The representative., 1900-12-06
the Hawkeye elevator for three years.
WILL PROSECUTE STERNLY.

WILL PROSECUTE STERNLY.
1--WE intend to prosecute the three men
and @ many more as we can catch in
the same business. The case will prob
ably come up this week; we shall push
It az fast as possible.
''The matter Is serious one and
touches the board of health, which has
jurisdiction over the food product of
this city; 1t is also a violation of the
pure food law. Aside from these consid
erations it Is fraud amounting to hun
dreds of dollars upon the purchasers of
barley which has been doctored, as they
get very inferior article, though its ap.
pearance Is that of frst-grade grain.
We think that they doctored for other
men besides Stuhr & Co., but proof of
that is impossible to get at present. We
have samples of grain from the elevator
and these will form a part of the evil
dence
This practice Is too common at pres
ent and Investigations are on foot look
ing to the prosecution Of other guilty
parties. There are likely to be some
startling developments"
Attorney Pearson would not divulge
the names of the parties who had re-
tanned him.
STUHR DEGREES CHARGES.
D. H. Stuhr, interviewed in Davenport
last night, laughed when Informed that
he had been indicted and his employees
arrested at Hammond, Ind, for doc
toring" barley.
Il have got my competitors to thank
for that" he said. II am going to Ham
| mond tomorrow myself and just hope
they will arrest me. You'll see fight
| to finish. l have made study of bar
| ley for years. Before this crop came on
experimental for months with puri-
| flying process for removing the earthly
and moldy odor that clings to poor
crop. l had the barley analyzed before
| and after purifying and at every stage
| of the game. These analyses by the
| Zymotechnic Institute of Chicago will
| show whether or not l am 'dOctoring'
barley. l found | got better, sweeter
barley, and that the germ was not i'm
| paired at all. Every car of barley that
! goes out Of our elevators is tested for
J growth Not one of our customers has
made complaint. On the contrary,
| they have doubled and trebled their or
ders; and the squeal has come from my
| competitors. That is what is bringing
| this latest move"
| TEXT OF THE STATUTE.
| The statute under which the indict-
ments were obtained is sections 8S, 80
and 80 of chapter SO of the criminal
code. 1t reads as follows:
Be it enacted by the people Of the
state of Illinois, represented in the gen.
eral assembly, That no person shall SUBJ
| ject or cause to be subjected any barley,
wheat or other grain to fumigation by
sulphur or other material, or to any
chemical or coloring process whereby
the color quality or germ of such grain
is affected.
No person shall offer for sale, or pro-
cure to be sold, any barley, wheat or
| other grain, which shall have been sub
jected to such fumigation or other pro-
cess, as provided in section l of this
act, knowing such barley, wheat or other
grain to have been so subjected.
Any person violating the provisions
of this act shall, upon conviction, be
punished by fine of not less than $1O0
not more than 81 900, and Imprisonment
not exceeding three months in the coun-
ty Jail, and shall also be liable for all
damages sustained by any persan injur-
ed by such violation.