Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1891 — NEEDED LEGISLATION. [ARTICLE]

NEEDED LEGISLATION.

Baking Powder Bill Passed by the Minnesota Senate. [St. PanlDispatoh.] The recent newspaper discussion of the dangerous qualities of ammonia comes from the alarming increase of in baking powders. People who absorb it in small quantities from day to day suffer from slow ammonia poisoning. Taken internally in sufficient quantities it eats away the coatings of the stomaoh and intestines and causes death. Slow ammonia poisoning produces various forms of stomach trouble. Not one woman in ten thousand would use an ammonia baking powder if she knew it. Such powders not onlv undermine the health, but Ammonia imparts a sallow and blotched complexion. Following is he bill .recently passed by the Minnesota senate. It’s the danger signal which the law throws out for the protection ot the p ople: A Bill for an Act to Regelate the Traffic in Bakioo Powders. Section I.—Any person who shall knowingly sell or procure the sale, or offer for sal ? of any package ot can of Baking Powder, containing any Ammonia in it, not distinctly, legibly and durably branded, stamped or marked in a conspicuous place with the words in the English language “This Baking Powder contains Ammonia” in letters of great pica, or any letters equivalent thereto in length, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by » fine not less th n S2O or more than t-50; shall be confined in the County ,Ja l not less than ten or more than twenty days or by botii fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court Section 2.- The sale or offer for sale of the substance mentioned in the foregoing section in packages not stamped, marked, branded or labelled os therein required, shall be prima-facia evidence of knowledge ts the character of said substance, on the part of the person so selling or offering for sale a d his employer. Section 3.—This act shall be in force or and after its passage. Note.— An incident occurred in the house when the senate bill o <me up for passage, in reference to an amendment pro, osed by Mr. Diment. Mr. Feig said

that if the bill as it came from tbe senate was all right then the amendment was all wrong. The amendment compelling the printing of the word “Ammonia" on the libel oniy effected the Royal Baking Powder, and no wonder they felt the senate bill was a blow at them. i i— m —n Another large shipment of fine cloaks and jackets will be received some time this week Chicago Bargain Stork. A three days session of a delegate convention of the Farmers’ Alliance of thiß state closed at Indianapolis last Friday, Resolut ons favoring the subtroasury plan, demanding the doing *way with free passes by rail roads, calling for prohibition of the manufacture and sale of liquor and demanping equal suffrage for women were passed. An effort was made to have the delegates declare in favor of a third p«rty, but a private poll of the delegates convinced the third party advocates that the majority were op posed to such action and the matter was dropped. Delegates were elected to the national convei tion to be held in November. I have a nice lot of good fence-posts for sale. Call and see them. Thomas A. Crockett. a NotflWufTTiv ifmxtiuw*.. An Invention has been made whioh promises to revolutionize completely the industry of china decoration. By a prooess d iscovered it Is possible to obtain in a few minutes the same artistic effects which cost the handpainter on china days of labor. Landscapes, groups of figures, and portraits are produced by this means on vases, plates, and plaque* in their natural colors, even to the most delicate thadao. A number of Wood Choppers wanted. A] ply to or address Thomas A. Crockett, Rensselaer, Ind.