The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-16
WHAT NORTH DAKOTA OWES
TO PROFESSOR LADD.
Dakota Farmer in Recent Article Pays Glowing Tribute to
Man Who Has RevOutiOnized the Foods Of the People
Of This Section Of the Umted States

lished the results in bulletin No. 70.
This showed that 1t was injurious. He
then ruled that the word "bleached''
must be put on the label In as large
letters as the brand named. An in
junction was brought by the millers
against the ruling. The court held
that inasmuch as the bleaching OF
flour introduced poisonous ingredients
It could not be manufactured or sold
In the state.
Raising the Price Of Wheat.
Velvet Chaff wheat yields better
than the fife or blue stem commonly
grown in the state, so now 1t Is grown
quite extensively. The buyers dis
eliminated against 1t to the extent of
or cents per bushel. He carried on
milling and baking tests, which
brought out the fact that it produced
as good flour as the other wheat, so
now it sells for practically the same,
price.
A New Kind Of Scoring.
Another interesting feature Of the
pure food work is the scoring, accord
ing to scale Of points of all places
where food is manufactured or handl-
ed. The results are published in bull
letins so that anyone can learn the
conditions of any grocery, butcher
shop, slaughter house, confectioner or
bakery as to ventilation. cleanliness.
light refrigerator. water supply, sew
age disposal, personnel and sanitation.
How Did Il Happen7
"A joker crept into one OF the appro-
priation bills. How it got in, no one
knew. The bill had been watched
until 1t was through the two houses.
Imagine the surprise caused, when on
It's publication it was found to contain
clause repeating the parts of the
pure food bill that made 1t effective. 1t
was thought for awhile that the work
mad been crippled. The constitution
saved the day. 1t has a provision that
the content of bill must be indicated
In the title-so an appropriation bin
could not include a repeal.
A Plot.
AT the time of the pure food contro-
versy, Professor Ladd was invited to
present paper before a meetins Of
food manufacturers in the east. He ae-
cepted and got as far as MinneapoIis.
where friend informed him of what
ne was getting into The plot that
they had laid was too good. SO some
one gave 1t away. They were to bring
SUIT against Professor Laid there
Inen ne would have to bring his wit
nesses and experts that long distance
and be tried where there was NO sen
timent for the work he was doing. He
sent on his paper and returned home
For several years he did NOT dara
leave the state openly for fear that
suit might be brought against him
Wnich would make it necessary to be
tried away from home
Fearless-knows Only Duty.
He knows no swerving to the right
nor 70 the left. A thing is either right
or not right, and If wrong not to he
tolerated. The students Of the N. n
a. G. in getting out the 1910 Agassiz
the junior annual had some saving
Tor each member Of the faculty which
was supposed to be characteristics
For Professor Ladd they had IT won,t
bulge an inch" For North Dakots
that means pure food, pure paint nnra
begun. va
Experimental Work.
PROFESSOR Ladd's pure product vorl-
Is SO prominent that it overshadours
MS experimental work He discovered
ana worked out the waterglass meth
oos OF preserving eggs. He carried orr
good many investigations in soils
ana IN the composition of wheat ana
at present has the following work Il
progress: AZ
1. Milling experiment to setarr,,r
the milling and baking Qualities -
North Dakota wheats. This vo~,, :.
done in cooperation with the TIni.aS
states department of agriculture. and
tne nill az the agricultural college a.
pronounced the most complete In the
wheat. seus %
:. Chemical soil survey OF the state
=. Ferterlizing experiments witbI
wheat, corn, oats, flax, both co-opera
tive and special One firm alone has
given ESQ tons of fertilizer for the 60
operative work
b. Relation Of mineral constituents
OF numus to plant growth.
s. Sugar beet Investigations ~
operative work with farmers IN FORTY
points In the state.
7. Investigations on cloth. The ~
lessor contends that there shoujd he
general merchandise law thar wou,d
make It necessary that cloth as Wei
as any other article, IL adulteratad
should be labeled to that effect
.. Investigations In canning. Tbis
includes canning factory for carry
Ing on all kinds Of canning for ~
purpose of showing how 1t can he dons
as well as for carrying on inveatipa~
tons. Why import canned corn neas
etc. when better can be grown -
homer
8. Investigations In the poiaono,,a
qualities OF flax straw
TO- Water analysis: average. two a
day.
II. Analysis Of miscellaneous mate-
RAILS sent in as well as analysis for thA
pure food, pure paint pu.-s drug. bev-
erage, formaldehyde. Paris green laws
From this 1t becomes evident that
the work that is beoing done bv Prof
assor Iadd comes nearer affeoting
every individual in the state. perhanS
than that being done by any other
man. and that the people OF the state
owe q great deal to this man who has
lived up to his high ideals, who has
sacrificed. who has run big risks that
this work could be carried to a sue
cessful issue. No money value can be
put on such service. nor is ii desired.
Credit should, however. be given. and
North Dakota Is to be congratulated
in having man In its service who has