The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-02
VINEGAR IN PICKLE BARRELS
COUNTY ATTORNEY ISSUES
WARRANT FOR HIS BROTHER.
Vinegar Imported as Pickles in Or
der to Secure Lower Freight
Rates-Many Grocers involved.


Selling or having in possession vine
| gar in barrels marked dill pickles" is
an offense against the laws Of Utah
Probably not one in a hundred Of the
grocers doing business in this state are
aware Of this fact, but State Dairy and
Food Commissioned EIeineT has adopt
ed plan of action which viii doubt
less bring the solemn truth home to
every grocery merchant who has been
violating the law, and the commission
er declares that the list mum bers hun
dreds
The innocent appearing section in the
pure food law enacted by the Iegisla-
ture in 1899 that is responsible for
Commissioner Heiner's crusade is
known as the bill of Representative
Bennion. In short. it provides that
aLyo Who has IN possession, sells or
4 otherwise dispOses of vinegar and fails
TO plainly mark in bold letters and fig
ures on the barrel. keg. jug or other
vessel indicating that the stuff is vine
gar and the strength of it and fails
to show also how much aCetic or other
acid it contained IN the vinegar, is
guilty of a misdemeanor. The purpose
OF the law is to guard against the
sadulterauon OF vinegar and to pre-
vent the trafhcking in impure brands.
In his rounds Of the Suburban gro
Gerry stores IN this city last week
Commissioner Heiner struck rich
lead He found vinegar in job lots and
good vinegar, too, but it was i'm bar
rels labeisd "diH pickles. On inquiry
ne was informed that the stuff had
been consigned from the 3. 3. Pickle
company of Denver to the merchants
mere the deliveries being made through
the B. & O. Transfer company. The
reason given for the breach in the law
when the attention of the warehouse
men was called to it, declares the com
missioner was that the freight rates
ON vinegar are higher than on pickles
and hence the branding of the barrels
IN the manner stated to deceive the
Rio Grande Western Railway coms
pany
Commissioner Heiner yesterday laid
his grievance before the county attOr-
ney and so well satisfied was the pub
Tic prosecutor that there had been -at
least a technical violation of the law
If not q wilful evasion that he consent
ed TO the issuance of complaints for
the prosecution Of two of the ALLEGED (
Offenders, The complaints were sent
10 Justice LOchrie for the making Of
warrants of arrest and Monday was
fixed as the time for their service. The
two victims selected are J. 8. williams
doing business at 40 Is street, and /
Sc0luel Christensen. brother Of COun- /
~ Attorney Christensen. who runs the I
grocery at 2T7 East Fifth South street {
Commissioner Heiner left with the 1
county attorney a list of twenty other I
grocers whose prosecution Tor violating ]
the vinegar label law he demands Thsl
victims on the commissioners list are: (
Jachetta Brothers. Willes & HOrsIey. +
AI. j. Bridgeman, J. +. Bran ting Snarr /
81 Sons. Robert Brady, +. P.eNViIkfns
Fifth Ward Family store, NJ s. Rock,
Oliver Pearson, H. z. Hapgood. s. G.
Saxeuan. a. Q. SnoOt. Benedict Broth 4
eTS company. Louis Knight E. u. Rich
ir., Page & Co, s. E. Warburton. Mrs.
II. Ban and the b. & o. Transfer com 1
pany.