Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07

brands of whisky, neither blended in the general meaning of the term. He has made a third brand by mixing these two. Now according to the law the label must state this and declare that the third product is a blended whisky, when really 1t is not. Until the agri- cultural department has ruled on this case, how shall the manufacturer make up his label, and what shall be the wording, size of lettering and position of the ltters on ita
 Manufacturers are confronted by an other condition of the law, which pro vides that the old labels shall be per missible until October l next. Now, when house puts on great quantities of stuff and has large quantity of labels on hand that it must dispose of to avoid heavy loss, it must calculate closely from it's sales the amount of goods that it can put out under the old labels. Every house is working out this problem with great care. Its com plications are obvious.
 Many Problems Unsolved
 Yet this problem is only a trivial one in comparison with other problems still unsettled by the agricultural depart ment in specific cases relating to man. ufacturers. Take the case of the man ufaeture of catsup, who puts up $500,- 900 worth of that product every sum mer and fall, Benzoate of soda, gener- ally regarded as harmless, is used in preserving catsup. It has not yet been decided whether that substance will he permitted in catsup. Now the catsup maker must place his orders for boxes. bottles and labels long in advance of the time when he will use them in ship ping his products. He must calculate months ahead of his actual trade just as he makes his contracts for raw ma terials months before he will use them.
 Should the manufacturer use benzo- ate of soda, as he has been doing, and should the federal authorities prohibit its use, what shall he do with his goods If he puts them up without it, must he have two sets of labels printed, one stating that benzoate of soda is used. and the other emitting reference to it! !! The printing of two sets of labels would mean an expense that would wipe out a good part of his profits.
 Few Evade Law
 nrLo.o ,.c yo., oa.,.o.s .,, 4ho country who have shown a disposition to evade the law, and this has been almost wholly corrected by the pressure that the wholesalers and jobbers have brought to bear on them. The minute the law was passed the wholesalers got busy. One New York city house alone has mailed list of questions to over 2,O00 manufacturers from whom it pur chased goods. These questions covered every aspect of the manufacturer s in tention and practice with reference to compliance with the national pure foot law. Other houses throughout the country followed the example of this wholesale house. Jobbers, who are liable to heavy penalties for impure goods sold through them, also brought pressure to bear on the manufacturers. Such stiff warnings were sent out by the wholesalers and jobbers that even the few manufacturers inclined to adopt shifty course were forced into line. Thus the quality of food products has been raised immeasurably and the everywhere are doing their best to bring their produces into conformity with the law.
 In. many states the efforts of the have been increased by the knowledge that inspection and anal. ysis of goods are being made by state and municipal inspectors. It is only q question of time when the national government will begin the work of in, specting products offered for sale under interstate laws. When that time comes, the dealer and manufacturer who offers stuff for sale when ii does not meet the requirements of the national law, will find himself subject to such eeyere penalties that he will do business at , loss. Manufacturers foresee this and are working hard to avoid it.
 As fast as possible the federal author ties will decide cases presented to them where problems of interpretation and imitation of the food law arise So in .ime the atmosphere will be cleared of he unavoidable uncertainty that now 'lings about many points.