Evening journal., 1907-04-15
PURE FOOD LAW
WORKING WELL
One Concern Asserts That
DeIaware'S Statute is the
Most Sensible Yet

Senator George w. Sparks has re-
ceived letter from one OF the larg-
est companies Of the country. manu-
featuring aud shipping food products,
regarding the new Deaware pure food
law, in which a representative OF the
company says:
Il think the Delaware law Is the
most sensible one / have seen On the
great food Of food reform which has
swept over the country"
The Delaware law Is similar to the
national law, except ass to It's local
provisions for endorsements
After having been IN force for nearly
three and a half months there seems TO
he general Impression among most OF
the people whose businesses have been
affected by the national pure-food aud
drug act that the law is an excensnt
thing, not only for the public but for
the dealers as we'll Whatever ohiec-
tlons may be made to The law win for
the most part be expected 10 come from
1 the whisky people. whose business II Is
/ thought viii be mat rally affected by
/ the decision of the Attorney General
/ OF the United States which has just
been given out BY this decision
straight whisky Will have TO be label
/ cd as straight whisky; "a blend OF
two or more straiRht Whi slios wil have
to be labeled blend. u mixture of
whisky ana ethyl alcohol VIII have 70
be labeled "corpound." and ethyl al-
cohol favored ana coiofcl artincially
so as to taste, smell and look like
whisky VIII have TO be labeled "imi-
tation."
Wilmington and IN fact The entire
State OF Delaware, enjoys an envable
reputation for placing high-class goods
on the market II Is Decnuse OF CHS
fact and because OF the further fact
that few Of the Delaware packers
grocers ard druggists have anything
to fear from a rigid enforcement of the
law that one hears so few complaints
about the way Il Is working.
As to the drug BUSINESS. II Is said
that since the law went into effect
there has been some falling of in the
sales OF patent medicines. but this de-
cline In sales IS said by some dfus-
gists 20 be An part due 20 the agta
tion against patent medicines made 0y
certain magazines. The jiugglsta ok
PRESS themselves as being hieh'y ~
favor of The law and hope to have fur
ther restrictions Incorporated into il
II ls noticeable that several manu-
facturcrs OF patent medicines have
changed their formulas since the new
iam went into effect requiring that
where a medicine contains "A restricted
drug the quanuty of lhe drug con
taintd must be stated on the label oi
the bottle. one well-kn0wn patent
medicine. formerly said TO contain
about As ger cent alcohol, nuw ace
cordlng to the label. contains only 4.
per cent.
For the most part, the grocers and
packers Of canned goods look unon TIA.
pure food law as "a blessing. II is sai'
that there has been a big increase 60
/ the demand for guaranteed soodu
not so much by the consumers as os
the dealers, VINO decline TO purchase
goods unless they boar The stamp OF
the Governments approval. As re
suit, it is thought that few, II any con-
Germs handling unguarantecd goods ~ III
be able 20 survive.
Much the same state az affairs exists
I'm the candy business. The Ilnufhc-
turers Of high-class candies view the
law with extreme favor
The meat inspection law Is now being
better understood ana tho butcher re-
ports that things are working smoothly
There can DE little doubt that meat
bearing the Inspectors STANG OF app
proval IS preferable. for tha reason that
one Is assured Of getting what is sup
posei to be GOOD meat