Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-10
PURE FOOD LAW BUT
NO Pure FOOD SEEMS
THE new CONDITION
Even Secretary Wilson Docs
Not Know Whether He Can
Enforce Provisions.
DEFIANCE BULLETINS OUT
Trade Organizations Advise Dealers t.
Ignore Enactment. Which Many
Of Them Have Started
in to Do.

WaShingion -. e.. Jam. 4.-Ilic new
year finds the federal government i'm
potent. ii is alleged, to- enforce the pro
visions of the pure food and drug law
which Ven; into effect yesterday. 1t
is held that there is no machinery tn
enforce it. th. only possible manner
ia which Il, can be put into Operations
being through complaint and prosecu-
iion bN private citizens before the
United states list rico cnurt.
Ih"r. is no appropriation to pay in
spectors ANA superintendent. and IL
will b. several months hcfur. congress
a make such au appropriation and
organization can be perfected in the
several states.
There is Il disposition ON rhr par, Of
mans dealers in drugs. groceries and
spirits TO evade the provisions of the
new ltM through clever suhterfuges
50. -. in the past. consumers will con-
tinu' 10 IL" sufferers.
Law-Defi Bulletins.
Iir Ni%rlatnYs are egard on cours.l-i
bl trade organizations, which have is
sued miii.tins and circulars advising
how merchants may safely defy th..
iHN. This is done unde coNer of Sus
r~"stious 'or complying with the law.
Ia one instance Gl,ocnrs are advised
10 continue coio,iny their products and
using questionable p~tescrNativcs under
the plea that the department of agri-
culture has not Yet found ont what
roiOrinx- .,nd personalities are iniu-
riols. and limiting chat even when Il
%.olorjng material is I.clII"c To be
iitrnfui ii MAY still /" used tiH.u,,
resoriine 10 the subt"rfus" u labrii.. *
it truthful! and selling il t" the uu-
Sl,sp-'tino trade.
IN other trades. particularly tin.
inuur trade. rirculafS advise evasion
-. downright defiance of tho LAWS.
Melnniii. the authorities here are
III At -"i is 10 ia" Interpretation of
the provisions OF the act aud they can
Iot advise merchants as 80 whether
'nl"ndci Mhiskyn should b. 50 labeled
or whether it could he called whisky
NJ al.
The drug trad, is in q chaotic stat.
some ~iohbinp houses haze advised the
letaii druggists that the government
docs i,ot intend to "nfurc" Ia. pro
vision Of The law relating To labelling
drugs until October next. whil" drug
the government viii sierniy .nforc.
every jui and til" ~ the law from
this nlornin. on.
Secretary Wilson. of tn, a.%lartmcn,
"f agriculture. The administration oti-
Ger III clllrS, of III" enforcement of the
Ian. admil> that he does not know
wtlat is j.. all about 50 far as labelling
bi.uied whisky and other k,t"ttN prob
lens goes
In the candy trade shrrs- GEMS ne
disposition I" ovadr the lax The Law
provides that the introduction of terra
;.li,i. haiNtes. tale. chrome yellow ol
other mineral substance Of pnisonou,
color or flavor. az amy Ingredient detri
mental 10 health. shall be regarded N
a,iIIt"i.tt.d.
A. the public Viii NOT buy c;,nd.
Wnioh shows upon the Label that 1t j.
aduit"rttcd candy makers viii make ~
NOR, nf il in this Stlt. at least.
III the grocery trade evasions Of tn
new law will bc few. The law pro
lide> that the old labels shall be uset
= ap IN October next. and large stOck
o. foodstuffs laid i'll by some re
Tail srocers with a view to working
th-fn off oa tie trad