Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-28
Buys Eggs for Club.

LIE. WHEY SdlO he wasn't able to get
down to cases to this extent, but men,
toned that for the past ten years he
had been supervising the buying of eggs
for the Cosmos Club. and always paid
the highest price. This tends to confirm
the statements Of some members of the
club, who claim they have the only gen.
uine pure food food and drink emporium
In Washington, with the government S
chief chemist guaranteeing the purity of
everything in the establishment, from
the black pepper to the Scotch whisky.
In reply to suggestion from Chairman
Moore, DR.. Wiley gave the prices Of
the three grades of eggs with which he
eXperimented yesterday in demonstrat-
ing to the committee a simple method of
determining when eggs were fresh and
when they were not.
The eggs that the department inspectOr
saw laid cost cents each; the strictly
fresh country eggs bought at the Cen
ter market and which, when tested, ap-
peared to be about ten months old, cost
40 cents dozen. and the stored eggs
sold as such cost 80 cents a Dozen.
Sure Test for Freshness.
The committee wanted to know whether
the floating test demonstrated yesterday
by Mr.. Wiley could be adapted COM
mercially and DR.. Wiley replied that it
could be at Insignificant cost. The princi-
pal expense would be. he thought, in the
discarding of eggs which the test DEM
onstrated were getting along in age Then
all eggs demonstrated to be fresh by this
method could be dated when shipped and
purchased by the consumer with perfect
confidence in the historical evidence pre-
sented.
Then DR.. Wiley discussed game. men
tioning that some states now forbid the
storage Of game for sale in closed sea
sons. He suggested that real high liyers
don't care much for game until it be-
comes high, not in price, but In flavor,
and he told story Of man who ship
ped quail to Europe and who wouldn't
think Of putting them on ice or in the
cold storage department of the ship. He
just secured permission to hang them
from one of the masts. where they re-
manned all during the voyage, ripening
in the breeze. The folks who consumed
these quail thought them just fine.
Limit to Cold Storage.
There was no practical evidence of a
scientific sort, said the doctor, to show
that cold storage helps game or improves
its flavor. 1t could be kept for a year
or so, he thought, without appreciabe
deterioration, if in good condition when
put in. He declared, however, that no
game should be permitted to be stored
longer than from one open season to the
beginning OF the next, IL for no other
reason than that this regulation would
prevent fraud.
Then the committee took up the ques-
ton of cheese and cheeses, foreign and
domestic, old and new, and DR.. Wiley dis
played intimate familiarity with them all
Incidentally, the rfpening of cheese was
absolutely necessary, he said. before il
was fit to eat. He hadn't investigated the
manufacture of any of the noisy French
cheeses except camembert, he said, but IL
the case of this product the ripening proc
ess took about thirty days in summer and
| fifty days in winter.
Saw Edam Cheese Put Up.
Representative Wiley of New Jersey re-
marked that once, when travelling for
pleasure, he had seen an Edam cheese
put together. He had noticed the hard
| crust and wondered If this variety had
to ripen too. DR.. Wiley answered that
| his acquaintance with the Edam family
was somewhat limited, but that, so far al
| he knew. ripening process was neces-
sary to all of them.
| Switching to poultry, DR.. Wiley, at the
suggestion of Chairman Moore, said that
| II his bureau had twenty-five additional
| inspectors he could supervise the dis
| tribution and sale of butter and eggs and
| poultry in the District of Columbia. This
he said, would result in the establish
ment Of higher standard Of perishable