The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-25

Milk 49,. .......... In 101
Drsgs......-.............. 10 "a
The Improvement in the quality OF
milk, the commissioner says. has eoi1-
tinued. and the milk now sold to con-
sumers 10 the large cities is superior TO
that sold previous to last year. On tho
other haL 1. dealers in certain inland To-
calities, who heretofore have satisfied the
department. with high grade OF milk,
have fallen into the habit of diiuting 70
considerable extent, as the fines col
lected for their violations hear proof.
INSPECTION OF MILK.
The milk supply at the various sum-
mer resorts was carefully looked after
The arrest and conviction of two parties
at Long Branch, and the newspaper pub
LEGATIONS. restrained others who were not
above committing the sanle offence.
A matter that claimed the attention Of
the commissioners was the filthy condi-
tion Of certain stables in Hudson county,
Ia which the cows were fed on swili and
the milk from the same sold to consum-
ers in Hobokeu aud Jersey City. He
visited about dozen Of these stables
and found their condition as to filth
worse than they had been represented to
hin. In most of the stables were large
vaIs filed with swilI collected from the
hotels in New York. He saw the
cows feeding upon the stuff, which
had become foul and puErid. Though the
owners OF the stables claimed that
TIC COWS were sent LUer6 70
fatfen, and that no milk from them
was sold, he very much doubted their
statements, and instructed his agents 70
keep vigilant eye, and IL possible secure
sufficient evidence 70 convict them The
section OF the milk law which provides
for this violation makes it difficult to OBJ
tain the required evidence, however open
the offence. 1t therefore required strate-
gic visits to these premises Dy the agents
TO prevent the sale OF this milk, which.
while II answered TO the legal standard OF
total solids, was disease laden fuid and
utterly unfit for use. He considered this
subject of sufficient Importance to request
Prof. A K Leeds to make some exzmi-
nations of milk Of this character with
view to further more rigid inspections
during the coming year.
oLEoAlARGARIxE-
The inspector received numerous COM
plants during the year Of oIeomargarine
being sold for butter, but on fnyessiga-
tion he found that they were based on
suspicious raised by people on the cheap
price of butter. Agents bought q fairly
good article as low is u cents per pound
but on investigation il proved to be but
ter. When the price Of butter is low, the
inspector says, IL Is a sure indication OF
little or no oleomargarine in the MARKET
as the manufacturers harvest begins on
October l, when the price OF butter usu-
aIlv advances The law does not prohibit
that it shall be sold and clearly repre-
sented as such.
Manufacturers of oleomarga-ine have
succeeded, although they are not permit
ted to use airy eoloring matter, in proc
ducing faint yellow of color popular
manufacturer of the ingredients OF their
product. and only a constant watchfuI-
ness can prevent deception in It's sale for
butter. A black baud or stripe three
inches in width must be branded on every
tub or vessel containing oleomargarine,
and the purchaser must be Informed tnaE
the substance is not butter. The commits
sioners collected $500 IN fines for the vlo-
lation of the oleomargarfne act
ARTICLES FREQUENTLY ADULTERATED.
A reference TO the little table above
shows that coffee. spices, vinegar. mo-
lasses and Jellies are the most frequently
adulterated. Ground coffee, as a rule. is
always more or less RduiIerated, and fre-
quently with roastsd beans. peas, cereals.
etc. The deception is less notfceahls
in the ground form than in the bean.
During the early part OF the year q bogus
coffee, made OF -four. pressed into tue
shape ana colored TO the shade OF coffee
beans, flooded the market. II was
such a perfect imitation that when
mixed with fifty per cent. OF natural
coffee it was easily palmed of for the
pnre, unadultsrRted article. Its sale was
entirely suppressed No class OF goods
is more adulterated than spices
The cheap 1ellies, jams and preserves 80
largely sold niay all be ciassed as fraudu-
lent since very few OF them contain par
ticle of the fruit under which name they
are sold. being in nearly all cases simply
apple pomace Favored and colored 70 ini-
tate the fruit desired
VINEGAR ADCLTERATI0N.
The large percentage OF adulteratfon IN
vinegar, as ii IS at present found on the
market. is due no doubt to the failure OF
the apple crop during the last two or three
years OF the 154 samples of this article
purchased for cider vinegar eighty-fo1r
were found below the State standard OF
80 per cent. acetic acid, and thirIy-s:x
were not cider vinegar at all The adui-
teration is by means OF water, no foreign
acids having been detected. the Imita-
tion cider vinegar is simply weak Ecetic
acid colored.
There is no difficulty whatever for gro
GERS TO obtain pure cider vinegar, since
res ponsible dealers VIII give guarantees
aud the imitation is a fraud on those en-
gagged in the manufacture of the genuine
article. 1t Is found tnat the reteiirr fre-
quently waters the cider vinegar after re-
ceiving il.
The State standard Is low as 10 per cent
No cider vinegar will fall MS low and
when il reaches three per cent.. as NAM
her Of samples show, there cau BE no
doubt that water has been added II il
the Intention during the coming year -