The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
/ Incier the Food Laws as
Shown BY Amin
Wesngation


NEW york, Nov. 8 oficias of
the Department OF Health OF this
city. ana also those officials OF the
United States Department OF Agr1
cuIture who are charged with the
enforcement OF the Pure Food law.
have been conducting thorough ex-
animation into the charges recently
made by officfals of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union to the
effect that whiskey drops, in the
form OF chocoIate and other can
dies fiIied with alcoholic liquors. have
been openly on sale here at places
Datronfzed by women and children
The charge In question was first
brought to the attention OF rhe w. G..
T. U. by Mrs. Helen j. Andruss,
President of the New York County
branch OF the Organization. Mrs
Andruss. it seems, had been told By
an acquaintance that such candies
had been purchased by some young
girls at a well known New York con-
dictionary shop. Then. without fur
Their investigation, the charge was
spread broadcast Naturally, the
Agricultural Department and health
officials were Intensely Interested be-
cause the Pure Food law specifically
prohibits the sale of confectionery II.
among other things, it contains ANY
vinous. malt, or spurious liquor or
compound or narcotic drug and
serious penalties are Imposed for vio-
lations of, this provision, which is
found in Section OF the. Food and
Drugs Act of June 80. 1906, The
sanitary code of the local Board of
Health contains, word for word the
same provision, in Section 6s, sub
division ''g''.
inspectors OF both the Federal and
City departments, have been untiring
in their activities in searching for
violations of these provisions. for
many months, and the sale of alco-
holfc-flled candies, 1t was believed.
had been absolutely stamped out.
However. they took to the trail once
more and ascertained that the
swhiskey drops" against which com
plaint was made did contain some
sort of a liquid filling which, when
showed Slightly less than 1-S
of one per cent of alcohol. Accord
ing to the officials, while this was
a technical violation of the law and
hence a case for reprimand, 1t was
clearly not an Intentional case Of
selling improper candies las the per-
centage of alcohol was almost infini-
tesimel and the filling absolutely
harmless to consumers.
Bayard c. Fuller. Supervising In
spector OF Foods OF the local depart
nlent of-Health, and Russell Raynor,
Chief Sanitary Inspeesof pf thefsame
department, both decTarez as re-
suit of their investigations that at
the present time there is absolutely
no sale of any such candies as those
complained against and they further
more declare that If any alcoholic
candies were manufactured or offered
for sale, the manufacturers and
sellers would he arrested ilmmedi-
ately and subjected to severe PEN
alties.
Time was, up to the enactment of
the Pure Food law, that some very
expensive candies were manufactured
containing cognac. burgundy, claret,
largely were used for dinners as a
combination of liqueur and confect-
ion. The idea was imported from
Europe where candies of this charact-
err have decided vogue. lmmedt-I
ately on the enactment OF the Pure
Food law, however, according to De-
partment officials and confectioners,
the manufacture OF candies of this
sort came absolutely TO a standstfll
as no manufacturer would risk the
penalties involved.
Except in the case of filled candies,
which are no longer made, it is abs
solutely impossible for any confect-
ionery to contain alcohol, as the
boiling process used in the manufact-
ure absolutely eliminates by evap-
grafton any trace OF alcohol that
might form a constituent part of the
ingredients used.
An example of the enormous sums
which the American people spend an
nualIy on luxuries is shown by the
in the current number of!
the Confectioners' and Bakers Ga
zette to the effect that the wholesale
value of the candy output in the Uni
ted States for the current year Will
exceed S1.OO,OOO,OOO. The cost to
the consumers will run fully $40
100000. in excess of this sum, this
the profits of jobbers
and retailers.
The manufacture of candies has
been increasing by leaps and bounds