St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
EBERMAN's TALK.
Commissioners for Purity OF Food
and Drinks.

State Dairy Chemist Eberman has re-
turned from attending The National Dairy
and Food commissioners convention, held
at Cleveland, o. He speaks in all enthusi-
astic strain over the meeting. declaring it
will prove national eneft.
THE body of men who convened at CleVe-
land, he yesterday remarked, went there
for work, and not Tor dress parade.
The Eastern states were lacking in spirit or
enthusiasm, but the middle and Western
states had the cause at heart. The purpose
of the meeting was TO establish uniform
standard for the purity of food and drinks;
TO encourage honest manufacturers and deal
ers. and to protect the consumer" 1t was
also decided 10 form an association, to which
the following are eligible rs members: Dairy
and food commissioners, their assistants and
chemists; members of the state dairy aSsO
Citations who are in good standing: member
of the national or state board OF health.
delegate TO the annual meetings may be APP
pointed by the governor, i'll the event that
said delegate represents the production of
pure food. The name chosen is the Natl
Dairy and Food Commissioner Association.
After the adoption of the constitution and
bylaws. members of the convention Joined
the association. AT this point the fun began.
George NJ. Sterne was appointed by Gov.
Fifer, of Illinois. as a delegate from the
state. He is known as an active worker for
T. ID. Armour. and an earest advocate OF
eleoma. garine. Sterne has been a great
champion of oleomargarine before legislat-
i've bodies in meeting. the attacks or those
who have advocated pure food. For his de-
votion 10 oleomAFgarine and the interests of
bogus butter men, the convention refused to
recognize Sterne's credentials, and Ar
mour's representative was compelled TO walk
out of Ohio's back door for the good of Ohio
and the nation at large. a permanent or
ganiZation was effected by the cleo
lion of the following officers: FL.
C.Thom, dairy and food commissioner
# Int
son, president OF the State Dairy asso
citation of Illinois, vice president: F. A
Derthick. dairp and food commissioner of
Ohio, secretary. and II. d. Sherman, dairy
directors, Warren j. Ives, dairy and food
commissioner of Minnesota: j. X. Brown,
dairy commissioner of New York. and Prof.
II. A. Weber, state chemisto or Ohio. All of
these officers comprise the executive COM
mittee.
There was an interesting and somewhat
animated discussion on the subject of the
universal adulteration of food, especially
vinegar, baking powders and condiments.
The various state food laws and the several
national bills framed were freely discussed,
their good points commented on and the
weak ones revealed. The discussion of these
laws and proposed bills resulted in the ap-
poiDtment of committee to consider the
question of q national law or uni
form state laws on food adultera.
ton. This committee is composed
of Col R. NJ. Littler. of Iowa, Henry Talcott
of Ohio. AID W. ). Eberman, of Minnesota.
The eomm\ Nee reviewed several of the state
laws, the various national bills, and, with
some considerable Examinations and some
abridgement a skeleton was formed which
may be a pattern for many of the states to
copy after.
1.-THE last day of the convention a meeting
was held in the city hall, to which were in
vited the dairymen and cheesemakers of
Northern Ohio. A deep interest was mani
corning the branding and the adoption of
universal standard for cheese. The popular
idea seemed to be that a cheese should con-
tain Rs per cent of fat to total solids. No
definite action, however, was taken. The
convention adjourned subject to the call of
the executive committee"