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pure food bill was laid aside by the Senate while they took np 

 for consideration a bill relating to the misdemeanors of two 

 sailors." The laying aside of a bill is but a subterfuge resorted 

 to to get rid of a bill, and so year in and year out some ruse is 

 resorted to with the pure food bill until patience with the 

 American people is ceasing to be a virtue. Manufacturers of 

 food products for the first time are beginning to show alarm 

 and well they may. Let us all earnestly work for the passage 

 of this bill, for with its passage lies the health of the people. 

 The health of its people should be the first and predominant 

 thought with a far-sighted government, for health is the pulse 

 of a nation's growth and the backbone of a nation's greatness. 



Not only does pure blood produce conditions for health, 

 but it also breeds healthy thoughts as it is only possible for 

 pure blood to do. As thinking people let us seriously consider 

 these problems and resolve that impositions which reflect on 

 health shall not be countenanced or supported. It is only by 

 co-operation that we shall succeed in overthrowing this greedy 

 monopoly of our rights, so let us co-operate in every way 

 possible with Senator Heyburn, and by so doing win for truth, 

 for right and justice ! Over two billion dollars, it is said, go 

 into the pockets of unscrupulous manufacturers every year. 

 Not only do they rob us by compelling us to pay our hard 

 earned dollars for an adulterated food substance, but they also 

 enrich themselves at the expense of the health of the people. 

 Such conditions should not be tolerated, and I, for one, intend 

 to give my best efforts to awakening thought and creating senti- 

 ment against them. Our representatives in Congress are there 

 to do the will of the people. Let us signify to these Senators, 

 that represent our States, that it is our desire that they work 

 for the passage of this " pure food bill." When they become 

 convinced that we are in earnest in seeking its passage, only 

 then will they become active and the bill become a law. 



From all that I have said to you this evening I am sure that 

 you must see that the physical, mental, and moral of man 

 work hand in hand. That they form a trinity which in this 

 world cannot be separated one from another. The body is the 

 temple that holds life's treasures, and as such it should be 

 carefully nurtured, for it is only the physically strong body that 

 is capable of supporting great mental efforts. This fact, as I 

 have stated, seems to be ignored in the training of children and 



