Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

was given out above. The value OF these
goods can hardly be estimated, but II is
the aggregate. In every instance .he
adulteration was such as to render the
article unfit for food purposes:
Article and quantity destroyed:
APPLES. evaporated. AZ boxes: beer, cases:
cheese. AZ cases; cloves, AZ bales: CONF, aS SS
COO pounds Goldfish. 7o5 cases sariinss:, 50 bar.
honey sss heI # ssrreis &C eases horse
sacks; ice cream cones. 2s5,s5o macaroni, l l1o
bones ms npIee strip 50 81 $50
Ions: oysters o barrels. 40 gallons: peaches
dried, 1850 pounds: peanuts. 800 pounds: pine
boxes; tea 100 pounds: tomatoes canned. o69
cases: tomato catsup. 1850 gallons. 6.6 ca<r Sc
233 barrels 10 half barrels; tomato paste 4.l 80
boxes 262 barrels: tomato pulp. $50 barrels, %
eases; vinegar, 40 barrels: water. 10 potties'
100 demijohns. 3S3 cases; whisky 90 barrels.
Before passing to the consideration OF
the iudgments affecting drugs and drug
nrodIcts a few words should be devoted
to the question of shortages. IL Is naIu
to realize to what an extent TINS system
of cheating by means or snort versus
has grown. The most noticeable snort
ages were in the canned goods, ana tneS
ranged from two ounces per two-pound
can to as high as eleven ounces IN the
same sized can. 1t may not mean much
when you speak of one can, but consioer
these figures as taken from notices OF
Judgment and grouped together as 20
subject matter.
Apples. canned in 1000 three pound
cans, as labeled, the total shortage was
1876 pounds, or the equivalent of a steal
from the consumer since he was paying
for what he did not get, Of 2.625 cans
Apples, evaporated, the shortage on
2,736 packages was the equivalent Of 342
packages.
Apricots, canned. 1850 labeled two
and one half-pound cans were shy just
5,S55 pounds, or the equivalent OF 1,3U2
cans and 200 so-called gallon cans were
% per cent short, or 800 gallons less than
they should have been.
Baked beans. ZIG cans showed short
age equal to -. cans.
Beans, string, in 2O,v4O so-called two
pound cans were shy 1913 pounds. or
the equivalent of 4,i90 cans
Baking powder, IS 600 pound packages
as labeled were lacking to the extent OF
4,O75 pounds, and 40 So-called six-ounce
packages were short just 20 per cent or
thirty packages.
Blackberr es, canned. 1920 cans, 2
pounds according to the label, were 1900
pounds short, or 1850 cans.
Blue-berries, 1920 'two-pound" cans.
lacked 1.54S pounds Of being honest
weight, or TIA cans were dedu ted from
the consumer. and in 5000 labeled one
Navigation tins a shortage of Is per cent,
or $50 half-gallons added to the packers
profit.
Cheese, the shortage was not large In
any one instance, but in the aggregate
it looms up considerably, being, In 535
boxes Of cheese the very respectable
amount Of 779 pounds.
Cherries showed a considerable short
age, for in 1922 cans the quantity less
than the labeled figures was LAOS pounds,
or the equivalent of $50 cans.
Corn shows a large shortage because
one Of the most common canned goods
in table use-l37, 1858 cans were found
lacking over the marked "two-pound"
figures 1871 pounds. or the equivalent
of 81 1S5 cans. or more than % per cent.
Fruit. Jumped together under one head.
1900 cans showed shortage OF 1850
pounds, or the equivalent Of $40 cans.
Flour was almost a negligible article in
the shortage line, since 100 barrels showed
shortage only of 2 per cent, or two
barrels.
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Grape tuice was also packed IN the