Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1906-12-08
MUCH INTEREST IN
PURE FOOD LAWS
All Food Stuffs in the Future
Must Bear Label Of In
gradients

Considerable interes; Is being taken by
local dealers in food products. in the
pure food law which goes into effect jan
uary l. The public is also Interested,
and many people are wondering whether
the law means another advance IN the
already high prices Of the necessarles OF
life. The new law provides that on and
after that date, every food product must
be labeled IN order that the consumer
may know exactly what he is buying. In
other words he will no longer bo COM
PEELED TO purchase the supplies for his
table with his eyes shut.
The label is supposed to tell the truth
about the article upon which It Is plaster
cd. and II It errs therein. and Uncle sam
finds IL out. trouble is likely to follow.
Tho new law viii neither injure nor i'm
prove the pure food products. It is aimed
at the evil Of adulteration. tearing away
the veil 80 that the consumer may know
what he is paying his money foi.
There is nothing in the law TO prevent
him from buying and eating adulicrated
foodstums II he wants 10. The law Is sim
ply danger signal, IL tells OF the dog
in the sausage and II he chooses TO de-
YOUR it, II is his own lookout
Everything Will Be Labeled.
It viii take some months probably TO
get things running under the new law
and many changes IN the Appearances
Of grocery stores arc likely 10 result
Everything win DO lbelcd and places
where food products arc sold win resemble
drug stores. The labels however. will be
IN plain English, so that oven those who
run in 10 set a can OF corn or baked beans
may read. The law says that the label
must make known tho component parts Of
each and every article Of fsod sod for hu-
man consumption. npd n heavy fine is
provided for those who fy in the face
Of the law by a violation OF its provisions
II the law is carried out 70 the let
ter there is likely TO be revolution in the
desire for some products that are row
listed among the earth's choicest culinary
delights. There is even nope that under
the new law the mystery OF mince meat
may be solved. Some Of the makers OF the
patent breakfast foods. the manufactur-
crs or wienerwurst. iiverwnrst and other
concoctons are already fearful Of the pos
sible effect upon the public OF the table
Of contents with which Their prcduc
must be accompanied. win take
pretty large label in some instances on
which TO enumerate the ingredients and
this may Brighten customers.
New Law on Meats.
on meat products ths law really went
into effect on the FIRST OF October, and
some OF the dealers claim that IL IS r.
sponsible IN a measure for the prevailing
high prices Meat packers. it Is said ware
not prepared for the radical changes and
some trouble was experienced IN meeting
the new conditions. Pi.ces, they say.
naturally advanced. are sun high and
will remain so Until the aew law has been
In operation for severed months and the
packing trade settles down to the new
conditions.
Some Of the dealers sny the present
high prices win prevail an winter while
others iook FOR "a drop IN tie price OF meat
soon after the holidays. The new law.
grocery men say. win he welcomed By tho
manufacturers and Dealers in tho better
ciass OF food producers aid inside o. a
year or so. some of them expect that the
adulterated products viii be practically
driven out OF the market. People, they
say. may not be able to buy 50 cheaply.
but they viii get better and more sus-
taining food and in the end, fare much
better.