The Jasper news., 1907-10-17
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: For years one of the matters which
has received the careful attention Of
the department of agriculture is food
adulteration. Who has not heard OF
the old libel .onsthe statesof Connecti-
cut--the wooden nutmeg, but there
are worse things, than wooden nut
megs. Unprincibfed manufacturers
and dealers for, many years haveare-
sorted 70 adulteration Of foodstuffs' to
Increase profits. In the matter OF
spices, only short time since the
food commission of. one of the states
discovered among so samples analysed
more than 80 that we're eadulterated.
In pepper, stemss and, lBnrks were
ground, In every class of ground
spide foreign substances were Rdded
to give weight, and In numerous cases,
particularly fiavortng eYracts, the ar
ticlSs supposed to be made from pure
fruits, were found; to be. syntheucal,
or entirely :! artificial, preparations
FROM cpal tar. ,aT' WsSi
= These goods. were iprepafed by con.
cer9s that have no Regular trade, but
depend upon agents to sell goods, for
theh to whoever they can : IT Is rare
ly that as,rellable Wholesale grdeery
houseS sells such goods, 9as tretaiists
will not knowingly Keep them In
stock, as they cannot be legally sold,
and ssome officer ofFthe food depart
ment of the'state is likely to drop into
the store at any time, .confisoate the
goods, and impose q heavy ane on the
dealer. ksTs5 u stta > " s#
A short time ago health officers In
Philadelphia found. a, number Of Ital,
ians in cellar putting oil in bottles,
and labelling the same with foreign.
looking label. An analysis Of the eoil
proved 1t to be mainly. q poor$quality
of cotton-seed oil, and the lowest
grade of olive. Hundreds OF cases
of the stun were traced to a city Id
the middle west, where It was dis
posed of under contract to houses who
sell direct to consumers through
agents and by mail. Not alone are
spices, extracts, olive oil and sim
liar foodstuffs adulterated this way
but the fraud extends still further
Cheap kinds Of fish, such as bake, cat
fish, etc., are prepared and placed or
the market as genuine Goldfish. Toma
to catsups are made Of good quality
of pumpkin and given the right colol
by. dye stuffs,. and favored by thu
use of coal tar extracts. Hundreds o
other articles are "doctored" the sam,
way. 1t is rarely that such artificial
goods find their way into the hands
of regular grocers throughout thu
country, but are disposed Of by con
Germs who depend upon doing bust
ness at points distant from their loca
ton, and who seek protection In tn,
Interstate commerce law, and VIII,
seek to dispose of their goods directl.
to the consumers, as no federal o
state officer is likely to call at a pr
vate house and make an analysis, @
foods used. e
1t seems that neither the nations
or state laws can be SO closely az
piled as to prevent this evil. II tn
masses of people would study into thi
question the buying Of foods fror
others than local dealers, who ar
known to be honest, would be the r.
suit. ana the daily reports ofspeopl
being ,snysteriously poisoned by eatin
some article Of food would not be .
numerous. S%A
Polish Proverb. A guest sees NOR