Willmar tribune., 1900-10-20

tlOn ana assistance has been rendered.,
to butter makers and cheese make rs
Besides many farmers me tings have
been held which were addressed by in
spectors for the purpose of establish
ing new plants and encouraging the
operation of old ones, resulting in
great increase and improvement in
dairy products. More than 600 dairiea
and II, 900 COWS supplying milk to the
public, have been carefully inspected
| and reported. Nearly every grocery
store, hotel, restaurant. boarding
house, meat market, bakery, and manu.
factory of vinegar, spices and linseed
| oil in the state have been visited by in
spectors, and q careful inspection of
| all goods coming under department
| supervision.
These inspections have been general
ly agreeable and helpful to business
men and very satisfactory to con-
sumers, protecting them against fraud
and unwholesome food. In twenty-four.
months under the last preceding ad~
ministratiOn of the dairy and food de-,
partment, 1852 samples were analyzed;
53 persons were convicted of violation
| of dairy and food laws and $4,000
collected in fines. Fifteen of those
convictions were for failure to pay q,
one dollar fee for license to sell milk.
In twenty months under the prest Mt
administration 3, 3O1 samples have been
analyzed; PIG persons were convicted
for violations of dairy and food laws
and S5,079.00 collected in fines, part
of which was for selling milk without
| license.
The present commissioner has given
his undivided attention to the Cuties
of his office. His assistants have been
ia ithful, diligent and generally success
full in their work.
From the foregoing it will be OBJ
served that more than twice as much
work has been performed, with a much
greater percentage of results, il, twenty
months under the present administers
tion than was accomplished in twenty
four months under the last preceding
a6m 6ministration. =
| Under the old regime vinegar manu-
facturers were permitted to convert
white wine vinegar, costing three or
four c:nts per gallon, Into imitation
cider vinegar by c0loring it with burnt
sugar and adding a little boiled down
apple Juice. This imitation was sold
at cider vinegar prices and palmed
off onto customers as genuine cider
vinegar. It has been admitted by
some of the old officials of the depart
ment and also some of the vinegar
, manufacturers that this was done pur~
suant to an understanding between
one of the department officials and
some of the manufacturers.
Very soon after it was known that
John Lind was elected governor the
official referred to notified manufac>
turers that the Encouragement" was at
an end.
Under Governor Lind g administra-
ton the law has been strictly enforced
markets is very rare exception in
stead of the rule as formerly.
The battle against Oleomargarine
colored in sembIance of genuine but
ter and against renovated or process
: butter not properly branded, has been
5 waged increasingly, not only as duty
' but as a matter Of protection to the
genuine dairy interests of the state.
Note the very large increase in the
1 amount of fines collected for violation
q of the oleomargarine law--$215.OO un-
r der the old, against 100000 under
! the present administration. The Law
requiring adulterated lard and
lard substitute to be properly branded
e does not appear to have been en-
forced at all until taken up by the
g present commissioner, and twenty
convictions secured and $4,000 col.
: lected in fines. The same thing is
$ true as to adulterated honey, jellies
f and spices. :
: The present commissioner and as
~ sistants have given their undivided
:, attention to their official duties.