The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-20

an ownership cable of kind connecting them with
one of the over-the-sea powers.
AS Mr. Boutell put It: 1T seems possible that.
having purchased his coat of arms. Jefferson
feared that On the declaration of independence
and the establishment of republican form OF
government it would not be an available asset,
and so he hoped that dependence would continue
The memory of this speech dwes in congress.
It was Intentionally light, but 1t drove home the
.lesson that frailties Of a certain kind are not
confined to members of any political party.
When in the future an American citizen dies as
the result of eating adulterated food that has been
an article entering into interstate commerce,
coroner's jury will be justified In bringing In
verdict of suicide In order not to be too hard on
the deceased the jury may give the cause as
carelessness but whichever of the twain the YER
dict be- the recently died" will be held response
bic.
The pure-food bill which passed Congress is
a strong measure Proir to its passage 1t was
fhe cause of more misunderstanding, more sus-
picions and of more abuse Of men and measures
than was any other which congress thought 1t
worth while to consider.
REPRESENTATIVE James r. Mann Of Chicago
plotted the bill through the house. He was ex-
FOUNDER and exhorter, and during the greater part
of four days he held the interest OF the seasoned
members as a school teacher holds the interest OF
wide-open-eyed children to whom tales OF hitner-
to unknown are told-and 1t was tales or the
hitherto unknown that Mr.. Mann told to the
Washin gton- gathered children of larger growth.
For amazement and curiosity, for interest and
Indignation there was no scene OF the winter IN
the big hall of congress like unto that enacted
while the Hyde Park representative set forth his
wares In bottle and in box and gave his colleagues
full knowledge Of the indigestible and poisonous
stuff that the stomach of the American had been
taking to its own all the years under the sacred
names Of food and medicine.
M hoc IN m
grace Of taking things in part humorously a
Joke saves many situation, assauges anger and
disarms the man whose tongue under stress o.
temper becomes q sharp weapon.
There were few jokes during the discussion Of
the pure-food bill The subject was as deadly
serious as were some of the food" products dis
played on the Chicago representatives desk Once;
In while the gravity was relieved by Quip,
but as matter Of fact the joke Of the thing was
OF the pasta huge joke. II grim one, cracked
by food preparers and medicine manufacturers
at the expense of the stomachs and the livers OF
the American people.
Mr. MaLn told of an American firm that had
been importing rotten--yes, rotten-egg which,
after treatment with boric acid, were sold to
candv-makers and cakeba lsers Mr.. Gaines Of
1'ennessee expressed gratitude that the imports
did not get into eggnoggs The laugh was faint
Every member was thinking Of Che candy and
the cake and stomachs Of the child multitude.
The half has never been told Ii the public
prints OF the food frauds which Representative
Mann disclosed In the time often extended
allotted to him to press this bill to passage
Some 81 his exhibits were ground coffee made
81 roasted BEANS oats, pilot bread, charcoal red
slate, bark and date stones: cinnamon made IS