Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-04
FIND AC|D IN 1HE MILK.
Claim Made That Milk Dealers
Have Changed Nature of
Preventative Used
TESTS BY THE INSPECTORS
While the Investigations Into Use of
Formaldehyde are Being Made Milk
is Being AduIterated With Boracic
Acid-standpattcr Scores Youne's
Attack on Cummins.
TESTS BY THE INSPECTORS
Special to Times Republican.

TatlO0S nave Deel SOlI!S VII oNei ,ii'
state to discover the presence of for
maldehyde in milk and to discover
amount of butter fat the milk mer
have taken advantage of the SITUATION
and have changed their preserSative to
boracic acid. The tests made by the
milk inspectors over the state vii
show the presence of formaldehyde and
will show if the butter fat is deficient
but shows nothing more. lot OF
samples taken to the state chemist
show boracic acid. The other day a
milk dealer was Dragging that his milk
would keep a year" This came to the
attention of the state dairy commits
sioner whose process of reasoning was
that if the milk contained matter that
would preserve 1t for year 1t would
tend to also pickle the person who
drank it. a sample was sent to the
state chemist who discovered the
presence of boracic acid. 1t has now
been discovered that many other milk
men are doing the same hing.
The other day Des Moines man
asked his butcher to grind up two
pounds of steak and a quarter If a
pound of pork. You want Haubur :
ger?" said the butchers Joy who was
attending shop in the abs snce of the
butcher. That's the way we make
a Hamburger except that we put in
handful of Freezem" The customer
ordered the Freezem left out and on
investigating discovered that Freezen
is made from boracic acid and is. al
legged to preserve meat and keep It
fresh while being perfectly harmless
There are some differences of opinion
on the harmless part Of the matter bu.
the state dairy commissioner now has
new adulterant and preservative to
look after.
1t is probable that those interested in
the pure food bill will meet in this city
this week and decide on the draft of
the bill which will be introduced in the
legislature among the very first bills
introduced.
There may be request of the legis-
lature to put the two insurance exam
iners in the state auditors office on a
salary basis instead of fee basis
This has been done with about every
thing else about the state house ex-
cept these two men. The examiner
and actuary now receive a salary OF
$4,000. but his two assistants receive
fees. 1t Is claimed that to
receive fees the assistants must
be employed directly on the
work of examining one company
and are shuss nor allowed to do AIRY
office work receive 70 compensation
for it and so 40 ncna. The examiner
and actuary receives $4,000 q year
which is within 5000 o. as much az the
auditor himself but there is a CLAIM
that every time the state gets sc ID
man trained TIC the Work of making
insurance examinations he gets a bet
tor offer some place else ard the sta e
loses the benefits Of the a'cdlnria lion
of knowledge and experience which lie
examiner t.aiIs wEi.a being employed
by the state. In other words as soon
as the eXamin,r gets to he reai compe-
tent he gets An o'fer snn,a place else.
So it may that the state will be asked
some time u raise the pay of the &C
tuary also. The present actuary has
already recM5ad better offsrS.
The. secretary of states pamphlet
regularly issued giving a list of the
members of the senate and house shows
that there are Is republicans, 20 demo-
Gratis and 2 independent republicans in
the house at this session while there
We're T6 republicans, q democrats,
Independents and ! vacancy in the last
house. In the senate there are now
exactly the same members as attended
the last session, numbering 40 repub-
licans and 8 democrats. In the senate
there are 43 married men and six single
and one widower. The single men are
Senators Dowell Elerick, Gale, Hogue
Jackson, Whine and the widower is
Ericsson In the house there are IS
married men. seven single and five wild
overs. The single are Chassell
Christensen, DeMar. Kennedy, Langan
Springer, Teter, and the widowers
Calderwood Carstenson, Cassell. Low
cry. Weldon Just half the members
OF lle SeIldtG TdNS TeCelNcu CtlleSc tuu
cations and thirty-nine out of the hun
dred members of the house received
college educations. Fifteen in the house
and four In the senate received edu-
cations in academies, and twenty II
the house and seven in the senate re-
ceived only common rural school edu-
cations. Seventeen In the house ant
eight in the senate saw service in the
wars OF the nation.
Speaker Clarke of Abel, and Lieut.
Gov Herriott will each have theil
headquarters at the Slavery hotel As
to the number of members of the leg
iSlature stopping at the various hotels
here is about an even division of hon
9rs between the Slavery, kirkwood
Elliott. Chamberlain and Wellington.
I'll is just foolishness for any mar
a. print such an article as that in the
Capital last night" said j. f. Wall
of N Ayr. q standpatter, in speaking
II the article in the Daily Capital OF
Iaaaary 2. in which an attempt was
made to make Governor Cummins re-
sponsibe for all the increased eXpen-
d:turcs of the legislature. Governor
Cummns is not responsible for every
thing that is disbursed from the state
treasurer's office. It is easy to make
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