The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-10
Chemist ShaNy's Ibe Paper %
a Matter Of Dep Interest.
COMMOHESI OF THE FRAUDS
Dishonest Manufacturer rs VINO Car.
Not for Human Isfs-ss~sraI
aI.conc.ptons.


fR-ad before the Medical Association
uf Hawaii. Novcmbcr stu. isSs.1
There are present IN the minds us
portion os the publtc. tUp quite cpn-
mon misconceptions rcx1FdinE food
adultsration. and the object os so-caIied
pure food iaWs. To msay people the
term aduiteEatsoa az applied to food
or drink means simply contamination
with sumc;hins filthy or dirty. and ss
many arc esnvincct that each tnuss cas
his peck uf dirt before he dies. thry
give the matter lsttlo thought The
second miscpnccp;soa ts rcsardiaE she
character and cNtCat of aaulscsasson.
While "a is quite true that adnlscrs-
tiun in the proper sense o. csmmun
enough. this aduifrratiua is taurc ofsrn
uf a character Nhich the pablsc dos
not suspect. while Edulsrratinns uhsrh
often figure l4rEc'F in the pubiic mind.
ur in uCWspap~g paragraphs. have no
existence auyuh~Ts vlsc.
thiuk that our present izw. Act e
~ Session Laws az tNeN. drnnrs food
aduitrrstipn as Wcli as ans.
The part dCantm.s adultrrasiun reads
as follows IA article of food shall
b. deemed tn isr sduIJrFatrri within the
meaning 10 this arts l. lf any sub
stance ur substances have becn mixed
With tt 80 as to loser ur drprectasc of
iniuriously affect its quality. ssrcaEsh
ug purity e. s. the addition uf Ergund
sn1psSun~ tp Hour. - if any infcrSpr
ur cheaper Substance or Substances
have br~n suhstitut vi wholly oF in part
for jt~ =. x the substisus 80 us chioosY
for euffcTs -. 1f any valuable or nrces-
sary constituent ur iaErcntrns has beeu
wholly ug in part ahstrsrtrsi tFpsn o.
e. s. the r-noval uf cream trgm milk
e. II it is an imitattun uf ~ ts sold
under The name of anushrr argtric~ 9. e
| ol-umarEaTtmr fus batter - lf 90
consists wholly uF in p1rt uf y diseased.
i~cpmPpscsi. putEtd. tnf~vt.d. tstnsrd us
rostCa animal or vegetable spbssaner
ug article. whether manufactured os
uuts or tu the eas~ uf milk if is ss
the product uf = diseased animal. =
-. lf ID ts co1uTrds coated. polished Us
powdered. Whereby damage or tafcrsor-
tty is concealed. hr tf by any means ss
is made to app-ar better og ot create
| value than tt really is =. & tEr EzrSnE
of tea. polishing and cpssiaE os coffee
brans. CnlnrtnE of pras. pickles. rzrs.
to make them APPEAR fresh. - lf u
contains any added substance or In
Ercdirnt which j. Ppispa"1s or tnIuF-
sous to health. or any d-s-s.rtpus sub
stanc. not necessary inxr-sis~nt tn
tts manufacture. Thea follows = $50
tiuu providing for the sal. of harmless
mixtures or compounds. such as chic
ory aud coffee. oieomsrxsrfar. co1-
pound lard. etc. if such are properly
labeled.
This Law is very similar TO that "a
many States of The Cniun. ia Eng
land. France and Germany. and While
the manner uf ~nforcinx pure TODD laws
varies widely. the -ad aimed at and
the results obtained wen the lau Il
enforced are practically the same. tn
the States and Eakiand the Ba~ dos
no; as rui. specify that substance
are Injurious to health. lesviaE this "a
Boards os Health or similar bodies: ia
France and Germany an. lass ar. more
specific in this regard.
Ny aim in this paper has been %
bring to your motto. more particularly
authorizations which are poisonous og
injurious 90 h.alth. In the matter us
food authorizations sshich arc not sctu-
ally poisonous. but Ehich may proper
Is hs regarded az Injurious. there g..
think. in IN. public mind a lack ot =
true understanding uf the situation
In regarding th. health of = com
muntty. either collectively OF i1tivid-
ually. we find a per1iiar something
which. for th. lack of a better nam.
vE. may call the .sraith tone. Thts
health tone. partially tnhertt~d. par
TALLY acquired. if above par cnsblcs =
nan tp ward OF disease. bat IL below
ps- makes a man th. doctors eaeny
and th- undertakes fr5ead. In main
fH5uiuE this health suue certain factors
age recognized as essential. such as
exercise pure air. food. wasrr and
Ipruusr care uf the BODY tn vrtiiuE q
death rETtihratw a hpctur is not like1y
Zen state that a mzu diri because De
bathsi only once q tnuuth instead %.
once or tutre % Lavs and if BE- did. an
Inquest wuuli probably D. demanded
neither ts Or likely Erat mans death
or ill health cuuld o. traced directly
tp drinking beer containing saliryisr
larids a1thuuEh tho lack OF bathing ur