The Paonia newspaper., 1911-01-20

We Will wager ten thousand dollars
(Sl0.OO0.00D with any Investigator that
We have. subject to Inspection OF any
fair committee. upwards Of three hum
dred t300) communication from ply
slcians many of them expressing the
highest commendation 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 phy.s.i,G.Lia9 whose
ial. etc"
The truth Is. this DR.. Underwood was
one OF a great many physicians who
have not only written compensatory
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 suEsestion Of
compensation for his time and medical
knowledge. Previous 10 the time when
employed Physician in our own
business. we occasionally employed n
doctor to write an ap;icle 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 a II says. -brokcnduwn." had him
brought to Court to BE- exposed before
ever endorsed Graps-Nuts." but much
10 the chagrin OF the Weekly" when
our attorneys asked him IL 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 on
cial bulletins have for years been de-
nouncing as preposterous and fraudu-
Cereal Company" We do not recall
any criticism except from Mich. Penn.
Maine and 5. Dakota
The average reader might think that
the opinions expressed by the State Of
ficials are always correct. but that
conclusion is not borne out by facts.
As an Illustration: About thirteen
years ago the Dairy and Food Commis-
sion OF Michigan for some personal
reason printed severe criticism on US
for making Postum OF Barley taccord-
ing to his Official chcmistl at market
price and selling too high. He was
shown there was never a grain of bar
lev used in Postum Ills report was
l--ase and misleading. The governor
we believe that most of the state
officials are honest, and on the other
of their conclusions cannot be sub
stantiated BY facts In scientihe re-
search.
They never criticize the purity OF our
foods. for SO much we are thankful
II our conclusions in regard to Its be-
ing a brain food d Ter from theirs. and
the advantage. because under the law
they can order us to eliminate from the
package any statement u IL disagrees
with their opinion. Otherwise they
spn.m No. 0 .ays, THE most dan
gerous thing in the world for one
threatened with appendicitis Is to eat
any food whatever. Notwlthsta ndin 3
he knew that danger. &. w. Post ad-
Vertised Grape-Nuts at fifteen cents a
package for those so threatened"
This is intended to muddle the read
cr into believing that we put out
Grape Nuts as cure for appendicitis.
Mr.. Post himself. has had probably
as wide experience as any other man In
America in the study and observation
of food as related TO the digestive or
gaus. and we proved in Court by the
physicians and surgeons on the 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 n prc-d gested food, or at least one
easy of digestion.
DIR. Ochsner in his work on appendi-
citis refers directly to the use of tho
woll-known pred gested foods that
can be obtained on the market. He
also brought out the interesting fact
that in after treatment" IL is advan-
taEeous to take on a pre-digested food.
Tho price of the package lreferred to
by the weekly is not known by us TO
have any relation TO the question.
our advice TO stop using indiCestible
food in bowel troubles and to use
Grape-Nuts food has been great
blessing to tens q thousands of people,
and we hope Will continue to bless a