The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-02-14

coal tar dye obtained from l bottle
of wild cherry squash" Another
bore the liable 'sColored with the
coal tar dye, obtained from pint
Jar of adulterated jelly" ''Colored
with the coal tar dye, obtained
from half pint of tomato catsup''
was the liable upon a piece of cloth
a yard long and J yard wide, of an
orange color. These cloths were
originally white. Numerous cloths
of many hues and colors, - pink,
orange, green, yellow, lavender, of
various shades and tints were ex-
hibited as having been dyed with
the artificial colors obtained from
some of the varieties of food men,
toned in this article.
An exhibit was is made of preserv-
atives sold and used in embalming
meats in violation of the laws of the
state. and of numerous other adult
.erations which the Commission is
endeavoring to prevent from being
practiced upon unsuspecting con-
sumers.
These preservatives are generally
composed of sulphites or of boric
acid or borax and coal tar dye.
Their object and effect is to make
old stale meat appear fresh. The
danger in their use aside from their
intrinsic and deleterious character is
that they frequently cover up signs
of decay while not actually prevent
ing decomposition. These preser-
vatives are put upon the market
under such coined names as Freeze
EN-, Preservaline, Iceine, Liver Sau-
sage Color, Blood Color. ETC.. which
were on exhibition,
The exhibit showed that in many
cases the labels as a guarantee of
purity, are either false or mislead-
ing. These samples were taken from
the Wisconsin market"
Lemon extracts containing wood
alcohol" was the placard over a
group of bottles labeled lemon ex-
tract. Lemon extracts contain
ing no oil of lemon" appeared over
a group of bottles of so-called lemon
extracts. Over another group of
such bottles was the placards
Lemon extracts deficient in lemon
oil. y "Adulterated vanilla extracts"
appeared over still another group
of bottles. "Catsups artifcially
colored and preserved with benzo-
ate of soda" the placard appearing
over a group of bottles containing
catsup.
Samples of some of the unclean
practices against which the dairy
and food commission is waging wa-
and is eliminating from the dairy
business" was the laconic statement
appearing over group of articles
in that exhibit.
The above label appeared over a
group of absorbent cotton strainers
which showed an amazing amount
of filth and were accompanied with
the explanations like the following:
400 gallons of milk as delivered at
a creamery, supposed to have been
previously strained on the far N
were passed through this absorbent
cotton" /" Condition of absorbent
cotton after 5000 pounds of milk as
delivered at a creamery passed
through it" ''Six 8 gallon cans of
milk as delivered to a Swiss cheese
factory passed through this absor-
bent cotton. The milk was not
strained at the farm"
Contrasted with the above was
an exhibit showing the result of
clean practices in the dairy and of
the work of the commission in
eliminating uncleanly practices
from the dairy business. One pla-
card was as follows: "Twenty-eight
10 gallon cans of milk as drawn
from 1SO cows were strained
through this absorbent cotton"
To the eye of close observer the
absorbent cotton referred to ap-
peared absolutely clean. This is the
result of modern methods of dairy
ing. Another placard read as
follows: 100 gallons of milk passed
through this absorbent cotton at
the creamery. The sample was
taken at a second inspection. pqhis
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