Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-27

from men and women az to the means by
which they recovered health as of ire
mcndous value TO those in search of it.
Our business has been conducted from the
very first day upon lines of strict integ-
rity and we never yet have published a
false testimonial of human experience.
Many of these letters covered numerous
sheets; some, if printed, would spread
over half a page Of newspaper. Ii we
would attempt to print one such letter In
every one of the thousands of papers and
magazines we use, the cost for printing
that one letter would run into many thou
sands Of dollars.
We boil down these letters exactly as
a newspaper writer boils his news,-stick-
ing sacredly to the important facts and
eliminating details about the family and
other ~unimportant matters. This work
Of boiling down, or editing. is done
honestly, and with q full knowledge OF
our responsibility, but notice the art
Of the "twister" in the way he presents
to his readers this matter of testimonials.
Distortion No. q. This Is a bad oSe.
II reads as follows: "The only famous
physician whose name was signed to o
testimonial was produced in Court q
Golfers ana turned out TO be a poor old
brokendown homeopath, who is now work
ing in a printing establishment. He re-
ceived ten dollars $4,000 for writing his
testimonial"
We will wager ten thousand dollars
$50, 900. 00) with any investigator that we
have, subject to inspection of any fair
committee, upwards of three hundred
(300) communications from physicians,
many Of them expressing the highest com
-o~-Ioksnn &c as nraI,o+o hnk fhoua will
not now or ever be turned over to the
publisher for his use.
Notice the statement in this charge:
"The only famous physician whose name
was signed to Postum testimonial, ETC."
The truth is, this DIR. Underwood was
one Of q great many physicians who have
not only written com~nendatory words
about the value of our foods. but every
now and then some physician writes an
article on coffee or on food, and sends Il
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 oc.
casionally employed a doctor to write
an article on coffee, always insisting thai
| the article be an honest expression OF hii
opinion and research.
The weekly" hunted up this physician
] and because &c seemed TO be poor, and
as it says. 'brokendown," had hin
brought TO Court to be exposed before .
jury as the "only physician that had ever
endorsed Grape-Nuts," but much to tn,
chagrin Of the Weekly" when our attor
neys asked him if the article he wrot,
about coffee was true he replied, yes"
Statement No. s reads: "The health
officers of Mich, Maine, Penn, New
Hamp., and other states in their officia
bulletins have for years been ~denouncins
as preposterous and fraudulent the claims
made by the Postum Cereal Company
We do not recall any criticism except
from Mich, Penn, Maine and S. Dakota
The average reader might think thai
the opinions expressed by the Stkte Off
Gals are always correct, but that con
clusicn is not borne out by facts.
As an illustration: About thirteen years
ago the Dairy and Food Commission o.
Michigan for some personal reason printed
q severe criticism on Us for making Pos
tum Of Barley according TO his oficia
chemist) at market price and selling toe
high. he was shown there was never 9
grain Of barley used in Postum: His re
port was false and misleading. The gov
ernor dismissed him.
We believe that most of the state