Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-15

ownership cable of kind connecting them with
of the over-thesea powers.
AS Mr. Bouten put it: TT possible that,
having purchased his coat of arms, Jefferson
feared that the declaration of independence
and the establishment of a republican form of
government it would not be available asset,
and so he hoped that dependence would continue"
The memory of this speech dwells in congress.
1t Intentionally light, but it drove home the
lesson that frailties of certain kind are not
confined to members of any political party.
When in the future an American citizen dies
the result of eating aduterated food that been
article entering into interstate commerce.
coroner's jury will be justified in bringing in
verdict of suicide. In order not to be too hard
the deceased, the jury may give the
carelessness, but whichever of the twain the
dict be, the recently died. will be held RESPONSE
BILE
The pure-food bill which passed Congress is
strong measure. Proir to its passage 1t was
the of misunderstanding more
picions and OF more abuse of men and measures
than any other which congress thought it
worth while to consider.
Representative James R. Mann of Chicago
piloted the bill through the house. He
FOUNDER and exhorter and during the greater part
of four days he held the interest of the seasoned
members school teacher holds the interest of
wfdeopeneyed children to whom tales of a hither
to unknown are told-and 1t was tales of the
hitherto unknown that Mr.. Mann told to the
Washington-gathered children of a 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 indigestibe 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.
The house has upon most occasions the saving
grace of taking things in part humorously. A
joke saves many a situation, assauges anger and
disarms the man whose tongue under stress of
temper becomes sharp weapon
There were few jokes during the discussion of
the purefood bill The subject deadly
serious some of the food" products dis
played on the Chicago representatives desk. Once
in while the gravity relieved by quip,
but as matter of fact the joke of the thing
OF the pasta huge joke, If grim one, cracked
by food preparers and medicine manufacturers
at the expense of the stomachs the Hvers of
the American people.
Mr. Mann told of American firm that had
been importing rotten-yes, rotden-eggs, which,
after treatment with boric acid were sold to
candy-makers and cake-bakers Mr.. Gaines of
Tennessee expressed gratitude that the imports
did not get into eggnoggs The laugh faint
Every member thinking of the candy and
the cake and stomachs of the child multitude.
The half has never been told in the public
prints of the food frauds which Representative
Mann disclosed in the tme-often extended
allotted to him press this bill a passage
Some of his exhibits ground coffee made
slate. bark and date stones: cinnamon made Of