Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
PROF. LADD COMMENTS IN Bull
LETIN, JUST OUT. ON LAW RE.
GARDIEG SALE OF SNUFF.

In the last bulletin of the food de
partment Of North Dakota, just issued
the law in regard to the sale of smut,
is given in full and comment on its
enforcement is also given. Professo,
Ladd condemns the sale and use of
snuff and gives the reasons for such a
stand in regard to the matter.
The snuff law went into effect March
6. but as a health measure prosecu-
tons are not to be made under the
provisions of the statute until Sept. l,
the enforcement Of the law is left to
the states attorneys, sheriffs, police
officers. health officers and the food
commissioner
In regard to tin found in food pro.
ducts the bulletin has the following to
say:
''There has been considerable dis
cuSsion as to the amount of tin which
is dissolved in various canned pro-
ducts. Recent examinations have con-
tirmed previous conclusions that GER
tain products should not be put up in
tin cans, certainly not unless the cans
have an acid resisting lacquer which
will protect the tin from action by the
acid Of the fruit.
Fruits which are dangerous or may
be dangerous, when taken from the can
are blueberries, squash, pumpkin and
rhubarb At times, especially where
the tin is not of the best quality, rasp-
berries, asparagus and Holsters have
been found to contain an unusual pro-
portion of tim
The bulletin says Himalya, which is
a patented cure for asthma, is not
properly labeled to show the proper
amount Of alcohol and also fails to
find why this product is classed as a
cure for asthma. Mclean s Tar Wine
Lung Balsam is not, Professor Ladd
says, cure for coughs, colds bron
chitis, consumption, etc. "The. pro
duct is illegal in this state. -
In regard to the advertisers Pro-
tective Association of America, the
June Bulletin makes the following
comment:
"Some organization calling itself
The Advertisers Protective Associa-
ton, whose only place of business
seems to be a lock box in the New
York postofice where they never call
for thir mail has sent out circular
! letter to editors and publishers, signed
by Fred W. Hooper, whom nobody has
been able to locate. it seems, claiming
to represent an investment of $780,
100000, and said to be composed Of
manufacturers of foods, drugs and
beverages. The purpose of the circular
it is stated, is to warn editors against
publishing information which will be
detrimental to the interests of he as
ISOLATION, which no one has been able
" 1utdic anu We NSHlulC W
say, if there are any members, is COM
posed of men from those companies
manufacturing adulturated and spuri-
Gus foods, drugs and beverages.
But few will be influenced by such
a brazen attempt to substitute news
papers as is shown by the spirit of
the circular which is sent out, and
which, in the experience Of the writer,
is characteristic of much Of the patent
medicine business with its redclause
contract and other means of forcing
certain papers to carry on a fight for
a class of products which are a dis
grace to American civilization.'
After July / several new laws went
| into effect pertaining to weights and
measures Of food products sold. One
is that all lard sold in the state must
be net weight and not gross weight
pals or containers. Another one is
that loaf of bread for sale shall be
two pounds in weight. The remand
er of the bulletin contains list OF
some hundred or more food products
that have been examined by the com
mission. They are marked "passed,'
questionable, misbranded,' Of
"illegal" according to the analysis.
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
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