The Washington herald., 1913-02-02
NEW CHIEF GOVERNMENT CHEMIST DEFENDS
THAT AMERICAN NINSTITUTION--APPLE PIE

Laws are obeyed in patriarchal and
autocratic countries; they are often dis
| obeyed in republics. The national gov
| ernment of the United States only con.
trolls drugs when they become articles
| of interstate traffic, when they are
shipped, for instance, from Boston to
| Chicago, or from ST. Louis to Cincin-
natl. We have no Jurisdiction within
New York City over drugs sold locally
I on to Albany or Buffalo. The States
themselves should get together and
regulate the manufacture and sale OF
all articles used as medicine"
Doctors Must Also BE Artists.
what would be a good diet for the
man who works at desk indoors?"
mo rule can D. laid down in such an
| uncertain matter Man is not a machine.
| lie IS an independent unit and each man
is different from all other men. That
Il the reason the practice OF medicine
Will always remain an art as well as a
science. group OF human beings are
not like battery OF steam boilers. The
/ boilers. being OF similar size. hold the
same quantity OF water and generate the
same quantity of steam under the same
degree of heat energy. Men. even OF
the same weight and height. are totally
unlike. Some are dark and some are
light, some are strong and some are weak.
Each Is Physiological entity In him
self. What is meat for one may be
poison TO another
speaking generally. an outdoor man
requires heat producing, or energy pro-
ducing foods, such as meat. sugar. eggs.
beans. peas. and so on. The indoor man
may safely eat the same diet. but IN
smaller quantities. ANY sensible per-
son Is capable of regulating and selecting
ms own food. He knows what ne can
eat and what he can't eat. If boiled
cabbage Offends thee, let II alone. II lob
ster veXes thy Intervals. try beeTsteaK
- mutton-Chops. Experience and science
have found that a mixed diet Is better
than diet confined to a few things
Scurvy is caused by the absence of GER
tain food elements. Beriberi, so our IN
vestigators in the Philippines have
shown. is the result OF a Changeless diet
OF Overmilled rice.
Food creates energy and repairs the
waste that occurs constantly in the
body II must perform both functions
II one is to remain in good health.
When there is more heat than is neccs-
sarH. perspiration begins. the lungs
eNaporate moisture in the process Of |
breathing and there is an automatic
rush of blood to the surface Of the skin
where IT Is cooled by the air. The shiver
of chill is natures attempt to create |
a little Heat.
Why Tropical People Ent P~pp~r.
Mature. when it is normal. is always |
ready with its defenses and its emer-
EenCy appliances. But the laws OF ma
ture unlike the laws of countries. can !
not be trampled under foot Thou shalt |
eat no clans orders the digestive Juices
and machinery OF certain man. lie |
dehcs the warning and is Immediately |
condemned without bail or the hope Of a |
new trial The call of the body usually
leads one along the path OF safety into
good health. 1t has been said that the
appetite lags in hot countries where the
Of the blood is kept up by
the peculiar slant of the sun instead of
by food. An unused appetite. the same
as an unused limb or muscle loses its
Nigor. Consequently. so the theory runs
tropical appctitics crave red pepper as a
stimulant. Thus nature maintains a
proper balance. The languishing ap-
petite gets an imeptus. as 1t were, and
all goes well with the person who con-
sumes the pepper"
Can't the manufacturers of food get
along without using preseratives?"
I'VE know that some canned foods can
be kept without preservatives. As to
all foods. ] am not prepared to give an
hpinion. We must work doubtful ques-
|
be no valid ground for complaint The
aiming industry is important, but the
health of the people should be first in
he thought OF every man connected with
he bureau of chemistry"
Butter made in winter I said, lis
|. hite naturally. Why should manufac-
urers be permitted TO color il yellow
That Is a subject for Congressional
discussion and action. The law gives
n no authority to stop Creameries from
oloring their product. The American
'coplc seem to want yellow butter. II
: yellow when made of the milk of
ows eating the fresh. rich grasses OF
unc. 1t is white when cows are fed on
'ay. We think that yellowness means
!chness. So we demand yellow butter
he year through. The people of Europe
re not so foolish or fastidious. They
at butter just as il comes from the
hurn and are amused to see Ameri-
ans when at their tables utterly destroy
IS flavor by sprinkling it with salt"
tCoPyriSht. 1918. by James R. MorrUw)