The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-17
~. Have Taken stops to See
1,,t no Impure Goods Arc
Forced on The
Market.
|a,oEs ARE DROPPING
and Butter Are Coming Down
within Reach In Chicago and
staples May
Follow.

CHICAGO. Jan 17,-City and federal
nihorIties took steps to prevent the
II Of any butter, eggs and other
ola storage products which may be
|opnd unfit for food following the re-
M, that Millions of pounds of produce
mi he unloaded on the market.
Tho avalanche from the cold stor-
% houses, part of which is estimated
d be FIVE years old. stirred health de-
rartment officials and inspectors con-
uected with the government pure food
laboratory to action. Orders to con-
lamn all products found to be unfit
for food we're issued.
Or. Benjamin Perry, chief food IN
suector for Chicago, ordered inspect
ors TO search South Water street for
the cold storage product on the local
market and to condemn everything
that Is found below grade. Federal
Inspectors working under DR.. A. L.
Winton, in charge Of the local bureau.
we're ordered to keep close watch
on interstate shipments and to seize
all food not in good condition.
Food inspectators James J. McCar-
thy, George Turner and w. ]. Weisen
we're detailed by DR.. Perry to make
special Investigation OF the products
released from the cold storage ware
houses. 4
Food coming from cold storage,
warehouses spoils very quickly IL not
carefully kept" said DR., Perry.
Dr. Gottfried Koehler. deputy health
commissioner said cold storage pro-.
ducts would be unfit for food within
twentsfour hours after leaving the
plant II not well cared for.
Activity of the government in seiz-
ing cold storage products found to be
unit for food is said TO be one of the
reasons why the contents of the cold
storage warehouses are being thrown
on the local markets. instead Of being
thipHed ont of the state. The federal
authorities have the right to seize
rodrcts declared to be in violation OF
me pure food law only when they have
neen shinped in interstate commerce.
unr'ns the last few months govern.
menf officials have mada campaign
aFainst bad food.
South Water street commission mer.
ensnts' wholesalers and the trade gen.
hrnf1.
fraby laugh, some in anger and some
N disgust, over the fears that storage
honses are on the verge OF unloading
= enormous overplus of unwholesome
i9oa upcn the market and denounced
~ IMAGINARY the reports that eggs
nave been held two and three wears
pna hutser four and FIVE years. Eggs
! ! vas declared. are never held longer
.aah nine months. and butter seldom
'caeer than two years.
substantial reductions in the prices
" saple foodstuffs were reported to
.sV IN the large grocery stores ant
'e grocery sections IN the denartment
sole' IN the loon district. following
'pe eeciire IN South Water stree
ties
ope iarse grocery firm announced
'eunction of Q cents pound on but
- ana cents dozen on eggs sine,
% 'lfday, and virtually all the larg,
VERY dealers In the downtown dis
''e's made similar reductions. Thes,
!. us soid creamery butter today TO
s ''nts and eggs for "a cents.
'souctions on such staples as sugar
s'a1. cereals and coffee are expecte,
: 'ne middle OF the week. the mar
showing declines on all OF these
se0t coffee. which showed sligh
vance :, This, however. was regard
= ss merely a temporary huctuatior
inose in touch with the situation q,
Wy. me general prices of stanle food
a. '''s 10 be materially reduced With
'he next week.
~ s"''iission merchants declare
y 10y wanted the widest publicity gi,
ch,. sne reductions. so retail grocers i
aaeo a.eaeo would be compelled to RI
cass se 'heir prices to the consumer I
Sha' Salorm with the falling off in tn
Wholesale prices.
a. oody Of representative commits
Al, NJ !. merchants declared that nearl
~ sa. .ne retail grocers of Chicago ar
n,,sa s'''s the consumer to pay the sam
dno, s lor butter, eggs and other pre-
ebas 's 'nat they did early in the winte
tbs 'ne Wholesale prices made I
tb.n s'oeers We're materially highe
Aan they are now.