The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-01
Pure FOOD LAN
IS NgW N EFFECT
Iaw becomes EGectiye Today and An
sbouId FamHiarize Themselves
with Il.

,s,,s. maze 4 dumping ground Of the
noor st1Y which cannot be marketed
n neiehboring state and has passed
4 pure food laws. This law is more
stringent in It's proyisions than me I
laws in most Of the states. II per
units the prosecuting attorney TO en-
ter any business house or ware room
ana take from them samplesof every
thing exposed for sale. # the sam
1ies SHOW that the lawisbeing violated
persecution follows. He Is paid
twice as much for conviction as Tor
any other misdemenaor. Merchants
ana others viii do wen to get hold OF
q COPY Of thelaw which IS unusual IN
It's severity. The gist OF its provisions
follows:
..lSo person shan. within this state,
manufacture for sale, oher for sale. /
or sell any drug or article Of 1000
which is adulterated within the mean
ing Of this act"
An article shall be deemed to be
adulterated within the meaning OF
this act
1st. II any. substance or sub
stances have been mixed with It 50
as to lower or depreciate or intur-
iousiy anect It's quality strength or
purity.
Cd. If any inferior or cheaper
substance or substances have been
substituted wholly or in part for It
Sd. If any valuable or Necessary
constituent or Ingredient has been
wholly or in part substracted from
4th. If it Is an Imitation of or IS /
sold under the name of another ar
dcle.
sth. If 1t consists wholly or in
part of diseased. deeomposed. putrid.
injected. tainted or rotten animal or
vegetable substance or article,
whether manufactured or not or in
the case of milk, # It is the produce
Of q diseased animal.
Sth. fit is colored. coated. polish
ed or powdered. whereby damage or
inferiority is concealed or II by any
means 1t is made to appear better or
of greater value than it really is.
7th. II 1t contains any added sub
stance or Ingredient which IS poison
GUS or Injurious to the health.
sth. II it sold under a coined
name. and does not contain some in
gradients suggested by such name or
contains only an inconsiderabIe guam!
tity.
9th. If the package containing 1t
or any label thereon shall bear any
statement regarding It or-its compo-
sition which shall be false or mis-
leading in any particular.
But provided that the provisions OF
this act shall not apply to mixtures
or compounds recognized as ordinary
articles or ingredients or articles OF
food or drink, If each and every
package sold or offered for sale IS
distinctly labeled in words of the Eng
lEsh language as mixtures of COM
pounds. with the name and percent
of each ingredient therein. the word
compound" or mixture" In letters
not smaller IN either height or width
than one-half OF the largest type upon
any label or package, and the formu-
la inletters not smaller than one
fourth said largest letters, and sand
compound or mixture must not con-
tain any ingredients Injurious to the
health.
Mocha or Java" eoGee containing
an inferior coffee; coffee containing
imitation coffee bean: candy made
from glucose in whole or in part;
containing -four or rice -four. or COW
cred with imitation chocolate; but
ter containing artificial coIoring mat
ter: pickles with tumeric, and not
50, labeled: spices containing any 9TH
er ingredients are violations.
This Law Is in force from this day.
January /. 1905. The penalty Is a
fine from $50 to 800 or from 20 to
so days in jail for the first ofrense
and both for the second oHense.