Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-04-28
FARMERS WANT
MIXED FLOUR
The National Grange Adopts ResO-
luton FavOring the Cummins
Rainy Bill.

At the recent Congressional mixed
flour hearing before the Ways and
Means Committee the fact was
brought out that the National Grange
OF the Patrons of Husbandry at its
last annual convention adopted reso-
lutlons favoring the repeal of the old
Spanish War revenue tax on the man
ufacture and sale of mixed flour.
This tax was imposed in 1898, and
has for at least ten years been en-
tlrely unnecessary, the Food and
Drugs act of 1906 being quite suffi-
cient to handle all questions of label
ing involved. For some reason the
Mixed Flour law was not repealed at |
the time the pure food law was |
passed. The wheat flour millers, who |
secured the original legislation, are
now opposing it's removal from the |
statute books.
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, who is
being favorably mentioned as a can
didate for the Presidency. and Repre-
sentative Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois
who is more interested in securing
| inexpensive, wholesome food for the
rank and file of Americans than he is
as to whether or not bread should be
made of all wheat flour, are leading
the fight against the wheat millers
The National Corn Association, the
National Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry and the Boards of Agri-
culture of many States, as well as
the manufacturers of products from
corn, are back of the agitation.
The bill is known as H. R. 9409.
Every housewife in America has di-
rect personal interest in this meas
ure, as the presence of mixed flour on
the market will have a tendency to
lower the cost of bread-making fours
of all kinds Mixed flour will be
sold on its merits, the label stating
what proportion of the mixture is
wheat flour and what proportion is
other cereal products. Congressman
labelled food on the American market.
TWO KINDS OF HUMAN UPLIFT
According to some of the political
articles and cartoons which are now
appearing in the democratic press, it
seems that we are to have some more
of this "human uplift" stuff handed
out in the coming campaign. The
Inference between the parties on the
issue of "human uplift" is that the
Z democratic party is in favor of "buy.
ing in the markets of the world", let.
: ting the cheap labor of Europe furnish
, the manufactured products, to the
displacement of American workmen
and then when those who are depend
ent upon their toll are down and out
3 supply, at publice expense, some aims
house or home as a shelter for theil
d old age; while the republican policy
is to furnish a market for every
s American product at home, suppl!
s every American with job, at goot
a wages, and keep the wheels running
:, the year round, so that the sons o:
. toll can provide for themselves all o:
= the comforts of life, and when OLE
l. age overtakes them they will hav'
g builded homes for themselves. Thi
y cry of placing the man abvoe the dol
lar" sounds very uplifting until an
Y. alyzed; but keeping the man in toucl
r with the dollar every day in the weel
will enable him to keep his dime
pail full and provide for his family
What the toiler wants is not charity
q but chance to earn his bread by tn
sweat of his face. He will "uplif
t himself if he is not robbed of hi
right to toll.