Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-19

We will wager ten thousand dollars
(s10, 900. 00) with any investigator thai
we have, subject 10 inspection of any
fair. committee. upwards OF three hun
dred (3OO) mmunicationS from ply
s%icians. many of them expressing the
highest communication OF our products,
but these will not now or ever he 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 Il great many ply sicians who
have not only written c~ommendatory
words about the value of our foods. but
every now and then some physician
writes an article on coffee or on food.
and sends 1T to us with IL suggestion of
compensation for his time and medical
knowledge. Previous to tho time when
we employed physicians In our own
business, We occasionally employed IA
ways insisting hat 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, "~brokcndown," had him
brought to Court to he exposed before
n jury as the only physician hat had
ever endorsed Grape-Nuts," but much
our attorneys asked him II the article
he wrote about coffee was true he re-
piled, yes"
Statement No. 5 reads: The health
officers OF Mich, Maine, Penn, New
llamp, and other states in their OIL
ctal bulletins have for years been de-
nouncing as prepostcrous and fraudu-
lent the claims made by, the Postum
Cereal Company" We do not recall
any criticism except from Men, Penn,
Maine and ). Dakota.
The average reader might think that
the ODiniDnS EXPRESSED hy the Stnta Of
liCials are always correct, but that
conclusion is not borne out by facts.
AS an illnstration: About thirteen
sion of Michigan for some personal
reason printed Il severe criticism on u3
for making Postum ~ Rarley- accord
ing to his official chCmIStD at market
price and selling too high. He was
shown there was ncycr a grain of bar
lnv used in Postum. His report was
ialse and misleading. The governor
dismissed him.
officials are honest, and on the other
hand we are firmly convinced that some
or 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 its be-
Ing q 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 dlsa grees
with their opinion. Otherwise they
would haraSS SroCcrS.
Spnsm No. q says, 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, {. w. Post adj
Vertised ~Grape-Nut4 at fifteen cents a
package for those so threatened"
This Is intended to muddle the read
er into believing that we put out
Grape-Nuts as a cure for appendicitis.
MI. Post. himself. has had probably
as Wild experience as any other man in
America in the study and observation
of food as related To the digestive or
physicians and surgeons On the witness
stand that the predominating cause Of
appendicitis Is undigcsted food, and
that 1t il necessary to quit eating food.
and whc5 the body requires foo again.
use q pr~e-digested food, or at least one
easy Of digestion.
Dr. Ochsncr in his work on appendi-
citis refers directly to the use OF the
well-inown prc-diEested foods that
can be obtained on the market. He
also rough out the interesting fact
that in "aftcr treatment" II Is advan-
tageous to take on "A pre-digested food.
Tho price of the package referred to
by The weekly is not o by us TO
have any relation to the question.
our advice to stop using indigcstihle
food in bowel troubles and to use
Grape-Nuts food has been a great
blessing to tens OF thousands OF people.
and we hope will continue to bless n