The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-07-21
An Open Letter.
EDITOR IDAHO REPUBLICAN,
BLACKFooT, IDAHO.

bLACkFOOT, IDAHO.
DEAR SIR
l wish to call the attention of the pub.
lie, and especially the butter-makine
part Of the population, to the require.
ments of the new law governing the
branding and labelling of butter or but
ter wrappers.
A part of Section 1S of the New Pure
Food Laws read: "All butter sold or Of
fered for sale within the State shall have
the name of the manufacturer stamped
upon the label"
A portion of Section 20 reads: "Each
package of butter offered or exposed for
sale shall have stamped upon the wrap
per or the package, the actual number
of ounces contained in said package.
Each square or roll of butter kept, ex-
posed or offered for sale in the State Of
Idaho, which is represented to contain
one pound in weight, shall contain full
sixteen ounces; and square or roll rep
resenting two pounds in weight, shall
contain full thirty-two ounces" All but
ter which has been packed in tubs,
firkins or other vessels shall be known
as stub butter" and when placed upon
the market for sale shall have stamped
upon it, or if wrapped, upon the wrap.
per, in addition to the above, the words,
"Tub Butter" in one half inch Roman
letters.
The above law includes all butter
whether creamery, dairy, separator or
ranch butter. I wish to state that the
use Of coal tar dye coloring material in
butter Is prohibited by law.
The law does not state az to the kind
of brand that shall be used, but we shall
insist upon a brand of good sized type,
and the ink used shall be of asquality
that will not "run" or 60 through the
wrappers into the butter and damage
the quality of the same.
The State Board Of Dairy, Food and
Oil Commission at the meeting held on
Jnly lst, ruled that butter must be full
weight when sold to the consumer; so il
will be necessary to make due allowance
for shrinkage. This is new law and
farmers especially may not be familiar
with it; therefore l am going to give a
good length of time for every one to get
their butter wrappers printed or get
their own stamps for printing the same,
but I do urge all butter makers to fall
into line as soon as possible and comply
with the law.
! shall give until September 1st, 1905,
to comply with the law. and | hereby
advise all dealers in butter to not handle
for sale any butter not properly branded
after September 1st, next. l believe
this will raise the standard of butter and
if John Doe does not make as good but
ter as John Smith, it will soon be found
out and Mr.. Doe will have to go out of
business as butter maker.
No butter maker should be ashamed
to brand his butter, and if he will stop
to think he cannot help but see that
nice, clean-cut attractive brand will
help to sell his butter, just the same
that nice fancy brand helps to sell
other goods. The aim of the law is to
raise the standard of Dairy products
and give the producer chance to pro-
tect his products against an inferior
class of goods.
The only means we have of getting
this before the general public is through
the medium Of the Press, and we hope
all newspapers in the State will copy
and publish this article.
Kindly thanking all publishers in an
ticipation of compliance with this re-
quest, l am,
Yours most respectfully,
A. F. HIT,
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