Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-08-25
FOOD Law VIOLATIONS

UUU LAW UUlAIJUNS
The Latest Bulletin Of the
State Food Com
missioner
Az an illustration of the fraud
which Is being perpetrated upon buy
ers and users of paints in this state by
some manufacturers. under our present
paint law, attention is called to thu
analysis of q sample of paint which
was submitted by we'll known citi'
zen from Lynd, Lyon county, Mime
sofa. He states that he purchased thu
paint with the understanding that II
was Of good quality and paid a high
price for it.
We can1ot gave the name of the
manufacturer as the sample must be
classed legal
The chemists report is as follows:
The price paid for it is lost the
labor and cost of spreading it on thu
buildings is lost, and even after il
has been spread over bnilding there
is no body to protect the wood and
in looks it seems to say. II was sired
by :iniquity and damned by every.
body Iris department cannot pro.
tect the public against this fraud be.
cause the Legislature has seen lit tc
le9islate for the paint manufacturer.
instead Of the people as it is legal tc
sell any paint compound with no fear
of prosecution if it is not labe led
"pure.' Herein lies the only public
protection and that is for dealere tc
demand of jobbers and manufacturers
to label their paint pure" If this
is done this department can and will
see that our citizens get good article
of paint.
Sample is composed of plaster, lead
sulphate, iron silicate, fish oil and
petroleum oil. Legal.
The chemists analysis indicates al
paint 1t is of very small value.
As we have already stated in a
former bulletin, we have found paint
on the market, which is worthless and
no greater fraud is being perpetrated
upon the people of the state than
through the manufacture and sale of
that commodity. It is a fraud in sew
rael ways for the money
Following is a list of the most seri.
Gus violation of our food laws discov-
cred since the publication of our last
bulletin
Lab. No. 8. Cocoa. Puritan
brand. John Sexton & Co., Chicago.
Illegal. Sample is adulterated with
corn starch. Sold as pure.
Lab. No. 359. Sorghum. John Sex
ton & Co., Chicago. Illegal, Con.
tains 42.2 per cent commercial glu.
cose. Can not labeled as required by
law. Sold as pure sorghum. The
above two samples were secured from
a shipment at Buffalo, MIMI, by a
box car merchant.
Lab. No. 425. Blackberry Brandy.
Gromes & Ulrich, Chicago. Illegal.
Sample is colored with coal-tar dye
and preserved with salicylic acid.
Lab. No. 422. Blackberry Brandy.
George Benz & Sons, St. Paul. lille.
gal. Sample is colored with coal tai
dye and preserved with salicylic acid.
Lab. No. 400. Cherry Brandy.
Glenn & Murphy. Chicago. Illegal.
Sample is preserved with salioylic
acid and colored with coal tar dye.
Lab. No. so. Strained honey.
Purity" brand. E. G. Bailey Co.,
Detroit. Mich. Illegal Sample IL
adulterated With commercial glucose.
Sold as pure honey.
Lab. No. a. Butter. Sold by John
Anderson. Bull. Minnesota. Illegal.
Sample is renovated butter.
Lab. No. 81. Butter. Sold by
Scanlon Merchantile Co., Scanlon.
Illegal. Sample is renovated butter.
Lab. No. AZ. Cider Vinegar. F.
?. johnson Vinegar Co., Kishwau.
kee, Ill. Illegal. Sample is not q
genuine apple cider vinegar.
EDWARD *. SLATER,
Commissioner.
There was q large attendance at the
gun Stub shoot Friday evening, in.
Guiding party of four from Royal.
ton. The totals In three events of 10
each were: Jones 4, Cameron IA,