The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-28
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in the exhibit is a chart which shows
that before the pure food law went
into effect ~ per cent OF the foods
sold in the state were adulterated and
only Is per cent pure. Immediately
after the law went into effect the per
cent Of adulterated goods dropped to
~ per cent while now it Is less than
5 per cent.
There was a big display Of labels
that told one story and under the
label was given the true composition
OF the food. The difference was most
striking.
One exhibit was to illustrate the
coating of rice with tale. Professor
White explained that glucose was us
ed to make the tale stick. He also
explained that the object Of putting
on the tale was to whiten and polish
the rice. In this way inferior quality
was covered up. This is, however, q
dangerous practice. The eating Of
this coated rice auses beri-berL a
serious disease. A number OF the
brands that are thus coated were
shown. Also brands that are not
| coated.
The candy exhibit showed the use of
coal tar dyes in coloring. This Is
used because it is cheaper than the
vegetable cplors which are harmless.
In inc case the coal tar dye contain
ed arsenic. Candy coated with shell
lac was also shown, the object Of this
is to make it look better and il causes
the candy to stand up better in
warm weather. Coffee is also coated
to give it a polish which is used to
raise the grade.
Saccharine il a coal tar preparation
which is 500 times sweeter than sugar.
The professor explained that it was
used for sweetening candy, fruits and
other food products. The sad part OF
1t Is the sacc1arine contains no food
value and is harmful. The COMPARE
tive sweetness Of the s~acharrine and
sugar was emphatically brought out
by an exhibit consisting of two bot
ties. The n a pint bottle full of
sugar and the other a small bottle
containing about a thimble full OF
saccharine. yet the sweeting power of
each was equal.
Two bottles labelled respectively
artificial whisky and pure whisky at
tracted a good deal OF attention. They
looked the ann as far as could
lei When the chemist begins to in~
vestigate he finds that there Is a big
difference. The artificial is made
from diluted alcohol colored with car
arneI and Favored with Chemicals.
The genuine is made from grain dis
titled and gets 1t color from being
aged in oak barrels from which Is ABB
serbs its color. This takes years
while the artificial can be made In as
many hours.
Dru1 Exhibit.
In the drug exhibit the headache
medicines held a prominent part. The
professor explained that the headache
powders usually contain acetanilid.
This is a powerful drug that has q
depressing action on the heart slow
ing up its action, In this way less
blood is pumped to the head which
in most cases relieves a headache.
The dangerous part is that If too
much OF it il taken death follows.
There are many cases OF people hay
ing died from taking too much OF
headache powders. The trouble Is
that the directions often call for tax.
ing or two Of the powders and to
repeat in a few minutes in case re-
lief does not come quick. One of the
powders contain as much as a physi-
clan would give in a dose and then
he would not repeat right away. An
other thing he would not give 1t tic
a person whose physical condition
was not such that 1t could stand it
There was also q corner for the fake
medicines, some harmful and some
udA GtA1CSSt Jul blSy &GL your money
just the same A hair restorer FOR
instance that contained wool alcohol
The use of it is liable to cause
blindness. There was the spawn cure
that sells for SIS a bottle and yet on
tains nothing but turpentine and lin.
seed oil. skin foods that sell any-
where from SO cents to ST. per bottle
or package and contain only some
lcheap chemical that one could bus
Ifor 5 to 10 cents from the druggist
Cough cures that contain morphine
without mentioning it on the label
and some will use II even IL Ii Is or
the label because they do not look
but think that the pure food law viii
take care Of all that. Or in some case,
they do not know the harmful natur,
OF the morphine.
An exhibit was displayed which
showed the history Of some OF tht
fraudulent testimonials.
Professor White urged that wher
medical aid is needed to either 20 Il
the doctor or to the druggist, but n
avoid preparation or which one doe,
not know the nature. Many Of Tn,
patent medicine men will put ans
preparation ON the market so long ~
they can get money for IT. he said.
Each age or our lives has its lows
Old people should be happy, and the,
will be IL Charnbsrlainss Tablets ar
taken to strengthen the digestion ans
keep the bowels regular. These tab,
1 IAtn aye mild ana R@nfjA in Fha4- ansa1g