New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1927, Page 19

Uncle Sam Says: “DADDY" OF PURE FOOL LAWS. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley Made Pure Food His Hobby When He Was Head of the Bureau of Chemistry. His ideas Became Our Pure Food Laws. HIS is one of a series of articles on the “inside” of the Unjted States government written excl for this newspaper by the Washington correspondent, [a Meakin. Through personal cont with the higher officials, Meakin given access to files and records never before made public. famous He tells today how Uncle Sam gives you “food in- surance” for one cent a year By HARDIE MEAKIN. N\ YOUR beater, potato ma. acc kitchen alongside the egg culinar ern magic wand whic Aladdin’s Lamp. It tins and four seasons ga While performing this to mnotice on_the 51 all ‘“‘Guaranteed Under tk » Food g Act, April, statement which w the can opener p ¢ L5 thanks to the efliciency which the Department of functions, the cost to you for protection on canned goods, other foodstuffs and drugs is only one cent a For the past twenty years you have j for the privilege of being a magician three times daily, 365 year. print, md > & HEALTH PROTECTOR. Technicaily Trained Men Examine Samples of Food with Powerful Microscopes to Detect Contamination at Its Source. Twenty yvears ago the good housewifs t to the grocery store with buck: j and boxes. Food was scooped out of tin containers, dug out of barrels or dipped out of crocks. Roaches, flies and germs lurked in dark nooks and crannies The fe carried the food home in bulk, believing that, discounting dirt, she had secured what she sought. But records disclose that about 90 per cent of the old-time grocers adulterated the supplies. An honest dealer couldn't make a liv- ing. If his com- petitor made two quarts of milk there J. H. Schollenberger and Miss L. M. Alexander Testing Bread. Pure Food for You At a Cent aYear Every Biteand Sip* Insured’ for Hungry America lo Sam Is Working to e More Girls the Physical Perfection of Elsie Sutton (Above), Chicago’s Health Champion. — MILK GERMS. The Magnifying Glass Discloses Bacteria in Milk Which Caused Epidemics Before Uncle Sais Took harge. of “Food, Drug and Tnzectic Admin- istration,” though still controlled by the Department of Agri- are 514 tech trained men and d in this work, ir duties consist chiefly of specting supplies at their sources. They see that the Iabels on products are correctly marked, that the weight iz honest and that the food clean and wholesome When an illegal practice is dis- covered a “Notice of Judgment” is issued against the manufacturer. The trade learns this certain brand of goods is not up to speci- fications and the manufacturer lose is g1 B was but one, and then undersold the hon- est dealer by half, the only redress was to do the same. Canned 00ds, except for salmon, sar- dines, pickles and a few vegetables, wera rrac!ically unknown. ike trading sight unseen; the housew had no guarantee of what would be the can when it was opened. Then, following numerous cases ptomaine poisoning and several epidem of diseases traced to contaminated mi :b-& Federal pure food laws became eff ive. Buying these was ife 18 in of ics 1k, ac- They were brought about hy the Bu- reau of Chemistry. Dr. Harv was at the head of the bureau and official notice to the universal methof‘fi adulteration while W. Wiley of studying American food supply problems in an effort to heip the farmers, Pure food and drugs oe- came his hobby and his ideas ahout them were enacted into laws in 1906 and be- 7 came effective in January, 190 The work had grown s 2 reorganization recently took plac vestigation and research wcrE r under the old heading, but regulatory enforcement work comes under the ti by 1927 that READY FOR WINTER. The Fruits of All Seasons Are ns Preserved for Any Season, as Shown d by This Florida Peach and Her tle Peaches of 1 THE WEIGHT TEST. Health Laws Specify Ice Cream Must Contain Nine Per Cent Butter Fats. One Test for This Is by Weighing as Above. During the past such notices ha i This has given the public con- fidence. In 1914 canned goods pro- % duced in thiz country w alued at $174,000,000, but by had jumped to 361 kery products increased from $492,000,000 in 1914 to $1,268, 000,000 in 192: Imported foods com- ing into the United States in 1914 were valued at $431,000,000, and by the end 4 925 at £1,012,000,000 ing the imports is a very impor- anch of the se requent trips are made abroad to i the factories producing food or other products destined for the United States. = Inspections are also made at the pier upon arrival. These inspections are the same as those applied to American goods. Tests are made for contamination in handling, transit or storage, and also for adultera- tion The milkman is not the only one guilty of occasional adulteration. Ground pep- § per shells are found in pepper, chicory in coffee, dilute acetic in cider vinegar, glue i cial extract in flavoring anned goods. are negrly always discov- > the inferior goods reach the 20 3 15,050 been ued ufacturer of medicinal products ago could sell brown sugar at 50 a bottle and get away with it. A ian at the bedside of a very sick person could never be certain his pre- ription would be filled properly at the { corner drug store. This was true because the corner druggist could never know if drugs were p not great. ve ranged from for tuberculosis a cathar 1 1enza to candy I. Tt doesn’t pay in1 hing improper] the Governmen diligent in all lin All pure food violations are not in- }te Same Muscles Move When You Laugh,fiWh TRAGEDY. The Mother of “Little Augie,” Jacob Organ, New York Gang Leader Who Was Killed, Weeping Over the Coffin of Her Son in the Cemetery. HE closeness of laughter to tears is proverbial, but the physical and psychological causes of the phe- nomenon are not known to most persons. Some very interesting work done cently by scientis inz the connec- tion and links hysterical laughter and tears with the primitive reactions of our prehistoric ancestors. A Study two of the photographs illustrat. ing this article; they show two women at, the graves of their loved ones. Tfo one at the left reveals the mother of “Little Augie,” Jacob Organ, a New York gunman who was murdered by gang- sters, weeping hysterically at the final sting place of her so t the right hand side of the page is Mrs. Ida Garfinkle, the sister of Benny Goldstein, in hysterics at her brother’s grave. Benny was another boy from New York's East Side who was murdered. Both these women are weeping bitterly, vet =0 close to laughter is the facial ex- pression that accompanies tears that they appear to be laughing in the pictures, which have not been retouched. On the other hand, the photographs in the center ow two laughing faces. But when tears are added to one photo by the retoucher the face seems to be crying. This is more than a mere coincldence. The emotions that produce wild and un- controlled laughter are often the same oncs that bring a spasm of weeping. Fre- quently the two go together. And scien- tists tell us that many of the same muscles are brought into play in laughing and erying. About two years ago fourtean year old Mary Goldhaar, who lives in New York City’s Bronx, was on her way home from school when an automobile hit her on the back of the head. The blow paralyzed the tri-facial nerve so that afterward she was unable to either laugh or cry. High-priced specialists examined her and decided that while the trouble might have been partly psychological the “risor- ius” muscle controlling her smile as well as the optic muscles controlling her eyes LAUGHTER AND—TEARS! The Photos Shown Above Are Exactly thy . Have Been Added. Put Your Hand Over Quickly at the Other. wero both affected. This indicated the close connection between the sources of power which permit one to laugh or cry. Literature abounds in instances of the psychological affinity between laughing and crying. There is the Italian play, “Laugh, Clown, Laugh,” in which one man afflicted with undying sorrow, utters e Same, But in One Two Large Tears Laughing Photo at Left, Then Glance She Seems to Be Crying, Doesn't She? piercing guffaws while another, merry and gay, burst into tears. In Hugo’s novel, “The Man Who the story is told of a child whose risorius muscle was cut by gypsies so that he would wear a perpetual grin even though he was in agony. The psychological cause of hysterical Copyright, 1037, Internationsl Feature Fervice, Inc., Grest Britain Bights Ressrred en You Cry g laughter and weeping is well brought out by the famous Professor Metchnikoff, who says that when we indulge in it we move a step backward toward our primi- tive ancestors. You will notice that the outbur weeping on the part of Mrs. G and N Org: the mids d one’s of « like that of a hys- v the mere fact that orms part of an organized crowd he ends several rungs in the ladder of ivilization. Isolated, he may be a culti- vated individual; in a crowd he ig a crea- ture acting by instinet.” These in ‘tive outbursts may come when one is alone, but they are more apt to happen when one is in a crowd, he- cause the ¢ { many people on one another often very like the power of a hypnotist over a patient. But in either case the victim of the outburst r laugh or cry, or do both in quick succession. Some sts have discovered that there savage tribes which possi the ability to laugh heartily or wildly without knowing how to smile. aughter tends constantly toward nd tears, ile, on the other hand, is said to be the controlled and civilized way of expressing pleasure and joy. It is serenc and is never associated with sorro: cent when it is worn as a mask, to hide other feelings. e b ¢ SHIPPED FROM PALESTINE. Uncle Sam Inspects All Food Imported Into the United States. A Shipment of Matzoth, or Unleavened Bread, Is Showa Arriving from Palestine. tentional, so the Government is carrying on a great educational work, instructing the manufacturers in the proper methods of labeling their goods. If the improper markings are unintentional, the penalty is usually held in abeyance. But there is one violation which is not tolerated. That is the substituting of an inferior grade or article of food. Under such protection, the can opener has become the magic wand of 1927, for the food it brings to light is guaranteed. The housewife has a confidence in it she could not have 20 years ago. And Uncle Sam give confidence, this “life as surance” on foods, drugs, and many other things, for the small sum of one cent per person annually. Unretouched Photograph of Mrs. Ida Garfinkle in Agony, at the Grave of Her Brother, Benny Goldstein, Who Was Murdered. A Casual Glance at the Picture Might Leave the Impre: That She Was Smiling.