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

| housewives were advised tAru b. z
various kinds Of propaganda 70 hwy
loose goods in bulk. thereby gaining
economically and In various other
ways. The plan was advocated as
much preferable to buying the more
costly packages. bottles and tins in,
vitingly displayed on the grocers
shelves. The matter has been ar
gued pro and con very fiercely. the
majority OF club women and other
women who think deciding tina,
package foods are safe foods. They
are safe because they are cleaner
sanitarily and otherwise conform 10
the pure food law.
! Honest bulk goods from clean
sources sold by clean tradesmen,
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 to
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 TO the housewives pantry
shelves to stay. They are here by
popular demand. Supply. you know.
Is regulated by demand. and in the
case OF package goods, so many
American families want them. their
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 revolves 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
ject from every angle, says: Con
sidered from the economic stand
point. package foods have many ad-
vantages. 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 necessity. A
far greater boon than many appre-
ciate is the development OF this i'm
rortant industry of scientifically pre-
paring and canning or packing food
supplies. II not only conserves our
natural resources so that natures
gifts may be more fully utilized. but
It's effect upon the cost OF living is
tremendous factor BY the i'm
proved methods and the invention
Of 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
satisfying meal with his happy
family"
Before manufacturers put out
their goods in packages with their
own firm name and the 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
fectly prepared under ideal condi
lions. came his determination 10
have these Goods reach the house
wife In as perfect condition as they
left his factory Under the buy-in-
bulk methods, she might receive
goods spoiled from being kept in a
dirty shop, might get short weight,
or have her goods delivered in cheap
paper bags which broke. spilling
half the contents. Under such con
ditions which obtain today almost
every reputable brand OF prepared
food is steam-cooked, weighed. care
fully wrapped, correctly labeled and
made nj for the daintily gloved hand
which receives II. right in the great,
modern, shining kitchen-factory.
The labels which turn the gro
GERS shelves into rainbows OF color,
are our manufacturers patents OF
nobility The housewife should make
a study Of them. The manufactures
stands back Of his label II is as
much guarantee OF his goods az
his signature on his check validates
the check He has spent millions.
perhaps, In bringing his goods 10
this state OF perfection. TO where no
human hand touches the product
made from the best raw material in
factories conforming to every SAINT.
tary law The packaec'comes 10 the
housewife as pledge OF the good
faith OF the finn. Tho housewife
would not have faith Ia an anony.
nous letter. neither should she pin
her faith on anonymous goods. One
might az well say she would turn
her child over TO an unknown, un-
recommended physician. az, in
this day Of enlightment. buy fsod OF
which she knows nothing.
Yet there are those who would
have Us believe that Mrs. Housewife