New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-25
GUARDING FOOD SUPPLY
Tl>k TO KEEP IT PJ RE.


PROCESS of safeguarding New York's
food anue last year food materials worth
3 uttttp ,..r condemned 10y tho inspectors OF
tt. ...t-a NJ n ala. ard destroyed. There were
-c,-l -.,- t-ousaid tons of it, comprising
I1-e s' 1ess tables. candy. raw products OF
v2riru~ 'r.- and fruits Nothing that New
Y,rt ,- S,- aarcprescutcd in the list Ia the
cid iss~ H.-u little regard was paid to what
No.. 'rk sic. whether it was Wholesome or
no, .,-.1 NtJa pr,s,rratives. tainted. partly
decor. .--d cr DOWN gat poisonous. probably 80
per .- Le twelve thousand tons that fell
ulI'- eou in 1905 would have found lis
prog -,.a ,t.- producer to the consumer I'm
cL-.k-i
E-u ,~s-ors Mere asked by the health au-
tho ard it Lad to he n fragrant case Of
air.ter,..n or u.htness that challenged their
attention Put since tie campaign of educ1-
ti.I I'd oy pure food advocates las found
s,I ,,rt f. national and state legislation New
Yofa t'n5 supply is 80 per cent pure. This
re-s.- las been accomplished Icy the taking OF
.ai. ..rced AMI aggressive attitude on the
subj -r tie present health authorities Of the
city a., snd g enseIyes fortified by the laws
snd ',.kad Lp by tie dealers generally This
T. -.-s- re compcnsatts for the disadvantages
prd,- ''s- t-y labor through lack of funds
a. laeA
II" =. ,.tpr 10 N"w York and the householder
my -"R rest satisfied that they have Compara-
tivciy it.I- % fear that they will be sold or
scr a a. impure food compared with for
m"l "~-- says Or Thomas Darlington. presi-
tct-- ~ -te Board of Health.
N.N YoRKS FOOD MOST PURE
i-s is daily making it harder to sell inn
r.eI-. God and unhcalthrul goods in the stores
sld markets. For years the health authorities
hdF- been working toward this end ana in a de
gre - AYE arrived. This is shown by the
cred'- "n New York by outside authorities Tor
tn possession OF a food supply that is far less
cof.t''"'ooted than that OF any other city which
car p" FAMED. It is big problem. and that It
lea, .--n nearly and satisfactorily solved is
L -'' .r.dit OF no one more than 10 Iayard @.
Slice. lead Of the division OF food inspection
" @te HamIered 10y lack Of money We are
he- covering the field it should bc done but
W ar" doing better than other cities We have
tt- .'-'f ration OF all reputable dealers in all
ei''r - q GOD ana drug supplies and that is a
er'-'- stance. There are grocery ana other
6t'r-- th-rc adulterated articles are sold hut
tur-' 'r- cor paratiyely few in number. and get
ting .~ree every month
-n -he end It is up 10 the buyer II a person
T. ISIS upon getting pure food he is pretty apt to
e. bct II he IS content with anything that a
di-t"n 81 dealer wants to palm off on him he
q 'r a. o. be fooled What we are TRYING to
d" l"" lis t. protect this class Of reckless pur-
c-s-.- against the effects of their own folly and
=; ,-e sradaally getting there.
HOW WORK is DONE.
1T tar under Mr Fuller is small but Won
de-fu.iy Efficient. and it does a remarkable work
b'tn - t. its results and in volume"
NJ EULER. tie man before whom all the food
r. -" city. save milk. must pass, has an Office
r. he loN IT end of Franklin street handy to the
produce centres. He has been connected with
tie Health Department for twenty years, and is
probably the best posted man in the country on
the food question His explanation Of something
cc mat the department accompshes furnishes
q graphic and comprehensive insight into the
reasons Icy New Yorl's food supply is unpoI-
Iut-d and the methods adopted to obtain that
ED
w lave thirty-eight inspectors in the city"
said Mr. Fuller land our system has been so
developed that there is small chance to-day for
oduterated or bad food to pass the inspectors
and 10 soii to the citizens
The city is distrcted by bOroughs In Man
haitian there eleven districts in BROOKLYN
nine. in Queens four. In The Bronx four and In
Richmond two. The inspectors are constantly
shifted each staying not more than three weeks
in district. BY shifting them we make them
familiar with each district and prevent them
from becoming too well known which, naturally.
would serve to impair their usefulness.
ALERT DAY AND NIGHT.
There are day and night inspectors which is
accessory for the reason that much Of what
the city eats is received from the railroads and
Steamship lines after dark. II must be passed
upon SO as to get it to market in the morning
; "Ihe busiest places just at this season are the
docks, where cars loaded with fruits and vege-