Uncle Sam and Columbia in search of pure food in their domain . so that they are in- y\Cu -> a .jjk jurious to health : others that are falsely branded are being sold in Illinois and even in our own fair city, and in the majority of such cases the dealer knows it. We have a right to buy arsenic, if wewant to. and eat it. too, but the law providesthat we shall be protected, and no druggistwould dare sell it to us without putting on alabel telling us what it was, and that it waspoison. We should have the same protectionin the line of food. The label should showwhat it is. and when impure, the
Uncle Sam and Columbia in search of pure food in their domain . so that they are in- y\Cu -> a .jjk jurious to health : others that are falsely branded are being sold in Illinois and even in our own fair city, and in the majority of such cases the dealer knows it. We have a right to buy arsenic, if wewant to. and eat it. too, but the law providesthat we shall be protected, and no druggistwould dare sell it to us without putting on alabel telling us what it was, and that it waspoison. We should have the same protectionin the line of food. The label should showwhat it is. and when impure, the dealerjl0^ CftKf S Cll^^^ should be compelled to tell his customerwhen he sells it. It is so now in Michigan. Wisconsin. Ohio and NewYork, and our elaborate exhibit will show you how they have tomutilate some of the original labels by sticking on OLcL-gum labels which tell the plain truth of the con- ,/~VeVmn>\t~ tents of the package, but which can be boughthere under the original false and deceptive , . - label. A state law is good as far as it goes. /^. reitatorHiasoit. a national pure food law. Manu- >\VeTj^ Qtu >i v_facturers in the Senate. This resolution covers jj£ \ ^ )>\a£wL—all the questions we have been writing about. We quote from one ofour trade journals a recent interview with Senator Mason in relationto the resolution referred to above. He says: but what we need is a national pure food are not alone in this matter : there areothers all over the country who are wide ]|Liawake to the needs of the hour and are doing Jl&yJL ^\iall they can to make things better. / |\9 jf\-t It appears that a resolution has alreadybeen before the Committee on • We are theritizens in the inly civilized country in the world which does not protectmatter of food adulteration, and this bill affects all article- A PLEA FOR WHOLESOME FOOD. of food which are subject to such adulteration. Ourtea, coffee, vinegar, and spices, and at least 50 percent, of everythin
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