Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1913 — What It Comes To. [ARTICLE]

What It Comes To.

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley told in an address in Washington a story apropos of food adulteration. “There was a man,’’ he said, “who manufactured so-called silver spoons. A dealer , bought largely from him, but was always clamoring for a lower price. “ ‘But I can’t lower the price,’ the mryxffaCturer would say, ‘unless I put in more lead.’ “ ‘All right—more lead, by all means.' This the dealer reply. “The other week the dealer wired that he'would take an enormous consignment of spoons if the price were cut a further ten per cent “ ‘I can’t cut the price another penny,’ the manufacturer wired back. “ ‘Put in more lead,’ wired the dealer. \ . * “‘lmpossible,* was the manufacturer's reply. ‘Last lot I shipped you were all lead.* “ x