Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP CITY, - - - NEBRASKA.
Adam’s lame excuse Is playing too
large a part nowadays with wrong
doers.
No, Freddie, it is not “grafters” that
have seized one of the Hebrides, but
"crofters.”
The Chinese seem to be tuning up
their hatred of the foreign devils to
boxer pitch again.
Venezuela has only 8,000 troops, but
claims 23,000. Probably it counts Cas
tro as the other 15,000.
Now that Marconi has a baby, trans
atlantic communication by wireless
will doubtless be postponed.
The crack speaker at a deaf mute’s
dinner in New York was appropriately
referred to as “our silver-tongued ora
tor.”
An account of the dog show with
no mention of Harry Lehr? What’s
the matter with the New York re
porters?
The latest applicant for some of the
Carnegie hero dough is a man who
saved himself, and claimed he was a
hero “per se.”
New York’s swell set is taking to
ballooning. The automobile is now
used by so many persons that it is no
longer exclusive.
Now that Esperanto, the new uni
versal language, has been set to music,
perhaps it will be arranged next for
the deaf and dumb.
Mr. Yerkes-Mizner says Alaska is
full of opportunities. However, it is
not believed that there are any $10,
000,000 widows there.
M. Taigny denies that he called Cas
tro “the monkey of the Andes.” He is
much too polite to state his thoughts
in that blunt, crude way.
The attempt of a woman up-state to
sleep in the open air, for her health, is
a modified success, because the natives
gather around to see her do it.
Now that science has discovered—
as it thinks—that insanity is caused
by a bacillus, the slang expression,
“He’s bughouse!” takes on added
force. ,
A New York woman, said to be con
science stricken, has returned a lot of
stolen silverware to its owner. The
fact that it was “plated” is of no sig
nificance.
It is said that as many as 4.061 mus
cles have been counted in the body of
a moth. If the moth ever has the in
flammatory rheumatisfia, how he
must suffer!
M. Fallieres did not distinguish
himself at school, college or univer
sity—but all the young men of whom
the same is true cannot become presi
dents of France.
The discovery of an artificial lamb
chop ought to make the congressmen
at last realize the value of the De
partment of Agriculture for even their
own practical uses.
The theatrical syndicate has decid
ed to drop Shakespeare. That is the
bard’s punishment for forgetting to
put a double sextet and a leap for life
into each of his plays.
It is to be hoped that the New York
city official who gave up a $4,500 a
year job in order to avoid any re
striction on his freedom of speech
really has something to say.
John Burns says that Shakespeare
did not understand the working people
of his time. But the working people
of our time understand Shakespeare,
which is a more important fact.
President Eliot says football is more
brutal than bullfighting. If the help
less dumb animals used for bullfight
ing purposes could express an opinion
they might sharply disagree with Dr.
Eliot.
Borrowing, says young Mi. Rocke
feller, kills friendship, and should be
shunned. We hope no one has been
so unwise as to forfeit the young gen
tleman’s friendship by asking him
for a loan.
Two aeronauts who crossed the
English channel in a balloon in one
hour and three-quarters must have
looked down with pitying sympathy
at the sea-sick passengers on the old
fashioned steamer.
A correspondent speaks of the uni
versal smile in the streets of the Jap
anese capital. We judge that there
have been no graft scandals and ex
posures there of late, or some smiles
would have to come off.
The annual report of Washington’s
chief of police in tabulating the po
lice work of the year reports the ar.
rest "of one senator” and "two repre
sentatives in congress.” Naturally
there is a good deal of curiosity to
know the names.
The Portland Express prints a story
about Si Jones—a suspiciously generic
name—and his hens, which would “sit”
in spite of him. The hen, be it re
marked, is so constituted that she
can’t “sit,” unless laying the breast
bone down on the ground is “sitting.”
A Minnesota man has committed
the Bible to memory, so that he can
repeat any passage in it from Genesis
to Revelations, and tell where it is
found. To do this took him eighteen
years. Perhaps the most remarkable
thing about it is that he is a commer
cial traveler.
King Edward, refusing to make ex
ceptions, has ordered John Burns to
wear gold lace at court receptions.
Well, this about exhausts the king’s
power over Burns’ official activities,
and it isn’t worth making a fuss about.
Nature's Way Is Best.
The (unction strengthening and tissue
building plan of treating chronic, linger
ing and obstinate oases of disease as pur
sued by Dr. Pierce, is following after
Nature’s plan of restoring health.
Be nset natural remedies, that Is
extract* from native medicinal roots,
prepared by processes wrought out bv
the exjienaitare of much time and
money, without the use of alcohol, and
by skillful combination in Just the right
proportions.
Used as Ingredients of Dr. Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery. Black Cherry
bark, Quean's root. Golden Seal root,
Bloodroot and Stone root, specially exert
their influence iu cases of lung, bronchial
and throat troubles, and this " Disco v
xby * Is. therefore, a sovereigns remedy
for bronchitis, laryngitis, chronic coughs,
catrrrh and kindred ailments.
TLe above native roots also have the
strongest possible endorsement from the
leading medical writers, of all the several
schools of practice, for the cure not only
of the diseases named above but also for
iodlgestion, torpor of liver, or bilious
ness. obstinate constipation, kidney and
bladder troubles and catarrh, no matter
where located.
You don’t have to take Dr. Pierce’s
say-so alene as to this; what he claims
for his "Discovery ” is backed up by the
writings of the most eminent men in the
medical profession. A request by postal
card or letter, addressed to Dr. it. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for a little book
of extracts from eminent medical au
thorities endorsing the Ingredients of his
medicines, will bring a little book fret
that Is worthy of your attention If
needing a good, safe, reliable remedy of
knnum composition for the cure of almost
any old chronic, or lingering malady.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure con
stipation. One little "Pellet" Is a gentle
laxative, and two a mild cathartic.
The most valuable book for both men
and women Is Dr. Pierce’s
Common Sense Medical Ad
viser. A splendid 1008-page
volume, with engravings
and colored plates. A copy,
paper-covered, will be sent
to anyone sending 21 cents
in one-cent stamps, to pay
the cost of mailing oniy, to
Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N.
Y. Cloth-bound, 31 stamps.
Puts Ban on Opium.
The different states, having agreed
to prohibit the sale and growth of
opium, the commonwealth govern
ment Australia has prohibited the
importation of opium except for medi
cinal purposes.
5 Tons Grass Hay Free.
Everybody loves lots and lots of fodd*.
for bogs, cows, sheep and swine.
The enormous crops of our Northern
Grown Pedigree Seeds on our seed farms
the past year compel us to issue a spe
cial catalogue called
SaLZEK'S BARGAIN SEES BOOS.
This is brim full of bargain seeds at bar
gain prices.
SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY.
and receive free sufficient seed to grow 5
tons of grass on your lot or farm this
summer and our peat Bargain Seed Book
with its wonderful surprises and great
bargains in seeds at bargain prices.
Remit 4c and we add a package of Cos
mos, the most fashionable, serviceable,
beautiful annual flower.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lock Draw
er W., La Crosse, Wis.
Women Conductors.
The street cars in Valparaiso are all
double-deckers and the conductors are
women. The latter are dressed in a
neat uniform and make a good appear
ance.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, m they cannot reach the dis
eased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to
cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im
perfect hearing, and when it Is entirely closed. Deaf
ness la the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused by < atarrh. which is nothing
but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of
Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Hall's Catarrh Cure, ^end fur circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Continuous Black Eye.
Asked in a London court where he
got his black eye Richard Jones, skip
per of a coasting schooner, replied:
“Oh, that’s an old one. I’ve had it
for two years.”
TO CUBE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMo Quinine Tablets. Drug.
gists refund money If It falls to cure. E. W.
GROVE'S signature Is on each box. 25c.
The intricacies of life should have
no terrors for a woman, when we con
sider that she can comprehend the
Philadelphia Record.
You always get full value in Lewis’
Single Binder straight 5c cigar. Your
dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, 111.
—
Age and Birthdays.
Here are two quarreling to the point
of a serious wager about a matter of
age and birthday anniversaries. A,
born January 1, 1843, says he is 62
years old. B contends he is 6k. It is
even betting that A is a handsome
widow, trying to conceal her age. The
catch in this thing is that A is 62 years
old, but has had 63 birthdays (one
birthday and 62 birthday anniversar
ies).
Benedictine Long Popular.
The most ancient of liqueurs is bene
dictlne, which is said to date from 665
A. D. But it was not till 1500 that Dorn
Bernardo Vincelli, a monk resident in
the abbey of Fecamp, who had a pro
found knowledge of the plans and
herbs used in the preparation of medi
cinal cordials, succeeded in making a
cordial which preserves thp name and
fame of the order.
Case of Absentmindedness.
A policeman, going his rounds in
the early morning, in Bath, England,
saw a standing on the doorstep
°r a He rang the bell and
had taken
up to his bedroom,
leaving the clock where he had in
tended put the pitcher.
HIS ONE WEAK SPOT.
Prominent Minnesota Merchant Cured
to 8tay Cured by Doan’s Kidney
Pills.
O. C. Hayden, of O. C. Hayden &
Co., dry goods merchants, of Albert
Lea, Minn., says: "I was so lame
that I could hardly
wain. l uere was
an unaccountable
weakness of the
back, and constant
pain and achjng. I
could find no rest
and was very un
comfortable at night
[ As my health was
i good In every other
-- way I could not un
derstand this trouble. It was just as
If all the strength had gone from my
back. After suffering for some time
I began using Doan’s Kidney Pills.
The remedy acted at once upon the
kidneys and when normal action was
restored the trouble with my back
disappeared. I have not had any re
turn of it."
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.,
That moral idler who never in his
life accomplished an active good may
be infinitely worse than the strenuous
one who incidentally has done nearly
everything that is bad.—John A. How
land.
AWFUL PSORIASIS 35 YEARS.
Terrible Scaly Humor In Patches All
Over the Body—Skin Cracked and
Bleeding—Cured by Cuticura.
“I was afflicted with psoriasis for
thirty-five years. It was in patches
all over my body. I used three cakes
of Cuticura Soap, six boxes of Oint
ment and two bottles of Resolvent
Ln thirty days I was completely cured,
and I think permanently, as it was
about five years ago. The psoriasis
first made its appearance in red spots,
generally forming a circle, leaving ln
the center a spot about the size of a
silver dollar of sound flesh. In a short
time the affected circle would form
a heavy dry scale of a white silvery
appearance and would gradually drop
off. To remove the entire scales by
bathing or using oil to soften them
the flesh would be perfectly raw, and
a light discharge of bloody substance
would ooze out. That scaly crust
would form again in twenty-four
hours. It was worse on my arms and
limbs, although it was in spots all
over my body, also on my scalp. If
I let the scales remain too long with
out removing by bath or otherwise,
the skin would crack and bleed. I
suffered intense itching, worse at
nights after getting warm in bed, or
blood warm by exercise, when it
would be almost unbearable. W. M.
Chidester, Hutchinson, Kan., April 20,
1905." _
. Independence is a great thing, but
it is not to be carried too far, and the
by putting our independence in oui
pocket for a while, and benefiting by
the experience of others.
THE LOS ANGELES LIMITED
CINEMATOGRAPH.
When the continent threading brain
of the creator of the Union Pacific
short line, made it (the line) he prob
ably had no idea of the game of the
prairie and of the West. The party of
eastern newspaper men played this
little amusement scheme to a finish.
Out of Chicago they rolled, these
men with the weight of many
“scoops,” “exclusives,” “beats” or
what you will, rolled off their shoul
ders and with nothing worse in the
way of vanity than a traveling cap
selected according to ugliness. But—
once out on the prairie all the native
modesty of the born newspaper man
was tunneled out of his system or
their systems by the underground
work of the Union Pacific advertising
experts. From somewhere In the
bowels ■of the train there hove a
strange shape carrying something that
looked like a tripod tenderfoot. It
was the essential point of the big
game of the west. Soon the party
stopped. It was miles from nowhere
and the sandstone reared their heads
up to an unsmiling cloud that seemed
a continuation of the desert below.
“What is the matter?” was asked by
those who had time. Those who did
not have time were watching the
scenery on the deck. With visions of
a wreck made by a band of Indians
rehearsing for BnfTalo Bill’s Wild
West Show, with themselves as the
rehearsees, the travellers gleefully
disembarked. After those aboard had
taken stock of their dignities, includ
ing Dorrance’s (New York Tribune)
fur slippers. Hazlett’s (Pittsburg
leader) banking ability, O'Donnell’s
(Pittsburg Dispatch) sphynxlne air
and a few others it was found that all
were unhurt but that something was
going to happen. Ah! It was the first
fatal false step. The game was on.
After that It was played at all sunny
hours. There are places between
New York and Los Angeles that some
day will have monuments erected to
commemorate the places “Wherewe
hadourplcturestaken.” If you go to
Salt Lake, "That’swherewehadourplc
turestaken.” Or Lucky Baldwin’s
ranch, near the TJ. P. end, that too
Is “Wherewehadourplcturestaken.” Or
should you care to view the glories of
Pasadena, there you will find the spot
“Wherewehadourplcturestaken.” But
It was a great camera. It must have
been.
To remove ink stains from a book
dissolve a small quantity of oxalic
acid in warm water. Wet the stain
with this mixture.
Important to Mother*.
Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA,
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that it
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A man of many troubles has the
satisfaction of knowing that some
thing comes his way.
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Clothes don’t make the man or the
ballet girl.
MONEY FflOM THE SEA
WEED BRINGS PROSPERITY TO
DISTRICTS OF NORWAY.
8teady Demand for Natural Product
Has Revolutionized Conditions in
Provinces Along the Coast of the
Northern Kingdom.
Along the shores of Joderen, on the
southwest coast of Norway, the sea
weed grows In veritable forests; not
the common grass variety, but actual
trees from five to six feet in height,
with stems like ropes and leaves as
tough as leather. It begins to sprout
in March and April, and gradually
covers the ocean bed with a dense, im
penetrable brush.
In the fall the stems become tender,
the roots release their suctionlike grip
on the rocky bottom, and the autumn
winds wash it ashore in such great
quantities that the weed looks like a
huge brown wall along the entire
coast.
The fall crop is of comparatively
small value. The only use that can
be made of it is for fertilizing pur
poses, because it is only in the spring
that it can be successfully burned,
and at this time there is such a de
mand for it that every stalk and leaf
is gathered as if it were pure coin.
The weed burning season is the
busiest of the year and every member
of the household is drafted to assist
in gathering, drying and burning. At
the close of each clear day the whole
coast seems to be aflame from the
thousands of bonfires that are kept
burning far into the night. This is
one of the many natural resources
that is unexpectedly developed in Nor
way, and no one ever dreamed twenty
years ago that this seemingly worth
less weed would in a few years, as a
source of income, surpass the fisher
ies, which have been the mainstay of
the people for ages, or rival that of
agriculture in one of the leading agri
cultural districts in Norway. Yet such
is the case to-day, and those who are
fortunate enough to own land abut
ting the seashore can reap the most
profitable crop of the year. Owners of
farms located where the weed seems
to have a predilection to drift can
bum as much as three thousand kilos
a year.
During this time the carrying capac
ity of the Stavanger and Joderen rail
way is taxed to the utmost, as many
tram loads a day, collected at differ
ent stations, are shipped to Stavanger,
whence from two to three shiploads a
week are sent to Great Britain.
The subsequent uses and treatment
of the ashes are veiled in scientific
mystery, and the good people of Jo
deren are not concerned about it as
long as there is an increasing demand
and the English agents at Stavanger
are willing to pay good prices for
their wares. These ashes contain
many valuable chemical properties,
among which iodine is the most im
portant.
This relatively large supply of
money has wrought great changes in
the economic conditions of tho dis
trict. Old debts have been paid ofT.
small farms that were isolated and
surrounded by unproductive land have
had their boundaries extended by the
draining of marshes and clearing of
rocky wgstes, and this very land
which has been considered worthless
and unfit for cultivation, has by this
evolution become productive.
Not more than twenty years ago
there was not a mowing machine in
the entire district, while now there
are mowers, hayrakes, harrows and
other modem machinery on nearly
every farm.
“Knickknacks” in Washington.
When the House was considering
the pension appropriation bill a mem
ber said that is was a custom of Con
gress to increase the pensions of vet
erans by special acts. Representative
“Cy” Sulloway, the pensioner’s guard
ian, rose to his full height of approxi
mately seven feet and said: “These
special acts cost the government
about $200,000 a year, just about the
sum members spend for cigars and
knickknacks in the House restaurant.”
Nothing more was said on that sub
ject. Several members afterward
asked Mr. Sulloway what he meant by
knickknacks, and he said that now it
is not sold in the House restaurants
because of an act of Congress for
bidding its sale in the capitol.
Disraeli as a Poser.
Here’s a choice anecdote that Wins
ton Spencer Churchill relates of his
father and Disraeli:
“I think,” said Lord Randolph, dis
cussing with his wife their party after
it had broken up, ‘‘that Dizzy enjoy
ed himself. But how flowery and ex
travagant is his language! When I
asked him if he would have any more
wine, he replied: “My dear Randolph
I have sipped your excellent cham
pagne; I have drunk your good claret;
I have tasted your delicious port—I
will have no more. ” “Well,” said Lady
Randolph, “he sat next to me, and I
particularly remarked that he drank
nothing but a little weak brandy and
water.”
Man Who Beat Balfour.
Horridge, “the man who beat Bal
four,” as he is already known, is a
lawyer and was a stranger in Man
chester. The Liberals thought little
of his chances, but he developed un
expected fighting qualities and called
Mr. Balfour’s division the “Port Ar
thur of conservatism,” and asked
everybody to imitate the Japanese
and take the stronghold.
Traffic at Tien-Tsin.
Tien-Tsin stands second among the
treaty ports of China in the gross
value of the trade that passes through
the port, and also in the amount of
revenue collected by the custom. In
so far as American goods are con
cerned, Tien-Tsin even has a rival
claim on Shanghai for the first place.
Mrs. Nansen Can Sing.
Mrs. Nansen, the wife of the explor
er, is a singer of note. Her father was
a zoologist, her mother a sister of the
Norwegian poet. Welhaven. and her
brother, Ernest Save, is a professor
of history in the University of Christi
World’s Diamond Production.
The world’s diamond production
summed up shows that India has pro
duced 10,000,000 karats; Brazil, 12,
000,000; Africa, 57,000,000. All the
diamonds in the world uncut would
have a value of $540,000,000.
Cold Storage Trust.
A cold storage trust is one of the
developments promised for the near
future in South Africa. All the Ice
and cold storage plants in the “sub
continent” will be amalgamated if
the present plans carry.
The One Cardinal Fault.
"She’s really not cultured. She says
she can’t understand Browning at
alt.” “But one may be cultured and
yet not understand Browning.” “Of
course, one may not understand it,
but one should never admit it.”—
Philadelphia Ledger.
A New Exclamation.
A new exclamation is likely to come
into vogue, according to Mr. James
Platt, Jr., in “Notes and Queries." The
w-ord is “hooshtah,” and it is an im
portation from Australia.
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In Wall 8treet.
In a Wall street crowd a Cincinna
tian, thinking that he recognized a
stolen umbrella under a fat man’s arm,
shouted: “Stop thief!” and instantly
found the teeming thoroughfare de
serted and himself alone.
Uncle Allen.
“No,” said Uncle Allen Sparks, “I
don’t take any stock in these filing
machines. Too many men have made
angles of themselves—at least, that's
the charitable supposition—by trying
to learn to fly.”
Saves the Spellbinder.
At a political meeting in Brighton,
England, a speaker, finding that the
point of one of his jokes had missed,
sorrowfully remarked: “I had hoped,
gentlemen, that you would have
laughed at that.” A plaintive voice
came through the silence: "1 laughed,
mister.” Then everybody laughed.
French Jinricksha.
In the French city of Beauvais a
small vehicle, built with two wheels
and drawn by a man or boy, is in com
mon use. It is called a vinaigrette.
The Original “Match."
Originally a "match” was any sub
stance which burned readily and slow
ly. The bit of slew-burning hempen
rope, steeped in a solution of saltpeter,
which the ancient bunner carried in or
der to discharge his arquebus, was ai >
“match.” It burned at the rate of about i
three feet in an hour.
British Columbia Rivals Oregon.
Britisn Columbia promises to be
come a dangerous rival of Oregon as
an apple-growing region. During last
season 600,000 trees were planted.
Foundation of Idealism.
James Jackson Jarves In his "Art
Thoughts” says: "Idealism bases it
self on universal and Ideas than facts
and action opposing imagination to
perception, on which realism chiefly
rests.”
Immense Tooth is Found.
Measuring twenty-two inches in a
direct line and twenty-eight follow
ing the curve, the tooth of an extinct
African quadruped has been brought
from Abyssinia by Baron Maurice de
Rothschiiu.
NEW FOOD LAW
People now demand the right to
know exactly what they eat.
To be told by maker or retailer that
the food is “pare” is not satisfactory.
Candy may contain "pure” white
clay or "pure” dyes and yet be very
harmful. Syrups may contain “pure”
glucoso and yet be quite digestible and
even beneficial. Tomato catsup may
contain a small amount of salicylic or
boracic acid as a necessary preserva
tive, which may agree with one and
be harmful to another.
Wheat flour may contain a portion
of corn flour and really be improved.
Olive oil may be made of cotton seed
oil. Butter may contain beef suet and
yet be nutritious.
The person who buys and eats must
protect himself and family, and he has
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 leg
islatures; many have been offered to
Congress, but all thus far seem objec
tionable.
It has seemed difficult 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 gov't commission or officer h„s the
right to fix “food standards," to define
what the people shall and shall not eat,
for what agrees with one may not
agree with another, and such act would
deprive the common citizen of his
personal liberty. The Postum Cereal
Co., Ltd., perhaps 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 re
tail grocer), and, guided by this experi
ence have prepared a bill for submis
sion to Congress which is intended to
accomplish the desired ends, and Inas
much 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 gov't take control of
this matter and provide a national
law to govern all the states. A copy
of the bill is herewith reproduced.
Sec. 1 governs the maker whether
the food is put up in small packages
sealed, or in barrels, boxes or other
wise.
sec. Z 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
Inclose a printed copy of the statement
of the maker which was affixed to the
original pkg., and inasmuch as the
retailer cannot undertake to guarantee
the statement of ingredients he 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 responsibility of the
truth of the statement and throws it
upon the maker, where it properly be
longs.
The remaining sections explain them
selves.
The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., for ex
ample, have from the beginning of its
existence printed on the outside of each
and every pkg. of Postum and Grape
Nuts food a truthful and exact state
ment 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 certainty
as to what he eats. Or he may be will
ing to buy at less cost a jelly made
part of fruit juices, sugar and a por
tion of glucose. But he must be sup
plied with truthful information of the
ingredients and be permitted to use
his personal liberty to select his 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 oneself,
family and nation demands that every
man and woman join in an organized
movement to clear our people from
this blight. You may not be able to go
personally to Washington to Impress
your Congressmen, but you can, in a
most effective way tell him by letter
how you desire him to represent you.
Remember the Congressman is in
Congress to represent the people from
his district and if a goodly numher of
citizens express their views to him, he
secures a very sure guide to duty. Re
member also that the safety of the
people is assured by insisting that the
will of the people be carried out, and
not the machinations of the few for
selfish interests.
inis pure rood legislation is a pure
movement of the people for public pro
tection. It will be opposed only by
those who fatten their pockets by de
ceiving and injuring the people. There
fore, if your Representative in Con
gress evades his patriotic duty hold
him to strict accountability, and if
necessary demand equitable and hon
est serviced This is a very different
condition than when a faction demands
class legislation of the Congressman.
Several years ago the butter Interests
of the country demanded legislation to
P ill 'the oleomargarine industry and by
power of organization forced class leg
islation really unworthy of a free peo
ple. Work people wanted beef suet
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 the statement of ingredients and
then let people who desire purchase It
for just what It is, and not try to kill it
by a heavy tax. Manufacturers some
times try to force measures In their
own Interests, but contrary to the in
terests of the people and the labor
trust is always active to push through
bills drafted in the interest of that
trust but directly contrary to the in
terests of the people as a whole. Wit
ness the anti-injunction 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 de
stroying property. Such a bill is per
haps the most infamous insult to our
courts and the common people ever
laid before Congress and the Represen
tatives in Congress must be held to a
strict accountability for their acts re
lating thereto. But when bills come
before Congress that are drawn in the
interests of all the people they should
receive the active personal support of
the people and the representatives be
instructed by the citizens. The Sena
tors 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 t id Senator on this pure
food bill. Clip and enclose the copy
herewith presented and ask them to
make a business of following it through
the committee considering it. Urge
its being brought to a vote and re
questing that they vote for it.
Some oppressively intelligent and
carping critic may say this is simply fL
an advertisement for Postum and
Grape-Nuts. It is true that these ar- '
tides are spoken of here in a public
manner, but they are used as illustra
tions of a manufacturer seeking by
example, printing on each pkg. a truth
ful, exact statement of ingredients, to
shame other makers into doing the
fair thing by the common people, and
establishing an era of pure food, but
that procedure has not yet forced those
who adulterate and deceive 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 paying to the
publishers of America about $20,000.00
to print this announcement in practi
cally all of the great papers and maga
zines, in the conduct of what he
chooses to term "an educational cam
paign,” esteemed to be of greater di
rect value to the people than the estab
lishment of many libraries That is
held to be a worthy method of using
money for the public good. Tell the
people facts, show them a way to help
themselves and rely upon them to act
Intelligently and effectively.
The reader will be freely forgiven if
he entirely forgets the reference to
Postum and Grape-Nuts, if he will but
Join the pure food movement and
do things.
C. W. POST.
Text of Pure Food Bill.
If it meets approval cut it out, sign name and address and send to your
representative in congress. Buy two or more publications from which you cut
this. Keep one for reference and send the other to one of the U. S. Senators \
from your' State. Ask one or two friends to do the same and the chances for
Pure Food will be good.
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A BILL ' a
TO REQUIRE MANUFACTURERS AND SHIPPERS OF FOODS FOR IN. J
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 j
States of America in Congress assembled. That every person, firm or corpora- t
tion engaged in tbe manufacture, preparation or compounding of food for ▼
human consumption, shall print in plain view on each package thereof made
by or for them shipped from any State or Territory, or the District of Colum
bia, a complete and accurate statement of all the Ingredients thereof, defined
by words In common use to describe said Ingredients, together with the
announcement that said statement is made by the authority of, and guaran
teed to be accurate by, the makers of such food, and the name and complete
address of the makers shall be affixed thereto; all printed in plain type of a
size not less than that known as eight point, and In the English language.
Sec. J, That the covering of each and every package of manufactured',
prepared or compounded foods shipped from any State, Territory or the
District of Columbia, when the food In said package shall have boen 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 statement of Ingredients and name of the makers which appeared upon
the package or covering of said food as supplied by or for the makers thereof,
printed in like manner as the statement of the makers was printed, and such J
statement shall also bear the name and address of the person, firm or cor- ,
poration that re-covered such food.
Sec. 3, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to purposely,
wilfully Rnd 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 he
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not
less than one month nor mere than six months, or both, In the discretion of
the court.
Sec. 4, That the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture
shall procure, or cause to be procured from retail dealers, and analyze, or
cause to he analyzed -or examined, chemically, microscopically, or otherwise,
samples of all manufactured, prepared or compounded foods offered for sale
in original, unbroken packages in the Distrist 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 regulatlctis for carrying out the provisions of this Act,
and is hereby authorized to employ such chemists, inspectors, clerks, labor
ers, and other employees, as may be necessary to carry out the provisiors
of this Act and to make such publication of the results of the examinations
and analysis as he may deem proper. And any manufacturer, producer or
dealer who shall refuse to supply, upon application and tender and full pay
ment of the selling price samples of such articles of food to any person
duly authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture to receive the same, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding
one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one hundred days, or both
Sec. 5, That any person, firm or corporation who shall violate sections
one and two of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for the first offense
and for each subsequent offense not exceeding three hundred do'lars or be
imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 6, That any person, firm, or corporation, who shall wilfully purposely
or maliciously change or add to the Ingredients of any food, make false
charges, or incorrect analysis, with the purpose of subjecting the makers of
,such foods to fine or imprisonment under this Act, shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one thousand '
dollars nor less than three hundred dol’ars, or Imprisoned for not less than
thirty days nor more **133 one year, or both. an '
Sec. 7, That it shall be the duty of every district attorney to whom the ■
Secretary of Agriculture shall report any violation of this Act to cause n™ I
ceedings to be commenced and prosecuted without delay for the firwJ P°‘
penalties in such case provided. nes an<*
Sec. 8, That this Act shall not be construed to Interfere with
wholly internal In any State, nor with the exercise of their neiie mme^|
by the several States. P 1Ce
Sec. 9, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this ,
repealed. lnl8 Act are hereby
Sec. 10, That this Act shall be In force and effect from and
day of October, nineteen hundred and six. ana arter the first f|i
The undersigned respectfully requests the Representative, *
trlct and Senators from his State to support this measure tr°m hlS d’S‘
Signed. City.
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