Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-12-19
1 MORE FOOD ADULTERATION
Recent Bulletin Of State Agricultural Col
lege Contains More Facts With Regard
To Food Adulteration. q.

s "A publication that every housewife
III the state should have and that may
be obtained by request Of the Agri-
cultural College at Fargo for Bulletin
No. 63, deals with food product adul-
teration and the experience OF Prof.
p. F. Ladd In enforcing the pure food
law. It contains, as usual. = list of
products examined and the result Of
different analyses. Prof. Ladd says in
introducing the bulletin: "Our meth
ODDS have been as follows: ~.
- TO induce manufacturers and
iobbers to have goods In compliance
with the law. NO. Il 52 ~ : 49, 49,.
2. To give Wide publicity to all food
frauds. - ;sss., s: 5: ; a&:5,s
3. To induce retailers to leave H.
legal goods alone.
H.. To induce the public to demand
pure food products and beverages.
i The first question to be answered
then, Is what are the requirements
OF the North Dakota Food Law. I be-
lieve the following answers this ques-
ton: -" %E 11-s....s g
5;. LIST. Harmful and unnecessary pres
ervatives are prohibited from being
used in food products. Il
I'd. The use Of, coal tar dyes Is pro-
hibited in an food products and bever-
ages offered for sale in North Dakota.
Sd. Thata food products must be
labeled true to name and no deception
practiced In, the wording Of the label
so as to nnislead the purchaser or con-
sumner. s,@5i &z5s r Y =. ~ +. ny A. y.
\ I These three cardinal principles have
been kept In mind in ali our food
work. It can not be said that this is
an unnatural law, tfor that it's, enforce
ment should work any great hardship
on the honest manufacturers In fact
the manufacturers of high grade pure
goods have not complained, but the
man who produces inferior products
made to appear as Of high grade by the
use of chemicals, or, the man who
poses as a friend Of pure foods, but
whose goods are not what the public
suppose them to be, Is the man who
has opposed the law. For. example
one large concern admitted that II
saccharin was to be- condemned in all
classes Of products, it meant an ex.
pense OF SIC, 900 per- year to his houses
as against $500 at the present time
1s it not natural that he should be op.
posed to our food law? And yet these
goods have not retailed at less price
than others of better grade put up un.
der more sanitary conditions, and II
need be sweetened with cane sugar
Facts like the above are not stated
I by the manufacturers as an argument
why the public should be served with
.saccharin instead of sugar as an arti
Gle Of food, but from time to time these
facts are admitted. Men who can
sell apple jelly and glucose for currant
strawberry, etc, make large profit
and naturally are opposed to honest
laO6lIn&. ~ a% ;F@y ~, r ,tESt sais.sf's$ Y
It is believed, however, that In this
state, at least, the public are fast com
5 ing to demand pure food products, and
they are willing to pay for the same
In dealing with proprietary products
4 sold in the state, Prof. Ladd pays his
respects to the persons who put Out
d mixture Of alcohol and other sub
i stances and advertise it as ''tonic.'
i He says: Va: ;.5:*: .ia )
5sS8 North Dakota being prohibition
state many products have been pre-
pared ana offered for sale under the
guise Of being q proprietary medicinal
6 preparation, good for nearly all Ills tc