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equally divided between " thou shalt not eat 

 thereof" and "thou mayest freely eat;" 

 and in regard to the eorieetness of the writ- 

 er's conclusions there can be no doubt. 



Beekeepers will be pleased to note in this 

 book the high eslirnale the author seems to 

 attach lo the use of honey. On page 181 

 he sa^, s : 



" Honey, sap-maple syrup, and old-fash- 

 ioned molasses, with unrefined cane sugar, 

 contain the tissue salts of the cane, tree, 

 and flower, the iron and calcium that nature 

 put there. Such forms of sweets are natu- 

 ral and good. Candy prepared from them 

 is good candy for the child." 



On page 184 he recommends for break- 

 fast, among other tlungs, " whole-wheat 

 bread, sweet buttei', and honey." On page 

 186 lie prescribes the same for dinner. On 

 page 221 h.oney is given as a prominent 

 ingredient in making ice-cream. 



If the recommendations of Mr. McCann 

 were to be adopted by all the people of this 

 nation it would result in a complete revolu- 

 tion in our mode of life, and a still greater 

 one in our mode of gastronomic suicide. 



See also the following from the publish- 

 ers : 



The interest aroused by Mr. McCann's exposure 

 of adulterated foods and their disastrous effect on the 

 civilized races promises to find expression in reforiu 

 legislation in the very near future. Mr. McCann 

 has been personally interviewed by Governor Sulzer, 

 of New York State. Miss Kate Barnard, of the 

 Charity Commission of the State Board of Oklahoma, 

 has already prepared a scheme of child nutrition 

 which is shortly to become a part of the State scheme 

 of education. There is every sign that the notice 

 attracted by this book is only now at its beginning. 

 Those who are nearest in touch with Mr. McCann 

 and his propaganda prophesy that his book will 

 work a revolution in child culture, and that his 

 principles will have to be incorporated in future 

 courses of medical training. 



New York, Feb. 17. George H. Dor.\n Co. 



Later. — Here is what Terry writes after 

 receiving tlie book : 



Dear Mr. Rout : — The book, Starving America, ar- 

 rived safely, and I thank you very much for it. It is 

 really quite wonderful how nearly his teachings 

 agree with what I have been writing for past ten 

 J ears. He gives the inside of adulterations, food pre- 

 servatives, etc., to an extent that makes one shudder 

 — and all done to make more money for a few by 

 robbing the many oi money, health, and even life. 

 Thank God that there are a few things which I can 

 eat safely, such as baked potatoes, home-ground 

 wheat, apples, oranges, lemons, bananas, berries, and 

 nuts. We have been buying seedless raisins, and I 

 believe they are all right. But last time I was in the 

 city I saw " bleached " ones offered for sale, and 

 people buying them because they looked so nice and 

 white. But no sulphur-treated goods for me. 



Many of the statements in the book are startling, 

 such as that all New Orleans molasses contains sul- 

 phurous acid. What a great work there is yet for 

 such as you and I, who really want to be helpful 

 to the people! Most kindly yours, 



Hudson, O., May 8. T. B. Terr\ . 



POISONING THE BABIES, NOT ONLY AFTER 



THEY AI;E LOIiN, BUT BEFORE THEY ARE 



BOr^N. 



We may rejoice that the whole wide 

 world is waking up in regard to the matter 

 of looking after the health and comfort of 

 our children, esijecially the babies; and one 

 can well contemplate with amazement and 

 astonishment tlie indifference with which 

 our nation and other nations treat the mat- 

 ter of permitting cigarettes to be manufac- 

 tured and sold. Read the following from a 

 good friend away off in New Zealand: 



Dear Friend A. I. Boot: — The attached clipping 

 from the Dunedin Evening Star will be of especial 

 interest to you when I inform you that Sir Robert 

 Stout is New Zealand's Lord Chief Justice — a strong 

 advocate of " no license," and a Prohibitionist — one 

 who, before he occupied his present position, filled 

 many important political positions, 



Mosgiel, Otago, N. Z. Wm. Chas. Brown. 



" What number of cigarettes do you think were 

 sold in New Zealand last year?" asked Sir Robert 

 Stout at the Brotherhood recently (says the Taran- 

 aki Daily News). Answering his own question, he 

 gave the quantity at 794 millions. Estimating the 

 population of the Dominion at a million, and not 

 including all the women and children and the men 

 who do not smoke, one could, he added, get an idea 

 of the prevalence of the habit among smokers. 

 " Look," he remarked, '-' at the enormous waste, in- 

 dependent of health, and yet it is totally unneces- 

 sary. It is affecting the power of our young people 

 Why, in America, in many of the best companies, if 

 they find their men smoking cigarettes they tell them 

 they are not required. They do not look upon it on 

 sentimental grounds, but because of efficiency. Cig- 

 arette-smoking tends to make our boys inefficient, 

 and it is the efficient race that is to survive." Con- 

 tinuing, Sir Robert said that, happily, the cigarette 

 habit was not yet prevalent among womenfolk of the 

 Dominion. Instancing the bad effect it would have 

 on them, he pointed out that in certain parts of 

 Belgium and France the death rate of infants was 

 enormous. It was due to the fact that their mothers 

 smoke cigarettes while nursing their babies. The 

 doctors had proved the cause of the mortality by 

 finding the narcotic in the blood of those who had 

 died. Concluding, the speaker pointed a warning 

 finger to the fact that, if the habit were not checked, 

 the race would become inefficient. New Zealand 

 could talk about its climate and what not; but it 

 would be unable to fight the battle of nations if the 

 habit were allowed to hold sway. 



" THE HIGH COST OF LIVING," ETC. 



I have read T. B. Terry's book on how to keep 

 well and live long. It is certainly very interesting, 

 very practical, and, if heeded by all, would solve 

 the question of high-priced living. If we all lived 

 as Terry claims he does, every thing in the eating 

 line would be a drug on the market, with the possi- 

 ble exception of fruit. Terry does not eat in a whole 

 day as much as almost any boy ten years old will 

 eat at one meal. Most kids want three meals a day 

 too. 



We are a nation of 80 million people, and if we 

 should cut out 160 million meals of one pound each, 

 it would mean the bankruptcy of our nation. 



The high cost of living is all a bugbear any way. 

 It is nearly one-third less now than it was in 1870. 

 We have no ground for "kicking" if we spend our 

 mcney fuoli.slil., . If a man can not make a good 



