of all parties and
those people will applaud Governor
West for using the veto.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-25
PENSIONS AND POLITICS.

While congress is blithely voting
away a $45,000,000 increase in fed
eral pensions, the postoffice depart
ment is loudly proclaiming that it is
Saving" a million or so dollars a
year by cripplng the postal service,
which is hailed as a masterpiece OF
departmental retrenchment"
The pension grab bill, deciding sI5,-
900 year in fee simple to what
northern and non-partisan newspa-
pers denounCe as a horde Of prores-
sional "enlisters," camp followers
and bounty jumpers, passed the
house of representatives with a whoop
and is reported favorably to the sem
ate.
Cartoonist Gregg elsewhere sums
it up with a center shot-plugging the
spigot, ignoring the bung.
The Constitution, in common with
all other reputable southern papers,
has never opposed bona fide relief to
bonafide veterans and their depend
ents.
But the one excuse or pailation of
the Sulloway bill is the purchase of
$45,OOO,OOO worth of personal politi-
cal capital with the people to hold
the bag.
Those faithful watchdogs raise a
perennial hue and cry about the pork
barrel"
The pork barrel, in its most impu-
dent days, never made such an un-
blushing bid for universal denuncia-
ton as does the creation of Sulloway!
We do not believe the American
people, wherever located, or the old
soldiers who really bled and suffered
for their convictions, will tolerate so
flagrant an exhibition Of political
dough-bag methods.-Atlanta Constl-
tuition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-25
TIBERIUS GRACIOUS.

1t was two thousand and fourty-
four years ago that Tiberius Gracious
was invested with the tribunate by
to emphasize that word people. 1t
was the people-as opposed to the
patrician machine, backed up by the
innumerable Interests" and policies"
that stood behind Gracious.
Immediately upon enering office
the brave young tribune began his
noble work. The "old families" and
their tools had pretty nearly every
thing that was worth having. The
land and all that the land stood for
political power, social standing; in
ments of the state-were in the hands
Of the aristocracy. The plain people
seemed to have no rights that the
patricians were bound to respect.
Tiberius Gracious, though himself
a patrician Of the patricians, with
the bluest blood of the republic in his
veins, set himself to the task of right
ing these colossal wrongs. He did not
know what it was to be afraid. He
loved justice and hated wrong; and,
despising his own life, took up the
gage Of battle against the proud and
powerful enemies Of the people.
He said: THE Roman lands be-
long to the Roman people" and forth
with began to drive out the wealthy
occupiers. Unauthorized occupiers
were to be evicted, and no man was
to have more than 1000 acres. The
land thus received from the greedy
hands Of the monopolists was to be
in just allotments among
the masses Of the people, so that each
man would have home of his own
and, in addition thereto, the means
Of that homes support.
But, alas for the beautiful dreams
Of the generous and the just Grac-
chus was true to his convictions and
as faithful as the North star to the
people who looked to him for their
salvation, but the Interests" were,
for the time being, mightier than the
right, and the noble young tribune
went down. The hirelings Of the in
iquitous league between the senate
and the millionaire landholders killed
Gracious as they might have killed
4 dog and laughed a satanic laugh at
their victory over the people. But
he spirit Of Gracious lived on, and
.oday that spirit is nerving every one
who is fighting for the rights Of the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-25
THE MONEY QUESTION.

My temper, as you know, is mild. It's
hard to make me mad;
But one thing always sets me wild
She knows it does, begad!
gnash my teeth, I clench my fists,
my eyes with fury glow
When that dear wife of mine insists
1 stint her on the dough.
You see, it's really most absurd. II
makes fellow vince,
For I, as you no doubt have heard,
have always been a prince,
You ask the fellows if I'm not a
spender for your life.
That's just the rep that 1 have got.
But don't you ask my wife.
She doesn't have to beg and plead;
she only has to speak;
And there's no earthly sort of need
of so much cash per week.
But when I tell her that she sighs,
and then the claws unsheath.
81 know 1 get it," she replies, "but it
comes like pulling teeth"
Allowances seem cold and hard; CON-
mercial as can be,
And so in that one regard we cannot
quite agree.
She thinks I'm stingy, I suppose, be-
cause 1 am not rash
And know a woman never knows the
way to handle cash.
That I'm no tightwad I'll maintain
1 understand finance;
And so it gives me quite a pain to
watch extravaganza.
While I'm most liberal and free, waste
makes me froth and foam,
And 1 confess l like to see economy
at home.
No, I don't care about expense, as
you will we'll discern,
But 1 shall make no fool pretense of
having stuff to burn.
The lady's wants are all supplied
Perhaps there is a fight;
But, if I think it's justified, I'll loos-
en- up, all right
Kenneth Harris.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-25
THEY CANNOT AFFORD IT.

On the first of March Umatilla
county will change its system of
working the county roads. 1t is the
intention to do away with the county
roadmaster and to adopt one of two
plans for supervising the road work.
One plan is for each member of the
court to take supervision over a Sec
ton of the county. The other plan
il for the court to name three dist
rict roadmasters to have charge of the
work in their respective sections and
to draw pay for such time as they
actually work.
OF these two plans the one calling
for the employing of three district
roadmasters is advocated by County
Judge Maloney. 1t is incomparably
better than the scheme to leave the
supervision of the work to the men,
bers of the court. If the court en-
ploys a roadmaster for each of the
three natural divisions of this county
and employs the right sort of men
splendid results may be obtained
Each roa admaster will live in the Sec
ton over which he has charge and
will be able TO get into action quick
ly and work the roads when work is
needed He will be able to take per-
sonal charge Of the work and should
be able to give the county a dollars
worth of work for every dollar ex-
pended.
If the members of the court them
selves attempt to supervise this road
work We VIII not get such satisfactory
results. That plan was tried before
and it did not work well. Members
OF the court were freely charged with
putting in time" travelling around
and drawing good pay without doing
the county any good. AS they them
selves passed upon their own bills
there was no one to object or prune
down claims. It was not a business
like system at all and it is no better
now than it was several years ago
Such a system tends to breed graf
and extravaganza and arouses sus.
picion and criticism. At this time
there is a general impression among
people Of nearly all classes that this
county mas been badly bunkoed in
the matter of road work. People
know that the system followed in the
past has not looked to efficiency and
economy. They know that the meth
DDS Of the past have placed a prem
ium on graft and waste. They are
tired Of that sort Of business and want
a change.
The members Of the new court can
not afford to go wrong in this mat
ter and they surely will not resort
again to the plan of supervising road
work themselves. If they do this pa
per viii take steps to find out what
farmers, businessmen and good roads
advocates think of the matter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-25
THE SECOND CHOICE BILL.

Governor West has vetoed the Sec
ond choice bill with the explanation
that II has an unconstitutional feature
and also that his veto Is in accord
with his prediction promises to op-
pose any mutilation Of the direct pri-
mary law by the legislature.
Governor West is himself the best
judge as to what he meant by his
prediction promise. If he consid-
cred himself in duty bound to kill
the Rusk bill in order to conform to
that promise then he acted absolutely
right in vetoing II. However this pa
per regrets that the az had to fall in
this Instance. The second choice pro-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-25

The trial of Joseph Robin, the in
Gicted bank wrecker, has been set
for next Monday. but it is hardly
likely to proceed. Former District
Attorney Jerome, who is Robins
counsel, quite evidently intends to
make insanity the chief basis of the
defense. Justice Seabury intimated
that at the time set for trial he would
consider motions bearing on the de-
PENDANTS mental condition. Although
the bank wrecker has recently ex-
hibited signs indicative of brainstorm