Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07
ALL OBEY THE
 PURE FOOD LAW.
Mere Placing of Law on Statute Books Was Sufficient to Bring About Wide spread Reforms in Food Manufacture all Over the United States.

Since the national pure food law went into effect January l, what has it ae- eomflishedl It will come as revela- tion to most persons that manufactur- CTS and wholesalers say that there has been very little change in the eharac ter of the goods sold and that they are concerned, not so much with getting absolutely pure products, as with tech nieal details relating to the enforce. ment of the law and the branding of goods.
 The national pure food law re- be put into foods and that packages shall not be misbranded. Although the law IS at present self-working, as no inspectors have yet been appointed to see that it is enforced, its moral eff feet upon the manufacturers of food. stutfs has been magical. Manufaetur- CTS have a feeling of fear for the power of the federal government that they do not entertain for local or state laws.
 The mere putting of the law on the statute books was sufficient to bring about widespread reforms in food manufacture. Several states have passed laws conforming to the federal law and many cities have similar health ordin- ances, which inspectors are enforcing This has brought additional pressure to bear upon the manufacturers and so the wholesalers have not been wor- ried so much to secure pure food prod nets as to make their labels conform to the law. This is task of great difficulty that is far from ended. Most perplexing and troublesome problems have been created by the law, and were it not that the national authorities have assured the wholesalers that persons acting in good faith will be reasonably dealt with, alarm would be widespread regarding the branding of packages.
 Agricultural Department Queered
 Furthermore, the difficulty is increas ed by the fact that the agricultural de partment cannot solve the difficulties | by general rules, but is not sure of its | ground, for every case must be con sidered on it's individual merits. Take the matter of Java coffee, for instance. The law declares that labels put on packages must state truthfully what is in them. Now for half century cer. tain grade of coffee has been classified by the trade and sold to the consumers as Java coffee. Most persons have thought that this coffee was grown in lava, which did long ago produce quan. titles of this high grade coffee. But Tor many years Sumatra has produced his high grade coffee in immense auan- tities, while the Java coffee has not continued in quantity or quality. Yet he fine quality has continued to be Snown as Java coffee and by trade tradition Sumatra coffee has been sold IS Java coffee The new law changes lll this and no coffee can be labeled as oming from Java unless it actually Ioes come from that island.
 All labels must, therefore, be changed O conform to the law; and many deli ate questions of wording have arisen
 
 months in reshaping their labels.
 Through trade traditions many kinds f goods have been sold under technie. lily inaccurate names, not from an in- ention to deceive, but because the pub. lc has learned to associate certain ames with certain qualities of goods.
 Typographical Difficulties $ To prepare new labels that shall not ell more about the composition of the oods than is necessary, that shall be 'orded correctly and printed in the ght kind of lettering, is typograph- al job that is very difficult. On this 'b manufacturers are working day and ight
 Take the ease of manufacturer of tended whiskies. A dealer sells two