THE FOOD ADULTERERS.

NZ Truth, Issue 97, 27 April 1907, Page 8

THE FOOD ADULTERERS.

(With apologies to Rudyard Kipling.)

When you've gaoled i the Striking Seaman, when you've hounded down the "Sport," When you've wasted thousands- trying • Paddy Crick, Will you kindly pay attention to a man 1 who-goes unfought, But whose Death Knell should foe sounded sure and quick! He's the cunning Food Adulterant, with a grim uncheckeretL way, And we will have to find the means* to bind him ';■.. He is eating at your manhood, throws the infant's chance away, Leaves the festering sore of Ruined Health behind him.

Kibe

Aged one, sick bate, matt m prime of life, Streams of people paying his toll, eating the food they like ■; : 21 blow must be struck at ■' this infambusi game, but whose to lead Right m the strife ?i Sound the call 'for your children's sake— and Strike ! Strike ! Strike !

There are' crimes that make us shudder, crimes revolting, to relate, Yet, perhaps, the author's mad what time he stoops, But the Food Adulerant cooly, m a healthy mental state, Poisons mankind for the. money that he scoops ,- He's perhaps a business "Lion," public men his boardroom fill, And w<e will have to try them for their failure To safeguard the Public Interest, to respect the People's Will, To watch o'er tho Health" and Strength of Young Australia,,

Cute Jap, Bland Chow, Coming a •few years hence, Countless thousands wait the day, Colored and Whites alike'; X blow must te struck at our in n cr foes, on whom shall we pick to commence ? Find the men who would play with your Food— and Strike ! Strike ! Strike 1

*-"D.Q."