The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-31
SEVERE ON limitations
EVIDENTLY MAI. BOWLER WILL
ALLOW NO GUILTY MAN
TO ESCAPE
PROSECUTIONS ARE PROMPT
There Is Hardly One Variety of the
Necessities of Daily Life That
Escapes Injurious Adult
iteration.

Maj. ]. M, Bowler yesterday completed
summary covering the first three
months of the current year, of the Iabors
OF twelve dairy inspectors, who represent
the department In various sections Of the
state. Special attention has been paid
this year to, the enforcement of laws re-
stricting and prohibiting the sale of Illicit
food products Nearly every article of
food which enters the household has some
sort of substitute on the market, and not
unfrequently 1t Is found that standard
food preparations contain authorizations.
injurious in many cases to the health.
cases OF al sorts under the many laws
which now exist on the statute books
regulating the sale Of food products have
been brought in the country towns as
well as the large cities. In the latter
cases prosecutions are always made in
municipal courts and in the country
usually before justice Of the peace.
In all, sixty cases have been prose-
cuted and convictions secured as well as
quite number where the state was I'M
able to prove case, but relatively this
number Is very small. A sample is Sc
II,
as the case may be, and Il an analysis In
the state chemical laboratory at the state
house discloses the presence of foreign
substances or matter, contrary to law the
complaint is sworn out by one of the
twelve deputies who secured the sample.
From this course the state has received q
revenue Of about $4,000. which for a year,
II continued on the same basis would in
fhn TO 70 fnr
propriated for the support of the state
dairy and food department Fines In
nearly every case are for SIS and costs.
Handling oleomargarine contrary to
law either by serving to guests without
displaying the proper sign, or rot proper
ly labelling the package, has been the oc-
CASTOR for the greatest number Of prose-
cutlons. Twenty cases were brought and
conviction secured, perhaps one-half of
them by Inspector W. w. Mcconnell, who
Is the star dairy Inspector holding the
record for numerically the greatest sue
cess. OF the twenty cases eight were
prosecuted in Duluth. The head Of the
lakes being the base Of supply for logging
camps of what Is known as the Duluth
district, great amount of oleomargarine
is shipped in and for the most part is
handled legally, but to the degree that
this Is true Is only measured by the act1v-
ity Of the inspectors.
Eight prosecutions were Instituted
against retailers for selling baking
powder not properly labeled. Five cases
were brought against merchants for SELL
ing what Is known as renovated butter, a
very dangerous, product to the public
health. This article is made by mixing
number of different grades of butter.
usually cheap roll butter with a suspicion
Of creamery butter, and giving it color
by an artificial process and mixing 1t
with borac acid to givesit weight A con-
victiOn was secured.i in each case. Imita-
ton honey a composition Of glucose, etc,
was the occasion of three suits brought
by the department, all of which were
successful - d ~ enz. $50. r.s
1.-THE ne~npatnt law, prohibiting the adult
teratiOn without proper label Of paint
went into effect the first of the year ami
since six cases have been brought to O
successful issue. Down In Southern Min
nesota. Inspector Sweet found a dairyman
who watered his milk and an example
was. made Of the nlercenary dairyman.
Considerable adulterated vinegar waa
found on the market. Low wine vinegar
is often sold as pure cider vinegar and
the department found seven cases where
a suit was sustained by the court Sew
eral cases failed of conviction.
Other cases were brought by the de-
partment as follows; Selling adulterated
yeast powder one case; selling aduIter-
ated lard. one case; adulterated spice,
three cases; selling milk without a
license one case; adulterated jelly, two
cases.