The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31

|, Of which has been 0roinhIy PiatH ~ pie Then a large portion of corn syrup and some sugar has been added and sometimes q preservative. All this has never been explained on the label but 1t will be in the future.
 The new labels that all the grocery houses are ordering state. for the most part, that the jams are compounos meaning that they are not the origi- nal article. but mixture of ingredi- ents. Some houses are not using the word .'compound'' but are having 2. single word. such as blackberry printed, and under 1t or somewhere near 1t one giving the actual contents of the jar.
 These descriptions of the contents of the cans or jars are quite iiiumf- mating. One firms tells of It's straw. of apple juice, forty eight per cent of corn syrup. six per cent of granuia- ted sugar and one per cent or coloring matter and flavor" There isn't any mention of strawberry. Another Dig wholesale house is having labels print ed which state reassuyingly that US raspberry compound contains one ing matter and Is preserved with one five e-hundredth part of sodium ben zoate." How much raspperry Is in inc jam the label does not say.
 Sodium benzote has been extensively used as a preservative in the grocery trade. There Is now some question m the minds of the grocers wne,ner the eoyernmert is going to allow 1t to be nss6--that any sort of preservative will he forbidden when the government begins to investigate matters If this comes to pass 1t will throw the grocers into mysteries. The only al- formative will be for them to sell 1am that has been through an expensive process. and it will raise prices sky ward. People will then. 1t is expected, take to making their own preserves and jams.
 Not only is the preservative used in jams. but it has done noble service in keeping catsup from spelling. There ia hardly a bottle of catsup on the market that has not some degree Of benzote of soda in 1t. That 1t is real ly harmless must be inferred from the fact that so many people have used catsup and lived through 1t. The new catsup labels win have to tell explic- ftiy about the benzote of soia. label that has been devised by one famous catsup concern says: 'SThis catsup guaranteed to be absolutely free from artifiical coloring. and Is preserved with sugar. salt. vinegar. spices ana one per cent of benzote of soda
 one of the wholesalers said that If the benzote of soda were forbidden by the government no catsup could be nut ID that would not sour unless 1t was first put through a boiling nro- cess Then. he said, there would be an awful howl from the consumer be- cause catsup would jump l5o per cent in price A bottle that now sells for ten cents would under the boiling sys- tenn, cost the consumer twenty-five cents.
 A cider manufacturer said that he prayed each night before he went to bed that sodium benzoate would not be barred. It would mean, he said, that he would have tn go into some other business. and that people would not have cider excepting in apple time. Cider manufacturers would have to state that bepzoate is used or run the chance of heinz arrested.
 Another feature of the new law will rob the labels of some ok their high sounding but misleading inscriptions It has been the custom to give certain edibles grown or manufactured In this country some pleasing geographical name. Tn stores all over the land there have been bottles labelled "Huile d'Olive" or "oleo Pino d'oliva." This was intended to convey the idea that the contents of the bottles were in1- ported olive oil, either from France or Italy, acconding to the inscription on the label To help along the idea tie labels have had the name of some French or Italian city printed on them as though the oil came from that ely. Of the oil ordinarily consumed in table use but a small percentage has been pure olive oil. Most of it is made in this country from pressed cotton seed. To have told the truth about 1t. some of the dealers figured. might have aaI hud Ca he label in foreign language has been used and the impression has gone out that the genuine olive oil was being purchased. Now the ordinary table oil will be sold in bottles with the labels printed in English and without the fla miliar 'Huile d'Olive' or it's Italian equivalent. The labels will state that the oil is not the olive variety but simply salad oil"
 The same rule will apply to other commodities. No longer will there be sold cans of Jersey tomatoes unless the vegetable Is really grown and canned in the Mosquito State "Shrews- bury" catsup. will be so sold when the catsup is put up along the banks of Shrewsbury. There will be missed the tempting jars of Vermont sryup unless the dealer can make affidavit that the syrup was caught in that State. He may call 1t Blue Moon" syrup or anything else he pleases so long as he does not mislead the public into thinking it comes from place it never saw. The hardest blow. prob ably. along this line Is the passing of the long familiar Java" and Mocha" There have always been coffees brought in from those countries, but they have been very expensive, and 1t has not been the privilege of the proletariat to daily with them. The ka a cheaper than real Java or Mocha could be bought for but the public didn t know that. The dealers are not going to run any chances. however. with the government. and they are thinking up new names. They may call coffee Java type" or Mocha type" but they must not deceive the customer.
 If corn syrup and honey instead of the pure product from the bee Is sold the label will have to say so. One firm