The state herald., 1908-09-18

tection TO the health and lives OF the
people. Over $500 employees are di-
rectly engaged each working day in the
year In the enforcement of the law.
ON the same day. June 80, 1905, Pres
ident Roosevelt approved the Pure
Food Law. This law covers all foods
with the exception OF meats, Including
beverages. and also drugs which enter
Interstate or foreign commerce. by Its
terms, articles OF food or drink must
not contain any injurious or deletcrlous
drug. chemical, or prcservaiive, and the
or drink must state the exact fact and
must not be false or misleading In any
particular. While this law does not
cover foods. beverages and drugs which
are produced and consumed entirely
within the limits Of one state, yet Its
enactment has melted the legislatures
Of the different states TO enact laws
covering domestic products Of n like
mature. These laws very generally fol.
low the national act Ms 10 form aud de,
tall. the only difference being that one
Affects Interstate aud foreign commerce,
while the other affects the Internal
commerce Of the state Inspectors ARE
continually travelling throughout the
United States to discover whether the
terms OF the law are being observed.
aud they have found, upon the part OF
manufacturers aud dealers. a very gen.
ernl compliance with the law. When
violations Of the law are observed.
they ARE nt once prosecuted by the Dc.
pnrtment Of Justice. and the guilty
parties nrc punished.
The Farmer aud Haian-- OF Trade.
During the eighteen years. 1890. 1907,
the average annual excess OF domestic
exports over Imports amounted to s33T..
000OO0. and during the same time the
annual average In fnyOr of fnrm pro
ducts WIS S3G2,OO0.OO0. from which II
N apparent that there was nn average
annual adverse balance Of trade IN pro.
duets other than those ~ the farm,
amounting 10 Sa5.O00OO1. which the
farmers offset aud had left NtJI 100000
10 the credit OF themselves nnd the coun.
Try.
Taking the business of 1907. the com.
pnriSon II much more favorable 10 the
fnrmers than during the elghtccn.yen
period, since the value of domestic ex.
ports ~ farm products over Imports
was SliI.OnnD1.
During the last eighteen years there
wns balance ~ trade IN fnvor of farm
products. without excepting any ycnr.
TINT amounted 60 sI.hiaDoo.OD0
AFnlns, this was mn adverse balance of
trad" In products other than those Of
the farm n si5d,oc0ono. nnd the farm,
rr- MT only nncelcd this immense oh
lisniion, bu, hnd enough left TO place
sd.o5a.mn.Doo 10 the credit ~ the na.
tlon when the books ~ international
exchange were balanced.
These figures tnrrrly express the i'm.
mensc national reserve sustaining pow.
cr ~ the farmers ~ the country under
present quantities ~ production.
The health " our people Ia being
nnfoRuaried by Inquiry into imnnrin.
tions ~ food from infuisn countries
TINT contain Substances daleietlana 10
hrnlth The thited Htntcs IL M longer
tho dumping ground for food Hiun-
that arr forbidden snle IN the countries
where theY originate.
An aim NJ the department iz Ia make
tho American independent with regard
Ia everything that can bc produced In
our lniliudes. CORES N scientists hnrr
bern placed In each Of the new island