The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume], October 28, 1903, Image 6

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Wink and Blink.
.. Many children are allows! to wink and blink
'IhrouKh the /lay's study, and at home, with a
V^ wfjook six or eight inches from the eyes. During
•^•''•"••^hildhood the ocular nerves and muscles are
fery sensitive, mid may bo exposed to severe in
if^llaiiimntion and strain by overwork. Greater
.•-,»& flemancls are now made upon the oves of both
'VJlSlhildren and adult* than formerly. New cm-
J'^|)loyme«t, new amuscmnits, new fnshioiiR, io
(fr'!ieo the exactions,laid uiou these sensitive
,Jind delirato organs. Where a child was fo'
•t vMnerly doped with drugs for nervous and museu
f1: far troubles, ho is now cured with glastcs.
u. D. Sullivan
Optical Specialist
Xft&iSa FARGO, N. D.
CHARLES. E. WILSON, Auctioneer
Live Stock a specialty, write for date*.
Terafs reasonable for first class work.
,y Residence 817 Fourth Avenue.South.
.Fargo, N. D. Phone 641.
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W^HARnONY! HARMONY1
HARnONY! \.j
Misfits in wall paper colors and patterns
interior decorations generally are worse
than inharmonious sounds the harshest
pounds are harsh but temporary, the glaring
^.defects in wall paper combinations long
lasting. "No necessity for the latter if you
1 jvill but consult us. We have the patterns,
i'ilio skill, experience and willingness to com
bine them.
Kofth Dakota Decorating Co.
Keeney Block, First Avenue and
^Broadway, Fargo, N. D.
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HUNTER HOTEL
J.,H. STAFFORD, Proprietor.
First-Cla** Accommodation for
... the'Traveling Public.
MEALS SERVED on the Amer
lean or European Flan.
2 Portar at AU Trains. Qlv« Us a TrtaJ.
HUNTER, N. D.
Toe State
WORST ON PURE FOOD LAW.
Commissioner Ladd's Work Commended—Na
tional Pure Food Law la Urged.
J. H. Worst, president of the North
Dakota Agricultural College, in The
Chicago Record-Herald: For matty
years North Dakota was the Mecca for
traveling salesmen who tbok Orders
from farmers and retail' grocers fo
canned goods, jellies, jams, vinegar,
spices and condiments that wqre more
or less ingeniously adulterated'to make
them profitable, and colored ^'ith. fpr
eign ingredients to make jthenj .attrac
tive.
Last winter the legislative assembly
passed'a pure food Taw arid madte the
chemist of the experiment station,
Prof. E. F. Ladd, state chemist and
pure food commissioner, clothed with
power to enforce the law. If there is
one trait about Professor Ladd that Ex
ceeds his fearlessness in the discharge
of his duty, it is his honesty.
Although the law has been in opera
tion but a few months, the amount and
variety of adulterated food already dis
covered that has been foisted upon the
unsuspecting public, is amazing.
Mocha-Java coffee, a mixture made
up largely of African Java, worth at
wholesale about 7 cents a pound, and
though technically true in name, is in
ferior to chickory for coffee-making
purposes, is palmed off to farmers de
siring real 'Mocha-Java: lemon extract
without a trace of lemons and fruit jel
lies that would make their namesakes
blush, canned goods, of all kinds em
balmed with salicylic or benzoic afcid
and green tomatoes, temptingly color
ed with toal tar dyes, together with
catsups that impart fast colors to flpn
iiels and many other similar commodi
ties', are shipped in by the car load to
till orders previously takert. But the
war is on, and fines and penalties hre
being gathered in, or whole consign
ments of adulterated stuff are hastily
packed up and reshipped out of ihe
state to avoid prosecution.
The same manufacturers were driven
out of Minnesota by the enforcement of
their pure food law during the past
year, which seems to render them more
desperate this year to do business in
North Dakota. There is no question
as to the bad quality of the goods they
offer for sale, nor the justice of driving
them out of the state, through "the. in
fliction of severe penalties for violating
a most righteous law.
The State Federation of "Woman's
Clubs of North Dakota, 900 strong^ is
lending its powerful influence for the
'creation of public .sentiment against'the
use of adulterants in .food and for -the
prosecution of those. who violate the
law. Thfe federation has agreed to de
vote a portion of its time to the special
consideration of adulterated foods
Chief among the adulterants attract
act-
first
'time barred by state law, is the fampus
coal tar product, saccharin. It is tjsed
chiefly in canned corn and peas and is a
preservative. Saccharin is also ijsed
extensively in preparing sweet pickles,
preserves, cider, jellies, jams and in the
manufacture of candy. One pound of
saccharin, containing as much sweet
ness as 550 pounds of granulated sugar,
the use of it for sweetening purposes
places the honest manufacturer at posi
tive disadvantage. Saccharin is an an-,
tiseptic and has a retarding effect, on
digestion, making it injurious to -the
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Read The 'T&tHuHS
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By ihe di&iflbi) of the
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system. It has no food value what-'
ever.
The farmer and his family are the
chief victims of these sharpens, whose
method of operation consists in can
vassing from home to home until or
ders for a car load of goods aire obtain
ed. then the stuff is shipped in and
quickly distributed.
A national law should be speedily
passed making it a misdemeanor, with
severe penalties, for counterfeiting
food products or for using any decep
tion in their preparation! The public
js faxed for educational purposes and
it i* simply an outrage for men.to turn
their, knowledge and sjkill^.aspired, at
public expen&e^jto dejraud tfair bene
factors."
"No manufacturing firm his ^ver been
molested while doing a legitimate busi
ness, but the lines are being drawn
closer and closer around frauds of
every charactcr. The farmer has been
the victim of sharpers for many years
and in many ways, and it but remains
for him to withhold his patronage from
dealers in questionable food .products
to drive them out of businfcss.U"''
•THE FARGO TOBUM-ANB DAILY%PUBUcM,--,#iNE^Xf^Mtf^$dT^
The Largest
and Most
Complete
House
Furnishers
In the West.
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VIOLATING THE- L^W:
Washburn Leader:- .One of those
box5"car merchants struck Washburn
Wednesday with a carload of stuff and
was prepared to do a land office business
with those whom he could worfe by sell
ing an inferior grade of gooate. The
firm represented is" an Omaha one and
this is not the first sectioii visited.
The people are not all sucker^ as was
proven by the arrest of, the box car
merchant, charged with selling adulter
ated food stuff, Thursday., We have
attention to this method of some of the
box car merchants in these columns time
and time again all to 110 purpose. The
manager went.through the country this
spring soliciting orders for fall delivery.
This firm has no interest in McLean
County. They have not the welfare of
the people at heart. What care they if
you or your family should come to want
through sickness or other adversity.
They wouldn't contribute 1 cent to better
your condition. Yet, you will find in
every community people who patronize
tftis class of would-be merchants and
who are trying to ruin and break down
you home merchant. Now this question
comes to every citizen in the county,
which is it better to do, patronize your
home merchant or some cheap second
hand store in the large cities, where the
chances that you get beat every time.
Do not labor under the delusion that
these firms are selling below cost, for
they are not losing money. It is such
firms that start up in business! heVe for
a few hours Wednesday, tW: the legis
latures are .called upon to'look after.
The agent in this case had., his trial
before Justice Walliti Thursday after
noon. and plead guilty and .was fined
$50 and costs for selling adulterated
food stuff contrary to the purq jood law
of the state of North Datypta. The
agent paid the fine and loaded up his
goods to seeka more congeni^ clii^iate.
Always bear this in mind th^.^erf is
no firm in the world going tq
(give
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something for nothing. They ^'aye their
solicitors to pay their agents who [de
livers the goods, they receive a gpod
compensation out of the business and
who pays for all of this? Surely not
the firm in Chicago or Omaha? The
head-men of these firms dferriand albig
rate of interest on their money invested
and they are going to have it, £ee that
•the. money is. -kept.-.at.home and the
home merchants will ren
si stance they can.
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PENINSULAR
THE CLEARING-OFF MAN.'
Spills Sunshine and Cheer Whep the.Qlouds
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•VNi#' vMiul, and -E«j»reife^
iff ••'He
is the most encouraging man I ever
knew lie always thinks it is going to
.clear off.."^ .That^ \y.asas|. remark heard
in' the crowd 011 tfie street as people
were hastening to the dock to start
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BROADWAY SECOND AVtNVI pORTH
E A V E N e o W i a s e o e y o i i w a W E
think of ourselves or our furniture store, but we are kept very busy
by many customers, who always way satisfied, and are living advertisements
for Qur "LITTLE PRICES." We can
FURNISH YOV|t HOME COMPLETE
and as our stocks are all new and fresh, strictly up-to-date, nov accumulation of
twenty-five years' standing, we ate in, position |o: make buying mors easy
and satisfactory to yoiu
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for the yacht face. This cheerful per
son had already cleard the weather so
far as the little party who were dis
cussing., hitri weri .confcetned. Their
faces were ridiant with smiles ,at the
ttier^ thotight of him.
The than who' alw&jte thihks i^ is
goihjg to clear off is a blessing to 'any
cofrimurtity: He takes a cheerful view
of the Weather -because" he takes a
cheerful view of everything. He is wise
meteorologically because, as a matter of
fact, it generally does clehr off, and he
is wise tempprmentally 'fihd- in the
world's sense because continued cHe^r
.fulness, a habitually hopeful, view, is
rewerded with the world's affection and
confidence—two things which' are worth
a great deal mote'thati money.*
There' are too irtahy good people in
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Everybody is surprised at the number
of' stove's we have to select from. Wc
have Cheap Stoves ahd some of the most
beautiful stoves^, that will burn wood,
lignite, soft coaf or *coke successfully,
and at prices that are $5 to $8 cheaper
on the same size of other makes.
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A Guaranteed Bond
with each store to give satisfaction or
money refunded. It will be money in
your pocket to investigate our assortment
before making up your mind. Prices
from
$1.50 up to $60.00
PIANOS
A good many are taking advantage
cyf bur low prices on pianos and organs.
Don't buy until you look us over. We
can and dp save you money.
Licensed Undertakers and Eriibafmers
eg to announce that my stockf^ ^#5
now complete, and contains^
everything known in tailoring/
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I:. LASSON,
615 N. P. Avenue, Fargo.7 $
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FARGO, N. D.
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the world who make a kind of public
calamity of their goodness. We doubt
whether a good person who thus makes
his goodness .a.-cheerless jmd critical
tiling conges off as4 well iii the eternal
account as the man who though he
may have his little human weaknesses,
makes people smile instead of frown—
.makes them firmly believe that dark skies
and going to clear and instantly bright
ens into sympathetic radiance a rather
weak and hazy quality of sunshine when
it comes.-
Since beauty is truth, the man who
makes us believe in the essential beau
tiftilness of the wArid must be a good
and true man. In any case, with all
his faults,.. w6. love him,.
For State News Read The Forum*
SHOTWELL & ORAVER
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Camatlonif Violets, Etc
Spedal attention paid to out-of-to«ra udtii
Modkrate*pricts and Fresh stock
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