The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-20

Distortion No. 1 stated that we have
been accustomed TO advertise Grape-Nuts
and Postum as 'cure-alls for everything"
II has never been the policy of this
Company to advertise Grape-Nuts or Pos
tum to cure anything.
We say that in cases where coffee disa.
grees and is causing sickness its dismissal
will remove the cause Of the trouble, aud
we suggest the use of Postum for the
reason that il furnishes a hot palatablc
morning beverage, and contains natural
elements from the grain which can be
used by nature to assist in rebuilding
nerve centcrs that coffee may have broken
down.
Likewise Grape Nuts food does not
cure anything. but il does assist nature
tremendously in rebuilding. provided the
undigestihlc food that has been used is
discontinued and Grape Nuts taken in its
place.
Charge No. 2 states that the passage
OF the National Food & Drugs Act com
PEELED us 10 drop from the packages some
assertions regarding the nutritive value
OF GrapcSuts.
We have never been compelled" to
make any change.
Since the beginning II has been univer-
sal rule 20 print clearly on every package
sx.cLly what the contents are madc Of.
Before the passage OF the Pure Food
Law the packages stated that Grape-Nuts
food was made % wheat and harlev.
We did not esteem the small amount
OF salt and Yeast as of value enough 10
speak Of, but after the new Law came
In We became as technical ns the Off
Gals at Washington and added the words
yeast" and salt" although we have
no recollection of being asked to.
We believed that our statement that
Grape Nuts will supply elements to nour-
ish the brain and nerve centers Is true
and bring authorities TO support the fact.
Some state chemists believed this
gross eNaEreration and inasmuch as the
Food Dept. at Washington could easily
harass .grocers. pending trial on the
much the better wav would he 10 elm
mate from our packages such claims,
however certain we may be that the
claims are true.
Another statement objected to read as
follows:
THE svstnm viii absorb greater
amount Of nouns hment from one Mound
of Grape-Nuts than from ten pounds Of |
meat, wheat, oats, or bread"
Some Department chemists deceive |
themselves as well as the public
"Caloried" is the word which defines a
unit of heat determined by the amount |
necessary to raise one kilogram of water |
one degree centigrade. On this basis a |
table OF calories il prepared showing the |
Percentage of different kinds Of food. |
Butter shows $50; Grape Nuts $50: |
milk 0T0. Remember the statement on |
the package spoke of the nourishment the |
svsiem would ahsorh. but did not speak OF /
the calories Of heat contained in il, for
the heat is not nourishment, and the
cannot he judged by the
number of heat units, notwithstanding
the fact that certain chemists would have
the public believe so.
As an illustration: Attempt 10 feed a
nan sixty days on butter alone, with its
~ calories. The man would die be-
fore the experiment had run sixty days.
THIN. take Grspe-Nuts with 800 and
milk with O.70.-the two combined equal
I 6S-aoout onehalf the number Of Gallo
ries contained in hutter. The man fed for
sixty DAYS on this food would be well
nourisl. and could live not only sixty