Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
ADULTERATE FOOD PRODUCTS
State Chemist Finds Little in Way Of Jams
and Jellies Which Are Pure.
MlLLET SEED OUT or STRAWBERRY Jam
No Remedy nj Present. hot with Pas
sage of National Pure Food Law
state. Cen Pass Laws which
VIII Ne Effective.
wluLtT SEED OUT or STRAWBERRY jAI
1From a staf Correspondent

LINCOLN. Feb. A-CspecislJ - State
Chemist Redfern is nursing a nice little
miIlet plant which grew from seed taken
from a glass Of jam which he bought for
the pure strawberry variety. The little
seed was taken from the jam and then
planted in the laboratory of the chemist
where Il has thrived and is now a husky
little plant. Mr.. Redfern has just com
pleted bulletin in which he gives the
result of his analysis of jams. jellies and
extracts, showing that nearly all Of the
samples examined are adulterated. Most
OF the jellies contained a large per cent
OF starch and glucose.
III the proposed federal statute recently
passed by the senate passes congress"
says State Chemist Redfern. 1t remains
only for the states to enact more strin-
gent pure food laws. and the legislature
of Nebraska will undoubtedly be asked
TO do this II has been useless. hereto
fore. for the state TO prohibit the manu-
facture of adulterated food products in the
state, for under the interstate commerce
act we are prevented from interfering with
such products shipped in from other
states
Stevens Tra nsferred TO Coast.
John c. Stevens, formerly of the Office
Of Secretary Dobson Of the State Board
by the government in the engineering de-
psrtment at Washington. has been trans
ferred 20 Portland. Mr.. and Mrs Stevens
reached Lincoln and will remain here until
Monday Mrs. Stevens was farmerly Miss
Mamie Canning and for some years was
employed in the Office Of the attorney
general
Insurance Compa MES Paying I'D.
Insurance companies which have not
paid their reciprocal tax during the last
three years because the constitutionalty
OF the reciprocal tax law was being tested.
have begun to pay up since the court held
the law constitutional. OF the big com
panies the German Fire this morning paid
in A.7S5, while seven other companies
have paid sums ranging from $50 to $500.
State Given Possession.
Land commissioner Eaton returned today
from Pierce county, where he went TO at
Tend suit in which the state was trying
TO Dust Frank Guendel from a piece of
school land which had been forfeited TO the
state. The state had leased the land TO an
other party and the former tenant refused
to give possession. The jury found for the
stRte.
Lincoln Men Asked to Put Up.
SecretIry Aellor of the State Fair board
coin Interested in the fair to the extent of
800 or 5000 to be given as a purse for a
derby race. The state board has hung up
$4,000 for the speed premiums and that is
all the board can do, but IL is desired that
derby be included in the program
number of parties have written Superin-
tendent Ronin of the speed department,
asking about the chances for a derby and
the only way Il can be secured is for the
business men Of Lincoln to put up the
money.
Visiting State Instifutions
Secretary Piper OF the State Board OF
Charities and Correction has returned from
n trip to the Hastings asylum and the in
dustrial school at Kesrney and both insti-
buttons be reported are In the best OF con-
dition. He said 70 per cent OF the inmates
OF the asylum arc discharged as cured.
while only one OF the inmates 10 restrained
OF his liberty.
Municipal Ownership Meeting.
Municipal ownership of the traction line
Is the subject for discussion at the Com
mercisl club meeting Monday noon. Presi-
dent Miller OF the club believes the time il
ripe for the city OF Lincoln to take over the
street railway property and II is to get an
expression from the members OF the club
that the meeting has been called Lincoln
people have been protesting against its
present car service for years as we'll as
the way the city officials have to fight to
collect the taxes levied against the CORPORA
tons, and for that reason considerable SEN
timent exists for the city to own its own
street railway service.