Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . ht on proprietary medi-cines, (he American Medical Association, better known aDoctors Trust. furnishes the sinew-, of war. The Adver-tisers Protective Association tells the papers: If this condition of affairs is not changed, il trill result ingreatly cutting down Hit support ein from the manufac- turers of almost numberless Foods, Beverages and ProprietaryPatent Medicines, and the question presents itself: Will you andyour influen
Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . ht on proprietary medi-cines, (he American Medical Association, better known aDoctors Trust. furnishes the sinew-, of war. The Adver-tisers Protective Association tells the papers: If this condition of affairs is not changed, il trill result ingreatly cutting down Hit support ein from the manufac- turers of almost numberless Foods, Beverages and ProprietaryPatent Medicines, and the question presents itself: Will you andyour influential paper stand for such a condition^ We think not![Italics again ours.—Ed.] i>70 UISCELLA VEOU8 The papers a,re then instructed: first, to bring pressure tohear on the Secretary of Agriculture and their congressmenand senators to curb the activities of the Bureau of Chemistry;second, to take the matter up in the editorial, columns oftheir papers and show how Dr. Wiley is squandering thepeoples money to advance the interests of his par ticular friends. The letter closes by again urging the papersto let your senators and your congressmen know your atti-. ?pHIS composed ol manu-facturer* o( loodi. bever-age* and drug),represent-ing an investment of$400,000,,whole advertiungeipense) are annuallyov« $ object) a»e mutualpi >le? i«?? ? ri a gain it unjust,unwarranted and malicioui?uaulli by Legulalufei,Executive Officen andGovernment legitimate enforce-ment ol the Food andDiugi Act meet) with ourlull approval, but we aleoppoted to judgment be-ing rendered in the newt-paper* and by thi^tep Agriculture) unauthor-ised Farmer) Bulletin).before a lau trial in the LOCI BOX 2124 Xeto ^orh City Miy 25. 1911 Dear Mr. Editor :— During the put five years, the Bureau of Chemistry of the Departmentof Agriculture, has made a number ol very vicious and uncalled lor assaults onfoods, beverages and drugs, greatly to their injury, as welt as damagi
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