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many, will indicate how widespread and thor- 

 ough is the study which is being given to 

 foods, the sole object being to add to the hap- 

 piness and health of man. And there can be 

 no reasonable doubt that along with an im- 

 provement in the dietary goes better health 

 and a prolongation of the span of life. 



But, as the scientific men of the New Earth 

 have turned their attention more and more to 

 the study of foods, unscrupulous men have 

 exercised their ingenuity more and more in 

 the way of counterfeiting and adulterating 

 foods. And it is very interesting to note that 

 the providing of means for the punishment of 

 men engaged in such nefarious practices began 

 about the same time that this revival in knowl- 

 edge in the affairs of the earth began. In 

 1861, the national government initiated such 

 legislation, though it was then in the nature of 

 internal revenue action, placing a tax upon 

 goods which were not being sold for what they 

 really were. A few years later, state by state, 

 the commonwealths took up the subject, made 

 investigations, found frauds in almost every 

 sort of food in the market, and began a vigor- 

 ous crusade against the offenders. In the last 



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