The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
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Canned Goods change Of Bali
ST. tittlore Takes Very 1tnpo rtatlt sls,
Action. si E3ss
Will 4 Fol- Low EFEjD|E RAJ W llsIS
80 = IA IsS
Determines t. Disregard Reg,,-3
lations. Which Have Prove ss1s.
Great Nuisance. IS s5
WILL FOL FED " !

Great Nuisance.
& Especial to Tho Tines ispat ii. y sAS.
BALTIMORE, July A. One OF the r1osS 4
important moves ever made In the canned
goods industry has been taken ~ tho 4
Canned Goods Exchange Of this III y sit
which decided to abolish the use az COLOR.
ing matter In canned tomatoes, 81 ana tn
disregard the various AZ State N pure 4 food X
laws and live UP to the requtrementsSok3
1.-THE Federal law only. This act lon wa sE
taken II Mt q recent Getting OF the sex.s
change Mr.. Hugh \ 81 Oren1, pr resident gofs
the Booth Pac king Company, being In ~.
GUAR. s isS
ss The reason for this sweeping action vs.
explained yesterday by FL resident Oren1Sa
who said that heretofore the various StateS
laws, with their wide discrepan cies. have
financial loss to the ackers. vi.
What OrernS Says. ss sts
might require one thins. Da.s,,
kota aanot her and Pennsyl vantaS another.,satS
said Mr. orr en-. wv hen a packer received
an order from Da would te Az Z.
8companied$ by an extract OF n the i gtatsa
food Law, and the packer would have TO-
pack accordingly. In many statess
was required that the con tents 2of each
Ican be printed on the Id bel. ana MANY
houses have fatty refused to iii orderSs
from those max ng y such ri equirementas,
for the full fillment OF the law meant the
revealing OF valuable trad q secrets worth
thousands #of dollnrs. va
55S. One packer. for instance. may havasa S
4 special brand of canned pineapp lea wlachS
ainkS
fof other packers. They are nat nral lysen..a5
svious $of him.. and would 4 like n to ha iits
possession Of his formula and the artouas
proportions OF cred tents. If the ~
hcompelled tho man possessing the secret
/ to print ont heSWrapper8tlieS exact amount
Sof each In redlent he Il would K give ;sSaNays.
his secret; and HIS business would $iiiffsRs
Saccordingly Hence, rat her than. rive
away their secrets. q many have II refuseda
to do business IN those States
AS atoS + deral Law. Ssssssss
Sss There have been no more enthusiastic
supporters Il OF a Il Federal \ pure food n law
than the packers OF Maryland, and t tho
Rone$ Just pied was sat sfa Glory in ever
respect, with the exception OF one els uIe.Sj
which required, that n Weig lit %
contents and the amour - Of each IN
sgredieht be published Il This we, foigtitsss
to-day Is accept BILE ~ us
we have solved the question by de-
Gliding to guarante Tee "a bsolute that eYery
can that goes out OF Maryland will be inSS
exact conformity with the requirements
OF the Federal law. ~ here Will be-
conflict between the two la Ys, Rg and Ssf
believe the state laws will either be- g. vi
Law or 4 hey will fall into disuse.
SssS. ow then, as to s the second A polpt
There is "a clause sof the bill SWhich pE9 !5
shiblts the use OF olorings matter to coHSss
$Ceal sinferiority.,. Packers heretofo Sh6V0s
been In the habit OF making use n
vegetable coloring matter. purely haranlSsS:
less az gattested to by PHI IN or
sderiSt give I'm form color to toma-si
toes.
Bright Color May Go: ssss5.
This is not used to- conceal nteriority,
A but In order that there may be no scauss%
for lnisapprehensi We have decided to
ava with the practice q ne sesalt
will be that the tomatoes may not have
the same bright /, crimson az pearancea
which adds much Sto the pleasure Sof Ell
dish; tut there may be- some Erean spots
here and here, 3 Wher n the 5S tomRt was HI
not equally colored by the sun 4.
1.-THE law present. es aga inst the Euseso5A
but that does not a6eo s$
for the plain reason that We nave slnRly
no use for preserya ives II eat y the prss
8sorvatiye OF the packer, Canned KoodsS
put up at a packing are p!lreer tha 9
thosa A nut up by the llous wife In hat ~
kitchen. for the reason that sheS cannot
subject her fruit to the 4 same sgres l9f
heat "a can the packer, Eyeryth hing PVT
sup at a packing house Ia subject ed 70 IN
degrees, which pas talerizes the fruit cys
meat. When put In "a can would keep
B Tor a century. For q packer to use pres
aervatlvas would be I waste 81 y m = q
&c maryland viii be / IN abso lutte con form.
{ ity'T 10 the Federal pure food Law. 2SaAd
entirely free from colo ring ma tier,
Maryland furnishes more canned 9ooda
than any Ave States In the Union. y WIN
be interesting to see whether or hos II
other packing centers follow her lea ~ h
the matter, t3S 6sS XII