The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
THE LABELS TELL
Adulterated Goods Must Now
Be Properly Stamped.
Soda Pop Bottles Now Bear a
New Marking.
SAY THE LAW Is GOOD
Topeka Manufacturers Approve
of the Change.
Think 1t Will Eventually Help
the Business.

| appears on bottles of pop as they are
sold over the counters of candy stands
and at the soda fountains of the city:
Imitation strawberry soda water.
Imitation lemon sour favour.
Color added.
Guaranteed under the Kansas food
and drugs law of February IA. 1900
Similar abeIs appear on bottles of
other fiavors. and the labels on crush
ed fruit f1avors at soda fountains show
! that a small percentage of benzoate of
soda is used as a pIeservative. These
are also on candy boxes when artificial
| Coloring is used or when the candy is
adulterated. There will be further
changes when the state law goes into
| effect October 1.
| THE reason that adulterants are used
at all" said Mr.. John Worley, the
| manager of the Capital City Bottling
works, lis the desire on the part of
some manufacturers to produce an ar
| ticle that will be just as good and at
| the same time can be put on the mar
| ken at less expense" Mr. Worley be-
| lievcs, however. that the law is a good
law, although its rigid entCfcelnent will
| drive nearly all the smallest bottlers to
| the wall.
Mr.. w. H Davis, of the arkhurst-
Davis Mercantile company says: The
law is good law and in the end will
be an advantage to the manufacturer.
Although at present it restricts some
what the output of the factories, it is
but temporary effect and when the
trade comes again it will be proportion
ately stronger Oh account of the present
depression.
Mr.. Otto Kuehne. of the Otto Kuehne
Picking and Preserving company says:
The merchants will have to stock up
again after the first of October. but
there will be a large amount of goods
on hand that they cannot get rid of. "
He well as Mr.. Davis and Others
believe that the time ought to be ex
tended until it will be more convenient
for the manufacturers and merchants.
and not be a source of extra expense to
the consumer.
The middle man and the manufacture
er are the fist ones to feel the effects
of the law. The retail merchant was
stocked UP. largely with canned and
bottled goods of the old make. These
older articles are not labeled with any
degree of accuracy as to their ingredi-
ence. and consequently will be unsala-
Bile after October. AS consequence, no
merchant wants to have a large supply
of these goods left over to spoil on his
hands when the law goes into effect
and will not put in a new supply until
he has made heroic efforts to sell all he
has a present. This means that the
middleman and the manufacturer are
alike restricted in their trade and have
no market at all for any goods that they
have in store.
ants cannot be used, but does mean that
their presence in an article of food must
be labeled in a conspicuous place on
the receptacle. This is allowed In
good many cases, but there are num-
Der of harmful adulterants, preserva-
tives, and bleachers that are barred.
The presence of any one of these last
mentioned in canned food renders the
sale of It unlawful and the manufac-
turers subject to criminal prosecution.
Here is enc point in which the law eff
fects the manufacturer permanently.
One point that is not generally
known is that according to the factory
managers. the farmer is getting
caught in the matter of selling adul-
terated articles. A great deal of the
vinegar that is sold by the farmers as
Pure Cider Vinegar" often is only
mixture of molasses. cane sugar, cider
and acetic acid that is allowed to sour.
They often advertise for sale pure
cider vinegar that is less than three
months Old To the manufacturer of
vinegar this is amusing. Vinegar must
be up to the test of ''42 grains pure"
before it can pass the government in
spector. This" says Mr. kuehne,
will produce unlocked for results. be-
cause the farmer is not prepared to
meet the requirements without being
at considerable expense for chemical
test
In the June number of ''The Can
ner" a Chicago trades magazine, is
the following on the matter of pre-
servatives: Manufacturers of to-
mato catsup. chilli sauce. sweet pickles,
fruit buffers, mfnce meat. salad dress
ing ETC.. are anxious to know If there
will be a ruling against the use of
benZoat of soda in such products. and
IL so. when will the ruling be made,
and how much time will be allowed
to change machinery and methods to
comply with the regulation. Influence
is now being used to get such a ruling
adopted, not only by DR.. H. w. Wiley.
the chief chemist of the United States.
but also by many manufacturers
themselves
The trouble here seems to be that
without the aid of this or some other
preservative of equal value in it's eff