The San Francisco call., 1897-03-06

of foods of all kinds vitally concerns the
health OF our people, and as well the III
dustries of this State; and whereas, we believe
that health should be paramount to all other
considerations; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By the pure food committee OF this
council, that convention be called at such
time as may be advisable in the near future.
Be 1t further
Resolued, That a committee of FIVE be ap-
pointed to arrange details regarding the said
convention.
The convention will probably be held
some time within two or three weeks.
1t will probably be held under the aus
pices of the Manufacturers and Pro-
ducers' Association, as that body was the
first to aeitate the pure food movement
Reports of all comm ittees will be made
to-day at the meeting OF the council,
booked for P. NJ.
A meeting of the Board OF Health was
held last evening to confer with Professor
Rising, State analyst, and Professor W.
I. Wenzel, chemist Of the board, with re-
gard to the movemen for pure foods. 1t
was presided over by DIR. J. f. Morse.
chairman of the committee on milk and
food.
Isador Jacobs and Oscar Lewis were
present, representing the TODD committee
of the Council of Associated Industries.
J. B. Reinstein, regent of the university,
who has been instrumental in forming
plans for the crusade, was also present
and advised the chemists as to their duties
under the law. He said that it would not
be necessary for them to make exact
analyses of foods, but to discover
whether deleterlous adulterations be in
troduced or the quality or strength re-
duced, or whether the article was what it
was represented to be.
Mr.. Jacobs said the crusade for pure food
to be inaugurated by the board would be
of vast benefit to fruit-growers and to
other producers in this State; that canned
fruits were being imported to California
from London in such great quantities that
the grower here was practically starving,
the reason being that packers adulterated
here to such an extent that merchants
had 10 60 abroad to get pure goods.
"If the packers here were honest" said
Mr.. Reinstein, 1.-THE fruit-growing indus
try along would support the State. By
their adulterations the packers have
driven business away from them and
paralyzed the industry"
This movem ent will spread over the
State once it is inaugurated here" said
Jacobs.
1T will make an enormous sum of
money for the State; it Is the best thing
that has been done for 1t in long time;
it gives a value to the products of the
State at once"
professor Rising saia ne would be glad
to cooperate with the chemist of the
board in every way. He saw the neces-
sity for the movement, he said.
Food was adulterated to an extent not
popularity understood. Very cheap ar
ticies in "oIive OIL" for instance, was
almost without exception nothing more
than cotton-seed oil favored with mus
tard seed. As to wines. he had heard so
many reports OF late Of sdulterations that
he was appalled,.
The pure-fo food crusade will be in
augurated vigorously at once, and
wherever adulterations are discovered
prosecution Will be begun.
Dr. Morse thanked the gentlemen of the
Associated Industries Mr.. Reinstein and
the chemists for responding to such short
notice, and the meeting adjourned.