Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
COMIC EFFECTS OF
PURE FOOD Law
Everywhere There is SCram-
bling to Comply With the
New Measure
LOCAL DRUGGISTS ARE BUSY

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Now that the Pure Food Law is I'm
effect there is hurry and worry in ef-
forts to comply with II. There is hurry |
in Washington, where Secretary Will
son OF the Department OF Agriculture.
is doing his best to pass upon the
truthfuIness OF the new labels which
the law requires; there is hurry in the
United States laboratory on the top
floor Of the Public Stores Building. New
York where r. =. Doolittle. chief OF
the bureau. is increasing his working
force, and there is hurry IN printing
offices all over tho country, where
labels guaranteed TO tell the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth
about the things that people eat are
being turned from the presses by the
tens Of thousands, and still not fast
enough to supply the demand for them
For. though makers and dealers are
allowed until October / In which 10
change the principal labels. an stick
ers and supplementary labels must be
put on at once.
These labels form an interesting study
and are calculated to bring blank dis
may TO the face OF not a. few who read
them when neatly pasted on the bottles.
cans and boxes they are intended for
on drug store or grocery shelves.
The labels will also unnask that nc
tion so long maintained under which so
lmuch cottonseed oil has been sold for
pure olive oil made abroad. The law
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OF localities on food Pre- aucts, and UNI
less New Jersey tomatoes are really
from New Jersey and Vermont syrups
really from Vermont. and Java or
Mocha coffee really from Java or
Mocha, IT win be a violation Of the law
to label them as SUCH Imitation maple
syrup, honey, spices and such products
must he so labeled.
The law also requires that the real
name of the manufacturer shall alone
appear upon the label. Tomatoes that
have for years been sold perhaps as
Smiths tomatoes" though smith him
self Is beneath the sod. must now be
labeled Smiths brand" and those inn
porters who have been selling IN this
country foodstuffs originally prepared
by some foreign exporter. though now
controlled by American capital, must
abandon the foreign name.
The law is especially strict concern
ing the preparation and sale OF confec-
tionery. The use Of mineral substances
Of all kinds. except such as may have
received the 20. k" OF the Secretary
Of Agriculture, IS specifically forbidden
in confectionery. whether the sub
stances are poisonous or not. and only
harmless colors or favors may be used
! The labels upon the candy boxes mus
be as truthful as those on food pack
ages and tins.
In connection with the drug trad
] the new labels viii bring 10 light som'
. interesting facts. Paregoric. so lonl
L administered % babies. according q
the new labels. contains As per cent
/ Of alcohol and two grains OF opium
Doubtless many mothers will prefer Il
: rock their babies to sleep In the face o
4 that dreadful label. which must ind {
= place on every bottle OF paregoric sold
T. There are many mixtures once familia
e to the drug trade which the new Law
g and Health Commissioner Darlington
: have forced out Of New York. for tn
health commissioners has made IL know
n''N-~Nt""
e ard mixtures must bear a label stat
!. ing just the proportions Of alcohol
r, opi,rnn. cocaine and other substance
d they contain.
/: Druggists an over the city are nov
n busy passing on sticlSers telling jus
). what drugs these powders contain
t But It Is hard, even in the face OF IN
requirements OF the law, for the maker
n of these products to tell all that thei
n beloved powders contain. For instlnc'
on one weM-known kind Of headach
powder the sticker now being paste
u reads like this:
\ Each powder contains 3 gr. acc
tanilid with other efficient remedies"
The purchaser cannot but wonde
> concerning the exact nature of Nh
other efficient remedies"
Manufacturers OF food products al
equally 10th 10 completely disillusioni7
o the public concerning their good
IS though they dare not openly defy II
e law. This desire to temporize has give
II birth to some comical combinations
-e the wording Of the new labels. For il
stance. one well-known brand OF tomai
% catsup. long sold under the name
'I Long Island Catsup" has now bee
q named Long Island style Toma'
l. Catsup." Horseradish dong sold Z
Long Island Brand Horseradish
n now Long Island Brand Horseradish
10 The label on a familiar brand Of sala
Is oil appears in the same large type
before. Warranted Pure salad Oil
"a but below this the person with goo
eyesight can discern the significant i
gend, pressed from selected cottoI
seed" A well-known cough mixtu'
Is now appears with this confession prin
d ed upon a sticlSer hugging tightly ear
70 bottle sold: Each teaspoonful contain
70 s minims spirit chloroform and lilo g
l. codein." A popular cholera mixture,
'u which many sufferer has flown for r.
re lief i'm the hot summer months, no
w. greets the public with sticker attacl
TO cd 10 III announcing that there is 20 p
az cent. Of alcohol and go grains of opiu
~ in every fluid ounce.