LABOR TRAINING SCHOOL.
FOOD LAW
Although less than twenty yours
have passed hIiicc It was first proved
In Hleliinond, Va., that there were com
mercial possibilities In the overhead
trolley, the profession of electric rail
roading haH already hecome ho well es
tablished that all HortH of young men
are getting Into It. It Is again reported
thin fall from several districts of the
Middle West that, male school-teachers
can hardly he secured hecatise the
young fellows who formerly taught In
the rural schools are now all In service
ns conductors or motormen. From the
country towns In the East, too, there Is
all life time, going on an exodus among
the most capable men to the olllces of
tho transportation companies In the
cities. Such are the opportunities
which the extension of urban and ln
terurhan lines have made that even
women In sonio cases, as recently In
Indianapolis, have attempted to quali
fy as conductors, and though in this
Instance they proved unsuccessful, no
body dares to predict that live or llf
tcen yearn hence tho patrons of some
American road may not he handing
over their nickels to uniformed con
ductors In petticoats.
A large proportion, certainly, of
Uioso who thus Join the ranks do so
with the expectation of rising from
tho car platform to tho higher paid
positions of responsibility. Although
tho wages paid employes by the elec
tric roads are good for the class of
work, the opportunities for advance
ment are what are especially attract
ing a superior class of men. Thou
Hands, undoubtedly of the ambitious
have been Incited by the example of
street railway kings of to-day, who
only a few years ago occupied humble
positions at small wages.
A large percentage conies from the
country. It. has Indeed been the expe
rience of the elevated management
tli at tho lads from the smaller places
nro apt to pass very creditable phys
leal examinations and to develop into
high-grade employes.
Itomnrkablo diversity as to former
occupations exists among the men
whom the visitor to Huston notes as
polite conductors or motorineu In well
cut uniforms. Many, of course, report
simply that they have all their lives
been farming or helping their parents
on the farm, but among the hundreds
of now ones taken on each year are to
bo found the names of men who must
have been through stirring adventures
before they undertook the useful task
of collecting nickels. From the I'nlted
States army and navy there is notice
able a regular drift to the service of
tho Rostou company. Several score of
former soldiers or sailors pass their
examinations every year ami enter the
Industrial ranks under the leadership
of the.t veteran of the Spanish war,
Major General William A. Uaneroft,
president of the elevated company.
'Those, too, who have been good serv
ants of Undo Sam are likely to con
tinue to be good soldiers. They llnd
In their new occupation opportunities
for advancement which are Impossible
In army and navy, for there exists in
It no Impassable barrier between com
missioned and non-commissioned olll
cers, Tho most etllelent men may go
right from tho bottom to the top, as
Indeed every division superintendent
of the road has.
If men from the government, service
turn up often at the elevated com
pany's famous training school In the
Sullivan square terminal, hardly less
frequently do people from callings
Which would not seem exactly to pre
pare for street railroading present pa
pers of application and recommenda
tion. School-teachers and superintend
enta, weary of the deadening grind of
tho schoolroom, have lately been ap
pearing In considerable numbers. They
know that in the chosen vocation tho
Bnmo dovotlon 'that was shown in
teaching will eventually reward them
much better. College students, too, en
tor tho servlco; some for a "ew months
lu tho summer and others those of tho
type .that tho company most approves
for permanent work.
It would bo hard to say Just how
many ox-clergymen nro taking up nick
els Instead of presenting contribution
boxes on the lines running In and out
of the New England metropolis. There
Is, at any rate, a considerable num
ber of them. Some are men who be
came discouraged In the disheartening
task of maintaining a congregation In
a town of diminishing population and
lessening regard for religious tradi
tions, and they turn to the conductor's
calling as ono which gives outdoor life,
exercise of Intelligent and abundant
opportunity to practice the Christian
virtues. Occasionally a minister takes
the examinations because he has some
throat trouble which prevents his go
ing on with his preaching. Chicago
Chronicle.
Chicago has a noble, If somewhat
odorous, waterway, called Rubbly
Creek. The stockyards discharge
Into It. It has been discovered that
the famous stream will burn. Says
a local paper: "That this historic sec
tion of the city's commercial water
way can bubble and does bubble, ..nd
that it. can exude smells compared to
which a rendering plant Is as a fra
grant morn in budding June, and does
so exude, has long been a matter of
local history, if not pride. Hut that
the famed old swimming pool can bo
converted Into kinetic heat energy by
the mere application of a match ha.4
remained for the Weekly Health Rul
letln to disclose." It Is now proposed
to set the river on lire!
The Japanese are making great
strhVs lu the art of advertising. The
agents of the government tobacco
monopoly offering their wares in Man
churia declare that their cigarette
"administers life," "supports the spir
its"; "tills cigarette of government
manufacture is sweet, and of good
quality, famous, once tried always to
liked"; "will cause the smoker, to feel
as if In a dream like unto the Moun
tain Woo-SIian."
A case has been reported lu Ger
many which suggests the curatlvo
value of fear. Tho subject, an old
woman, had been bedridden on ac
count or paralysis for ten years. Last
August a tempest burst in the region
where she lived. Hail destroyed the
vineyards. A gale shook the houses.
Premature darkness settling down
caused general terror. The old para
lytic, influenced by fear, .leaped from
her bed. There has been no relapse,
and she may be set down, perhaps, as
the only case of cure by tempest.
Dr. Daniel Murphy, the Roman
Catholic archbishop of Tasmania, who
recently celebrated his nlnoty-tlrst
birthday and the diamond Jubilee of
his episcopate, once made a Jest that
amused the late Hope Leo. At tho
close of u farewell audience In thu
early 'SOs the Hope said: "Well,
brother, 1 suppose this Is the last
time we shall meet In this world."
Hut In the early ".)0s Dr. Murphy
turned up again at the Vatican, re
minded Hope Leo of his pessimistic
prophecy, and added: "So you seo
you are not Infallible after all."
A handy word much misused in phe
nomenon. The London Globe onco
beard a man, explaining Its meaning
to a friend. lie did It as follows:
"Now, if you see a cow in a niodder,"
he said, didactically, "that's not a
phlnomeeua. It's a pretty animal and
what not, but It. ain't a phlnoineona.
And If you see a thistle In a medder,
that ain't a phlnotneeiia. Nor If you
see a lark In the inedder, that ain't a
pltlnonioona. it's a pretty bird and
what not, but It ain't a phinomeena.
Hut If you wero to see that cow sit
ting on that thistle and singing llki,
that lark, that would he a phlno
meena." Ills friend said, yes, he caw
now.
Not n Comfortable ,Svn(,
donkey Ho Is now, they say, upon
tho very plnnaclo of success and pros
perity, and yet ho isn't happy,
Jokeley Well, that's not altogether
surprising., Did you oyer sit on a pln
naclo of any sort? Philadelphia
Press.
People now demand tho right to
know exactly what they eat.
To be told by maker or retailor that
ti e food Is "pure" Is not satisfactory.
Candy may contain "pure" white
clay or "pure" dyes and yet bo very
Inrinful. Syrups uiny contain "pure''
Jucoso and yet be quite digestible and
een benetlclal. Tomato catsup may
contain a small amount of salicylic or
boraclc acid as a necessary preserva
tive, which mny agree with one and
be harmful to another.
Wheat flour may contain a portion
of corn Hour and really be Improved.
Olive oil tuny be mado of cotton seed
oil. Hutter may contain beef suet and
.ot be nutritious.
The person who buys and eats must
protect himself and family, and he lias
a right to, and now demands, a law
under which he can make Intelligent
selection of food!
Many pure food bills have been in
troduced and some passed by State
legislatures; many have been offered
to Congress, but all thus far seem ob
jectionable'. It has seemed dllllcult for politicians
to formulate a satisfactory bill that
would protect the common people and
yet avoid harm to honest makers and
prevent endless trouble to retailers.
No government commission or otllcer
has the right to fix "food standards"
to dellne what the people shall and
shall not eat, for what agrees with one
may not agree with another and such
act would deprive (lie common citizen
of his personal liberty. The Postuni
Cereal Company, Ltd.fsperhaps the
largest makers of prepared foods In
the world, have naturally a close
knowledge of the needs of the people
and the details of the business of the
purveyors (the retail grocer) and, guid
ed by this experience have prepared a
bill for submission to Congress which
Is intended to accomplish the desired
ends, and Inasmuch as a citizen of the
U. S. has a right to food protection
even when he enters another State it
is deemed proper that the government
take control of this matter and pro
vide a national law to govern all the
states. A copy of the bill Is herewith
reproduced.
Section 1 governs the maker wheth
er the food is put up in small pack
ages sealed, or In barrels, boxes or
otherwise.
Sec. 2 governs the retailer who may
open a barrel and sell the food in
small quantities. When he puts the
goods Into a paper bag he must also
enclose a printed copy of the statement
of the maker which was atllxed to the
original pkg. and Inasmuch as the re
tailer cannot undertake to guarantee
the statement of ingredients lie must
publish the statement of the makers
and add his own name and address as
a guarantee of his selling the food as
it is represented to him, which relieves
the retailer of responslblity of th
truth of the statement and throws it
upon the maker, where It properly be
longs. The remaining sections explain
themselves.
The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., for ex
ample, have from the beginning of its
existence printed on the outside of
e.ach and every pkg. of Postum and
Grape-Nuts food a truthful and exact
statement of what the contents were
made of In order that the consumer
might know precisely what he or she
was eating. A person desiring to buy,
for instance, strictly pure fruit Jelly
and willing to pay the price has a right
to expect not only an equivalent for
the cost but a further right to a cer
tainty as to what he eats. Or he may
be willing to buy at less cost a Jelly
made part of fruit juices, sugar and a
portion of glucose. Hut he must be
supplied with truthful Information of
the Ingredients and be permitted to
use Ills personal liberty to select Ids
own food accurately.
The people have allowed the slow
murder of Infants and adults by tricky
makers of food, drink and drugs to go
on about long enough. Duty to one
self, family and nation demands that
every man and woman loin in nn or-
gauizod movement to clear our people
trom tins might, may not be able
to go personally to Washington to im
press your Congressmen, but you cii,m,
In a most effective way tell him by let
ter how you desire hlin to represent
you.
Itemeinber the Congressman Is In
Conmess to ronresent the neonle from
his district and if a goodly number of
citizens express their views to him Ik
secures a very sure guide to duty. He
member also that the safety of the peo
pie is assured by Inslstlmr that tlu
will of the neonle be carried out mni
not the machinations of the few for
seltlsh Interests.
This pure food legislation is a pure
movement of the people for public nro
tectlon. It will be opposed only by
inose wno latien their pockets by de
celvlng and injuring the people. There
fore. If your Kenresontntlvo hi Con
gross evades his patriotic duty hold
him to strict accountability, and if
necessary demand equitable and lion
est service. This is a very different
condition than when a faction do
mauds class legislation of the Con
uressman. Severn I vonrs n!o tho hwt
tor Interests of the country demanded
legislation to kill the nleomarirni'inn in.
dustry and by p-wer of organization
forced class legislation renllv nn.
worthy of a freu ivple, Work people
wanted buef spue butter because It was
cheap and better than much unclean
milk butter, but the dairy interests
organized and forced the legislation.
The law should have provided that
pkgs. of oleomargarine bear tho state
ment of Ingredients and then let peo
ple who desire purchase It for just
what It Is, and not try to kill It by a
heavy tax. Manufacturers sometimes
try to force measures in their own In
terests, but contrary to the Interests
of the people and the laboV trust Is
always active to push through bills
drafted In the interest of thnt trust,
but directly contrary to tho interests
of the people as a whole. Witness
the antl-injuncllon bill by which labor
unions seek to tie the hands of our
courts and prevent the issue of any
order to restrain the members of that
trust from attacking men or destroy
ing property. Such a bill is perhaps
the most Infamous Insult to our .courts
and the common people ever laid be
fore Congress and the Representatives
in Congress must be held to a strict
accountability for their acts relating
thereto. Hut when bills come before
Congress that are drawn in the Inter
est of all the people they should re
ceive the active personal support of
the people and the representatives be
Instructed by the citizens. The Sen
ators also should be written to and In
structed. If, therefore, you will re
member your privilege and duty you
will at once now write to your Con
gressman and Senntor on this pure
tood bin. cup and enclose the copy
herewith presented and ask them to
make a business of followlnir It
TKXT OK I'UnE FOOD RILI.
If It meets approval cut it out, sign name and address and" send to your
representative in Congress. Huy two or more publications from which you
cut this. Keep one for reference and send the other to one of the U. S. Sen--ators
from your State. Ask one or two friends to do the same and the
chances for Pure Food will be good.
A BILL
TO REQUIRE MANUFACTURERS
TERSTATE SHIPMENT TO LABEL SAID FOODS AND PRINT
THE INGREDIENTS CONTAINED IN SUCH FOODS
ON EACH PACKAGE THEREOF.
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America In Congress assembled, That every person, linn or corpora
tion engaged in the manufacture, preparation or compounding of food for
human consumption, shall print In plain
by or for them shipped from any State or Territory, or the District of Colum
bia, a complete and accurate statement of all tho Ingredients thereof, defined
by words in common use to describe said ingredients, together with the an
nouncement that said statement Is made by the authority of, and guaranteed
to be accurate by, the makers of such food, and tho name and complete ad
dress of the makers shall be atllxed theretg; all printed in plain type of a size
not less man that known as eight point,
Sec. 2, That the covering of each
prepared or compounded foods shipped
trict of Columbia, when the food in said package shall have been taken from
a covering supplied by or for the makers and re-covered by or for the sellers,
shall bear upon Its face or within Its enclosure an accurate copy of the state
ment of ingredients and nnme of the makers which appeared upon the pack
age or covering of said food as supplied by or for tho makers thereof, printed
In like manner ns the statement of the makers was printed, and such state
ment shall also bear the name and address of the person, firm or corporation
that re-covered such food.
See1. :i, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to purposely,
wilfully nnd maliciously remove, alter, obliterate or destroy such statement
of Ingredients appearing on packages of food, as provided In the preceding
sections, and any person or persons who shall violate this section shall ba
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall bo fined not less thnn ono
hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or Imprisoned not less
than one month nor more than six months, or both, In the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 4, That the Hureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture
sh'ill procure, or cause to be procured from retail dealers, and analyze, or
cause to be analyzed or examined, chemically, microscopically, or otherwlso,
samples of all manufactured, prepared or compounded foods offered for sale
In original, unbroken packages" In the District of Columbia, In any Territory,
or In any State other than that in which they shall have been respectively
manufactured or otherwise produced, or from a foreign country, or intended
for export to a foreign country. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make
necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act,
and is hereby authorized to employ such chemists, Inspectors, clerks, laborers,
and other employes, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Act and to make such publication of the results of the examinations nnd
analysis as he may deem proper. Anil any manufacturer, producer or dealer
who shall refuse to supply, upon application nnd tender nnd full pnyment of
the selling price samples of such articles of food to nny person duly authorized
by the Secretary of Agriculture to receive the same, shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding ono hundred dol
lars, or imprisoned not exceeding one hundred days, or both.
Sec. Si, That any person, linn or corporation who shall violate sections
one and two of this Act shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be lined not exceeding two hundred dollars for the first offense and for
each subsequent offense not exceeding three hundred dollars or bo Imprisoned
not exceeding one year, or both, In the discretion of the court.
Sec. (I, That any person, firm, or corporation, who shall wilfully, pur
posely or maliciously change or add to tho ingrenllents of any food, make false
charges, or Incorrect analysis, with the purpose of subjecting the makers of
such foods to tine or imprisonment under this Act, shall bo guilty of a mis
demeanor and upon conviction shall bo lined not exceeding one thousand dol
lars nor less than three hundred dollars, or Imprisoned for not less than thirty
days nor more than one year, or both.
Sec. 7, That it shall be the duty of every district attorney to whom the
Secretary of Agriculture shall report any violation of tills Act to cause pro
ceedings to be commenced and prosecuted without delay for tho fines nnd
penalties In such case provided.
Sec. S, That this Act shall not be construed to Interfere with commerco
wholly Internal In any State, nor with tho exerciso of their police powers by
the several States.
Sec. 0, Thnt nil nets or parts of acts inconsistent with this act aro hereby
repealed.
Sec. 10, That this Act shall bo In force nnd effect from nnd nftor the
first day of October, nineteen hundred and six.
The undersigned respectfully requests tin Representatives from his dla.
trlct and Senators from his state to support this measure.
Signed
through tho committee considering It.,
Urge Its being brought to a voto and
requesting thnt they vote for it.
Somo oppressively intelligent nnd.
carping critic 'nay say this is simply
an advertisement for Postum and
Grape-Nuts. It Is true that theso arti
cles are spoken of here In a publlo
manner, but they are used as illustra
tions of a manufacturer seeking by
example, printing on each pkg. a
truthful, exact statement of Ingredi
ents, to shanio other makers into do
ing the fair thing by the common peo
ple, and establishing an era of pure
food, but thnt procedure has not yet
forced those who adulterate and do
celvo to change their methods, hence
this effort to arouse public sentiment
and show a way out of the present
condition of fraud, deceit and harm.
The undersigned is payhig to the
publishers of America about $20,000,
to print this announcement in practic
ally all of the great papers nnd maga
zines, in tho conduct of whnt he choos
es to term, "nn educational cam
paign," esteemed to bo of greater di
rect value to the people than the es
tablishment of many libraries. That
Is held to be a worthy method of using
money for the public good. Tell tho
people facts, show them a way to help
themselves and rely upon them to act!
Intelligently and effectively.
The render will be freely forgiven
if he entirely forgets the reference to
Postum nnd Grape-Nuts, If he will but
Join tho pure food movement nnd do
things. C. W. POST.
AND SHIPPERS OF FOODS FOR IN
view on each package thereof mado
anu in tno iimgnsu language.
and every package of manufactured.
from any State, Territory or the Dis
city
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