Uncle Sam and Columbia in search of pure food in their domain . ly, If I had my way about it. I would have suchgoods branded this way, in large letters : :iot luortb a—snap. THESE PEAS ARE SOAKED AND BLEACHED and furthermore,they are not worth a—snap! put the plaster tubere the pain if. While we found that nearly all wholesale dealers and manufac-turers^ were forced to manufacture, or sell, more or less, of false labeledj|~ T^^fi or adulterated goods, we are glad to Y;fl say that the great majority only. do so because they are forced to do so by their patrons, or dishonest competition, and - t
Uncle Sam and Columbia in search of pure food in their domain . ly, If I had my way about it. I would have suchgoods branded this way, in large letters : :iot luortb a—snap. THESE PEAS ARE SOAKED AND BLEACHED and furthermore,they are not worth a—snap! put the plaster tubere the pain if. While we found that nearly all wholesale dealers and manufac-turers^ were forced to manufacture, or sell, more or less, of false labeledj|~ T^^fi or adulterated goods, we are glad to Y;fl say that the great majority only. do so because they are forced to do so by their patrons, or dishonest competition, and - they would hail with joy wise legislation in this matter. We have made some scath-ing- statements, but they aretrue. You will notice we haveavoided any personal allusionfrom beginning to end, savein one instance : in chapterthree, reference was anold long-ago-defunct «t f/«fer However, we hope wherever theretuhirz. the. ftu7\ 13 is a pain, the healing plaster will be applied. The right kind, if applied in time, will effect a cure !. GHAPTER X. Bargains and Bargains. In writing upon the important subject of food adulteration anddeception, we have tried to show in their true light many methods incommon practice to-day all over our land, by unscrupulous merchantsand manufacturers, which are intended to deceive the purchaser andlead him to suppose he is offered some extraordinary bargains, a matter of fact. the bargains are dear at any price. A FLEA FOR WHOLESOME FOOD. 25
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