Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-08

al department does not set some Of
the questions at rest. The trouble Is
that practically each case, must be
ruled upon separately and the depart
ment is not yet sure Of its ground.
Take the matter Of blended whis-
kys. One dealer has two brands of
pure whisky. Neither Of them con-
tains any neutral spirits and neither Of
them is blended in the general accep-
tation Of the term.
He has been in the habit of mixing
these two brands to produce another
grade. According to the law the label
must set this forth and it is held that
the label of the mixed brand must de-
clare that It Is blended product when
really it Is not. The department will
have to make a ruling on that sepa-
rate case and until it does the maker
of the whiskys Is in a quandary as to
what to do about his labels.
Then there is another question that
Is presented about the size Of the la
bells, the height and breadth Of the
printed letters and the exact position
On the goods sold in which the labels
shall be pasted. Every package put
up presents it's own little problem In
this respect.
I'VE are working almost exclusively
on the labels" said representative of
one Of the, largest wholesalers the
other day. II have sat up nights for
months studying its intricacies.
IT'S printers job as well as a
wholesalers. Typographical questions
are as important as getting out sup
Elementary labels and figuring out
how far we may safely go to use up
the old labels on hand.
1.-The matter Of getting pure products
has become of secondary Importance
in the enforcement of the law. The
pure foods have already arrived. Those
who were putting out poor goods with
deleterious matter In them have prac-
tically given 1t up. The food Of the
country, 1t may be said safely, has al
ready been purified, and the mere pas
sage of a Federal law has done It."
OF course, the national pure food
law has to do with only such goods as
are concerned with interstate COM
merce The old style Of goods may be
sold safely in states where they are
made in some cases, but 1t is a mis-
take to suppose that that will be al
lowed generally.
Already several of the states have
their own pure food laws, conforming
to the Federal requirements and many
of the cities have health ordinances to
the same effect. One Of these cities Is
New York. In September Of last year
the health department Of this city
adopted new ordinances defining adul-
terated and misbranded foods and pro-
hibiting their sale. The ordinance was
clear and extremely explicit.
It had to do not only with foods, but
with drugs as well. Since that time
the health department has been quietly
at work securing an immense amount
Of data and warning manufacturers as
to the use Of certain goods Samples
are constantly being sent to the de-
partment's chemical analysis bureau
and hundreds Of analyses have been
made.
Not much noise has been made about
the discoveries, but 1t Is said that pro-
ceedings have been set on foot for sew
eral prosecutions. Inspectors are going
around town all the time purchasing
goods and requiring the strict enforce
ment Of the new provision Of the sani-
tary code, and the health department
authorities say that when the immense
amount Of work that has been done
has been disclosed and when the re-
forms that have been made are known
the public will be astonished.-New
York special to News and Courier.