The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-19
Safety First:
Pin Your Faith On
Package Foods

a snort TIME ago tueTe came
sudden bombarding OF package good
By the advocates OF buyin- bulk
Housewives were advised through
various kinds If propa sanda 20 .bu,
loose goods in bulk. thereby gai&nl
economically and IN various othe
ways. The plan was advocated as
much preferable TO buying the nor'
costly packages. bottles and tins in
willingly displayed on tie xTocers
| shelves. The matter has been ar
gued pro and con very hercely. IN,
| majority OF club women and othei
women who think deciding tina
package foods are safe fooos. They
are safe because they are cleaner
sanitarily and otherwise conform &c
the pure food law.
Honest bulk goods from clean
sources sold by clean tradesmen,
f, have their place in the Legitimate
food trade, but to urge the house
wife to substitute them for package
goods. IN just as old-fogy as 10
urge her TO use rush lights and tai
low candles in place of electric lights
and handwoven cloth for that woven
by machinery. For package goods
have come 70 the housewives pantry
shelves 20 stay. They are here by
popular demand. Supply. you know.
is regulated by demand. and in the
case OF package goods, so many
A,nnrinoV 70 . !, II
J manufacture now plays no mean part
/ in the commercial prosperity OF the
United States. In Chicago alone,
for example. millions of dollars are
involved with the output OF thou
sands of brands OF package goods
Around this trade Tevolves the pros
rerity OF thousands OF families and
hundreds Of factories and immense
commercial concerns.
One OF Americas big food manu-
facturers who has studied the sub
jet from every angle. says: Con
sidered from the economic stand
point, package foods have many adj
rantages. The frugal housewife her-
self was the first Gamer As the
country developed and the popula-
ton centered in towns and cities,
the packing OF food supplies on a
large scale became a necessity A
far greater boon than many appre-
ciate is The Development of this i'm
! ortant industry Of scientifically pre-
paring and canning or packing food
supplies. II not only conserves orr
natural resources so that natures
gifts may be more fully utilized. but
its effect upon the cost OF living is
a tremendous factor BY the i'm
proved methods and the invention
or human-like machinery. great
variety Of nourishing and appetizing
foods are made available all the year
for the banquet table or the humble
table where the weary toiler enjoys
a satisfying meal with his Happy
family
Before manufacturers put out
their goods in packages with their
own firm name aid tho name OF
their brand. the consumer had diff
Guilty In knowing when a good trade
was being made. Under the new or
der OF things the child can purchase
some products with the same GER
tainty as the parent"
II is the manufacturer OF clean
foods who frs. came 10 the aid OF
the housewife. He followed the line
CT modern machinery. modern fac
tory methods. and made his plant
kitchen model kitchens In every re-
spect. With his output Of food per.
fecty prepared under ideal condi-
lions. came his determination "a
nave these foods reach the house
wife In az perfect condition as they
left his factory. Under the buy-in-
bulk methods, she might receive
= sneds- applied from heing kept In a
dirty shop, might get short weight
CT have her goods delivered in cheau
paper bags which broke. spilling
half the contents. Under such con
ditions which obtain TO-DAY, almost
every reputable brand OF prepared
food In steam-cooked. weighed, care
fully wrapped, correctly labeled and
} made ~ for the daintily sloved han,
which receives II. righ. in the great
modern. shining kitchen-factory.
The labels which turn the gro
GERS shelves into rsinbows Of color
are our manufacturers patents o
nobility The housewife should max,
study Of them. The manufacture
stands back OF HIS label. 70 Is a
much n guarantee OF his goods a
his signature on his check validate
the check. He has spent millions
perhaps. in bringing his goods &
this state OF perfection, TO where n
human hand touches the produc
made from the best raw material il
factories conforming TO every sam
tary law. The package comes TO IN,
housewife a. pledge or the goo
faith OF the firm The housewife,
would not have faith in an anony
nous letter. neither should she pii
her faith on anonymous goods. On
might ss well say she would turf
her child over to an unknown, un
recommended physician. as. II
this day of enlightment. buy food o
which she knows nothing.
Yet there are those who would
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