The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
0eW York American.

WoW York American.
 The newest investigations of the United States GovernMent chemists and the tests now being made by the State Chomists of various States have reveal a even a wider field of food adulter- attons than hitherto suspected Almost every article in the household pantry Is adulterated. diluted. poisoned by color 1ng matter. or made unit to eat by pre- o1Tvatives or, as in maple syrup and tea wholly fraudulent.
 From all sides arises the question. ~TIow can we tell the pure from the adnlserated foodsT And the answer of the Government chemists is that cheap foods put on the market by un- known and unheard of manufacturers are the ones to avoid. The higher priced, standard goods made by the best likely to be dangerous. Any food product which is surprisingly cheap is open to suspicion. An officer of the Consumers' League warns the public against cut-rate goods. and point out that ordinary intelligence ought to teach purchaser that many food ar tAcles are. on the face of them. sold too cheaply to be of fair. standard. honest quality. As an instance of this is cited n frm that is selling canned corn at "a cents doxen cans: the tin cans alone cost 90 cents. Add to this the cost of labels and she profits demanded by wholesalers and retailers. and what is left to buy the corn withf".
 Hew the Evil Is Being Fouxht. !. Ehe ultimate remedy for the wretched trAfIcsin poisoned foods will be a na- tlonal law compelling manufacturers to print on every label an exact and truthful statement of just what his package is made of. The National Con- sumers League deserves support all Ia a m " on food adulteration. but on the sani- tary conditions under which food is produced. The situation Is one which shocks and amazes foreign students of our conditions. The efforts thus far made have accomplished little. Massa- chusetts has been the pioneer in the light for pure food yet all her vigil lance the percentage of food adultera- tion was 29.5 per cent in 1908, or IA per cent higher than 1t was the year before.
 In Pennsylvania and Connecticut 1t is asserted that the adulterated foods found there are shipped in bulk from other States. As the packages are un- labelled. the manufacturers names are unknown, and, therefore, the State guardians of the food laws are power less. This of itself shows the neces- sity for a national law that shall con- ttrol interstate commerce, and this is Why IL Is proposed 70 form a Natlonai Pure Food League that shall work pri- mariiy for the passage of a pure food bfll and secondarily for it's enforcement when 1t shall become a law.
 Meanwhile the field of food adultera- tion is constantly broadening, and even cattle feed Is now filled with bogue sub- stitutes. The professor who has charge of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Tuskegee gave, during the past win ter. one illustration of the reign of fraud la commerce.
 eT have here." he said. "seven sam pies of bran. To most of you they look alike. The price paid for each was probably about $22 ton. and yet one sample is nearly half sawdust If you want sawdust with your bran. we can give it to you at much less than $22 a ton. You wonder why your cattle are not satisfied with the food. why they kan to yield the milk and butter which