Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1910 — A Future Food Fakir. [ARTICLE]

A Future Food Fakir.

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the government’s food expert, was talking about a notorious case of food adulteration. “The morals of these people!” he said. “It is incredible. But I know a little boy who will grow up and Join them some day. I was walking one morning in a meadow when I saw this little boy gathering mushrooms. “ ‘Have you had god luck?* I asked. “ ’Fair,’ he answered, showing me his basket. i “’Why, my lad,’ 1 said, ‘those are toadgtolg yon’ve gw. They’re poison, deadly poison.’ 1 “He tipped me a reassuring wink. “ ’Oh, they ain’t for eating’, si{,’ he said; ‘they’re for sale.’ “ i You can’t please everybody; it makes half the people sors if you please tha other half.