The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-18
A Pure Food Town

makes a pretense at business, his
trade is ruined.
But the education Of the people OF
Westheld did not stop with adulter-
ants. Daily the students of the nor
NAL school work out tables as to rela-
tive values of food. For instance, not
long ago they purchased samples of
all the ice-cream sold in the town.
Analysis revealed fat contents vary
ing from eight to twenty.siX per cent
The table was placed on the black
board of the school and read by visit
ing housekeepers. The eight per cent.
man was forced out Of business as a .
result, while the dealer supplying the
rich twenty-siX per cent, cream is
chuckling today over his increase in
business. Westfield housekeepers can
compute whether a can of Van
Houtens cocoa is more expensive at
forty cents than a pound of the "Pur
ity" cocoa which costs twenty cents
Laboratory analysis shows that Van
Houten's has just two and one-haif
times as much real cocoa as the Pur-
lily, and that therefore the pound Of
the former at forty cents is actually
cheaper And the Westfeld house
keepers will patronize only those firms
which are helping in the pure-food
fight.
"Why, they're returning goods that
in themselves are o. X" grumbled
one grocer, lust because they're pack
ed by a firm that uses preservative
in it's catsup. The other goods are
free from preservative, and the catsup
has an honest label, but the women
declare that the firm is not fighting
for pure food and they won't use any
of the stuff It's good stuff, too, but
I guess ! can't order any more"
The Chamber of Horrors.
To assist housekeepers who may not
find it convenient to go to the normal
school, the Board of Health has es-
tablished a museum of it's own right in
the center of town. This museum had
room only for condemned goods, and
ieager housekeepers search its shelves
for information as to doubtful prod.
ucts. More than that, the Board OF
Health will send to the school any
brand which any housekeeper wants
analyzed and satisfy her as to its pur
ity
The work has not stopped witt
Westfield. The girls who have grad
uated from the normal school have
carried the work into the graded
schools throughout the state. Ever
little children can appreciate some o
the simpler experiments, and seventh
and eighth grade boys and girls ar,
quite capable of testing many of tn,
foods in their own homes. Sample
of goods sent in from neighborint
: towns-from Springfield Hartford
HOlyoke, Chicopee and Northampton
are never refused, but carefully ana
, lyzed and reported upon. Goods hav
I
even arrived from PARKWAY states, AM
in these cases the normal school ha
assumed a double duty. If the good
are found defective, a report is at one
sent to the sender, and also to tn
state food inspector. Mr.. Allyn ha
also maintained a close connection
with the Federal inspector at Wash
ington, and frequently sends him re
ports upon goods which are sol
Throughout the country
-, During nine years of experiment
Westfield has analysed twenty thor
sand samples of food and drugs. MI
= Allyn has kept careful records of a
- the work, and the normal school toda
!, is vast stOrehouse of useful know
edge which has been acquired by NAL
!, ing chemistry practical and interes
ing. And Westfield, forty minute
=. out" has used that knowledge to den
:, onstrate that where public sentimer
: wills there can be a Pure-Food Tow