Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-20
WOMEN 'EDUCATED'
IN FOOD PROBLEMS
CAN HELP GROCERS
Miss Johnson Tells Speciality
Manufacturers Co-opera-
ton is Needed Between
Them and Consumers. 4

The education of women along lines
that will lead TO cooperation between the
consumer and the manufacturer Of food
stuTs was urged today by Miss Helen
Louise Johnson, chairman of the home
economics department of the General
Federation of women's Clubs She spoks
at the second days session of the sixth
annual convention of the American Spe-
cialty Manufacturers at the Bellevue-
Stratford.
Emphasizing the buying power of wo-
men, Miss johnson said they have -
right to know what they are buying"
Manufacturers of certain kinds Oh
foods" she said "have maintained
silence when their products were being
attacked. This has created a false lm-
preston In the minds OF the consumers"
Miss johnson said many of the prod
ucts now considered unwholesome by
women are really better than many that
have tine sanction OF public opinion cree
ated by 'so-called pure food lists and the
food laws.
"The prosperity OF the food manufacl
turer," said the speaker, "ls dependent
on tho education of women. Business
men are afraid of women and oppose
equal suffrage because they realize that
when a woman sets out to ge something
she Is determined crusader. Without
adequate knowledge this determination of
women is dangerous. But when women
understand the problems of production
80 they can buy we'll they will be the
most valuable tssets that the manufac-
turers have"
At the conclusion of Miss Johnson's re-
marks, the association adopted q resolu-
tlon to take the Federation of Women's
Clubs into their confidence. The clubs
hA auLFn 70 F.wf
the improvement OF foodstuffs to the
association.
Following Miss Johnson's address, Dr.
I. 3. Wagner, of the Corn Products Re-,
fining Company, deplored the condItionsr
that have been forced on food manu1-
facturers by the conflicting national and.s
State pure food laws. In some Statesy
the food laws are such that they make,-
1t necessary for a manufacturer to vlo-s
late the national laws to sell his prod-f
ucts in those States he said.
special State laws for foods are not
only unwarranted, but they put burden
on the consumer without giving him any
benefit what ever" DIR. Wagner said. !
Doctor Wagner's remarks were supple-
mented by an address by DIR. S. j. Cr,im7
blne, secretary of the Kansas Board of
Health, who spoke at length on condiH
tions in Kansas, and the relation OF food
and drug and sanitation regulations toll
the manufacturer and the )ublic. +
''The Relations of the Grocer to thee
Manufacturer" was the subject of AM.
address by Albert Kaiser, member ole
the Trade Relations Committee of the
National Association of Retail Grocersla
#. B. Reeves, Jr., president of the WhoIe-o
sale Grocers Association of Pennsyl1
vania, New Jersey and Delaware, also,
spoke on trade relations.
At the afternoon session the Nominate.
Ing Committee reported its selection OF,
officers to succeed the present administered
tlon. The presidents of the different
auxiliary societies OF the association re-
ported, and a discussion of the work of
the convention was led by j. e. Lini- \
han, of the United Cereal Mills.
A third session OF the convention will
be held tomorrow.