The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-02-18

We will wager ten thousand dollars
| (S1O.000.0O) with any investigator that
we have, subject to inspection of any
| fair committee, upwards OF three nun
dred 5000 communications from phy-
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 a great many physicians who
| have not only written comm lend atory
| words about the value Of our foods. but
every now and then some physician
writes an article on coffee or on food,
and sends it 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 a
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 1t says. "brokendown." had him
brought to Court to be exposed before
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 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-
lent 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 that
TIT nf
ticials are always correct, but that
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 a severe criticism on us
for making Postum of Barley accord
ing to his official chemisD at market
price and selling too high. He was
lov used in Postum. His report was
use 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
s.antiated 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 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 If 1t dlsagrees
with their opinion. Otherwise they
would harass grocers.
spasm NO. 8 says, THE most dan
gerous thing in the world for one
threatened with appendicitis is to eat
any food whatever. Notwithstanding
he knew that danger, c. w. Post adj
vertised Grape-Nuts at fifteen cents a
package for those so threatened"
This Is intended to muddle 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 ether man in
America in the study and observation
Of food as related to the digestive or
gans, and we proved in Court by the
physicians and surgeons on tho 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 a pre-digested food, or at least one
easy Of digestion.
DR.. Ochsner in his work on appendt-
citis refers directly to the use Of the
we'll known pre-digested foods that
can be obtained on the market. He
that in after treatment" 1t is advan-
The price OF the package preferred 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
GrapeNuts food has been great
blessing to tens Of thousands of people.
and we hope Will continue to bless q