Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-03-24
MAPLE SYRUP
ABSOLUTELY PURE

The pure food laws we're enacted t,
protect the general public by bringing
to justice the dealer in impure anG
spurious goods; it would therefore bt
unfortunate il any reproaoh we're tt
be brought upon these laws by any ir.
regularity of hasty or ill-advised ac.
tion in their enforcement. That the
latter sometimes occurs and that mer.
chants, no matter how conscientious
and circumspeot. through a mere
teohnioality are ireadfully embarrass.
ed or. worse, muloted in fne has been
we'll illustrated by one or more cases
| which has occurred in this city.
The standing of Austin. Nichols &
Company. wholesale srooers Of New
York. is we'll known. Any brand bear.
ing their name is in itself . guarantee
of purity and commands the best Of
prices. That impure goods should find
their way to the shelves of the local
stores through the medium OF this Arm
up to the present would have been .
proposition to be secuted. II has re-
mained for the pure food agents. how
ever. to demonstrate that the reputa.
tion Of the wholesaler is no safeguard
against some form Of deception.
Among the articles sold to local
merchants by Austin. Nichols g. Com.
pany within recent date was an ap.
parsntly very fiue brand Of maple syr.
up put up in bottles marked: "Abso.
lutely Pure' ....
1t was really q. delicious article and
in consideration Of its absolute"
purity the merchants buying paid
twenty cents per gallon more than the
common run Of prices. In due time
the Pure Food Agents in making their
rounds paid Danville . visit. The
maple syrup fell under their eye and
notwithstanding the brand aud guar
antee of purity they took samples.
Imagine the surprise Of the meIch-
ants when 10 due time came . report
from the agents that Austin. Nichols
& Company's maple syrup came in un.
der the ban and that the merchants
handling it would have to pay the
penalty for selling impure food. The
fine imposed was $50. As.
1t was a clear case of injustice and
the merchants waived a hearing and
appealed to court. Meanwhile q cor.
respondenoe was opened with the sales
men and through them with the House
of Austin, Nichols & Company. The
salesman and the House itself were
emphatic in their protestations that
they had not the least suspicion that
there was anything impure about the
this case stands back of the meroh-
ants and they advise them to contest
the payment to the bitter end.
The pure food agents are authority
for the statement that to fiud On "ab-
solutely" pure article Of maple syrup
is a practical impossi bility, cane sugar
being an Ingredient that is likely to
show up in the analysis. mostly in In
Unluesllual QUANTITIES Ahoy oBheo ehoV
the maple syrup OF Austin, Nichols g.
Company is an exceedingly fine article
and probably the best to be obtained.
This in view of the fact that q vast
amount of so.called maple syrup mark
ed compound" is being handled and
is purchased BY the unsuspecting or
lily Informed public as maple syrup
tends to weaken the confidence in the
general efficacy of the pure food de.
partment.
That the pure food laws are not
quite what they should be and that ss
they now stand a system Of prosecution
which in some cases amounts to per.
secution" is quite possible is general
ly regarded as true and to remedy the
defect bill is now pending before the
legislature which, if 1t becomes law
will prevent the repetition Of such
cases as here described.