The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-13

OF the word.
They are in reality but a means oil
gathering wealth for the manufactur.
ers by pilfering from the pockets oil
poor, suffering humanity their hard
earned wealth. These include many
bitters. as we'll as other preparations
and l have no sympathy for the manu-.
| facturers Of this class of product
and shall not hesitate to do what can
to protect the general public from
their abuses. There is no desire on
my part to cause the honest manu-
facturer any trouble. but there are
many preparations which have been
sold and are now being sold which are
frauds In the methods of their sales,
fraud on the part of the manufacturer
who produce the product. and greater
fraud on the part of the advertising
agent. For these have no sympathy.
| do not care for or respect them, and
with this class Of products I will do
what can to drive them from the
market.
Peruna Is product which Is not
what 1t is represented to be. Liquo-
zone I shall class as one Of the biggest
frauds Of our age. Vitae Ore, Force
Of Life. Bioplasm. are misrepresented,
| falsely labelled. and only money maxi
ers for the schemers who advertise
them in their present form. So
| might go on and mention many 9TH
ers. some of which are mentioned in
Bulletin No. 60. There are also pro-
ducts which have merit, but which
sail under false cOlors, represented
as being wholly vegetable products
when they contain as their chief con-
stitutents. and their entire value is
due to. mineral ingredients. These
products should have no place unless
properly labelled.
There are still other products which
lay great stress upon the fact that
they contain no opiate. chlorel hydrate
Coraine, etc. but when examined are
found in reality to contain ingredients
perhaps not much less, IL any, iniur-
ious.
Now there is another class of pro-
ducts where the manufacturers may
have medicine which has some merit.
but the producers have refused to COM
ply with the law of the state. In a
few instances they have positively re-
fused to label the goods. and have even
withdrawn them from the state. In
other instances they have left it to
the druggist to label the product, IL
he so chooses.
l may mention the manufacturers of
Peruna who have been very obstinate
in this matter, but have not changed
nv procedure in this matter, and If
they want to sell their goods in North
Dakota they must be labelled, or
parties having the same will certainly
be prosecuted.
Bromo-Seltzer is largely sold in this
and other states. but the company
manufacturing the same refused to
label it. After giving them ample time
and trying to induce them to label the
same. finding that they would not do
SO. I found it necessary to see what
could be done by way of publicity, and
within ten days after the appearance
of Bulletin So I was informed by the
producers of this product that they
were going to comply with the require
ments of the North Dakota law. and
would furnish labels to all druggists
and jobbers of the state.
There is still another class of pro-
ducts for which l have no use, and
am not sorry that the manufacturers
refuse to label the same. refer to
the different soothing syrups that con-
tain morphine. 1t Is true that some
contain only small amount. but
nevertheless the child is far better
off without 1t. should be only too
glad to lend my efforts to induce the
public to use other medicines than
those containing opiates. No mother
who would be thoughtful for the care
of child should for a moment, ever
consider administering soothing
syrup even though 1t contain but a
small amount of morphine. And if
this class of medicines could be ban
ished from our country, the babes of
the land would be vastly benefited
thereby.
Malts and beers are class of bever-
ages which have not as yet been in,
vestigated. Within a short time this
class of products will be taken up and
followed, after examination, by a re-
port on the same. has been the case
with the whistles.
State w.. National Law.
There seems to be some misunder-
standing on the part of druggists sand
manufacturers in regard to the effect
and operation of the national food
and drug law. Many have seemed to
think that the national law would
nullify the state law, and that all
inspection work would be done under
the national law and not under the
state law.
The national law Is supreme in its
sphere, but 1t cannot pass over the
state boundaries and interfere with the
sale of products in the hands of the
retailers. The national law is the law
of the land in interstate commerce in
the District of Columbia and in the
territories, but the moment a product
comes into the state it becomes
part of the state, then the national
law ceases to operate. and it comes
under state control. So, do not think
for moment that because we have
national law all you have to do is
10 wait for the manufacturers to COM
ply with that law and then no one can
interfere. The national law can only
go so far as to regulate a product
shipped into the state, but when ready
for distribution then the national law
ceases to have anything to do with
them and our state law becomes
supreme. 1t is the duty of each and
every state to enforce its own police
regulations and, while the national
law will aid very materially in the en-
forcement Of the state laws, neverthe-
less our state laws are just as essential
as before the enactment of a national
law.
The national law differs from our
state law In few features, especially