Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-20

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to be a tr1fe short in their capacity. Til
State Of North Dakota added a claus
to It's food law recently, compelling pack
ages bottles, and containers to bear Tn
| true net weight and the name of the rea
| manufacturer or jobber expressed
clear and distinct English words in blac
| type on white background. Since thi
was aRitated In North Dakota the aver
age gain In weight on canned goods
peas corn. tomatoes ETC., was found I
be 1H grams a ounces) on each can
Quite a difference in this age Of hig
| prices.
THE PROPER LABELLING OF WOOL
ALCOHOL.
This article, whether under the nam
of methyl or wood alcohol or some
It's fancer names of Columbian spirits
etc. should be plainly labelled poison
We had an instance OF this some tim
ago when we received two grades
wood alcohol one labelled Wood Alooho
Poison, the other Columbian Spirits
etc, etc, with a small Dote-"This ma
not be taken internally"
This covers but a small part Of tn
subject OF pure food but is offered a
n basis for our general discussion
The discussion Of Mr.. Meats paper wa
opened by c. ". Jones, chemist at thu
experiment station in this city who sal,
In part;
what is meant by pure food laws and
reguatlons7 You have already bee,
told. but | am going to tell you again
They simply inca slres whereby yo,
and the general public are enabled to ge
just what you want to eat. provided
you have the money to pay for It. Take
the case OF personalities. AS you al
know, carefully conducted experiment.
, have shown their injurious effect upoNX
, the human system. and II is Hereford
the ultimate intent OF the government tc
, exclude their use. While I believe tina
: there Is a place and use for preserva
tives. It Is my emphatic opinion tina
mans chief articles of food, includine
milk, meat vegetables, ETC. should be
free from them. To consider briefly one
; or two cases. illustrating the work of OH,
, State laboratory. Is there any one who
does not want milk to be clean, swee
, and free from preserva ttves? This topic
alone has been carefully looked after by
, the State laboratory Miracles are not t.
be accomplished in one year or two bu
2 aided BY the National and State Law
this branch OF the work is bound II
grow, so that In the near future ca
he assured that Vermont Is no longer tn
dumping ground for any old food pro
e duct
8 The discussion was continued turtle
Q by DR.. Arthur Morton of st. Adams, wh|
: confined his remarks almost wholly e
q medicinal agents. He stated that befor.
the pure food laws went into effect N
n physician had no way of being sure tina
= the drugs were pure. Remedies were
n misbranded and the amount Of drugs y
n tablets could not he relied upon. A
= manner OF tablets drugs. he said wer
i found to be deficient in weight and otter
h inaccurately made. II seems certain, h,
said. that IL the requirements of thcy
present law are strictly adhered to many
. concerns engaged in the manufacturing
OF patent medicines will be forced ou}
, | OF business.
n AFTERNOON SESSION
q The afternoon session was held III
7 the lecture room Of the Willam3
i Science Hall and was opened with an
q address by George W. Fuller OF New
e York on qualification OF Water" illus1
ia trated with interesting lantern pic1
IT lures. showing views Of many water
v filters. both OF sand and mechanical
r. operation, In different parts Of the
country. Mr.. Fuller explained In del
tail, with the aid Of the pictures, thj
. working of the filters. their construc i
=, ton and the method of operation in
II various sections OF the United Statesl
- His explanation of the working OF the
"a filters was very clear and with III.
70 added attraction of having the details
Ia pictured out, the lecture was a most
,r interesting one.
Mr.. Fuller was followed by DR.
J. Thomas Darlington, commissioner Of
,r health in New York city. who spoke
r on preventing the Spread of Infectious
h Diseases" Mr.. Darlington presented
r the problem OF dealing with infectious
diseases in the city OF New York and
brought out many points which will
be of great value to the health officers
'e in carrying on their duties.
e. At the close OF the address the sub
'o ject was taken up for discussion. by
10 DR. c. F. Ball OF Rutland, followed by
Us several others. and many questions
i were asked along special lines In
IL which the officers wished information
- The meeting was then adjourned un-
- til evening.
F.N y
u The feature OF the evening session at
the armory was n paper by Dr. Thomas
'r Darlington OF New York on MIX Sup
ie plies" illustrated with a fine collection
10 Of lantern slides. This topic was part-
~ cularIy interesting To the officers In at
- tendance. as it is a question which is be-
III ing agttated in the State and particularly
"a in Burlington at the present time. Dr.
- Darlington's paper dealt principally win
the method of handling the milk supply
In the city Of New York. but he brought
Ut to the notice of the officers many points
e. which will be OF great practical value in
en- the pure milk crusade In Vermont.
IL The milk question, he said, was one OF
NJ the most important that sanitary an-
rs thorities have 10 deal with, especially
lie where It concerns the production and
IL distribution OF a supply of pure. clean
IL milk Cities have grown with such
lie rap.dity that only recently have the
- puplic awakened To the importance OF
a this matter. He pointed out that there
o. were two important factors which in
o. nuence and control very materially the
keeping qualities OF milk; first, absolute
u cleanliness from the time the milk Is
e. first drawn until It reaches the con-