Evening star., 1912-07-21

way wealthy The crime is new and the
manner of its fighting calls forth devices
never used before. incidentally 1t haS
developed new class of sleuths, wh1ch
today has its finger on the pulse Oh the
trade of the nation that deals IN ihe
things the people eat Here Is recl'a'
of some of the criminals that these Sleuths
have run to earth and of the methods the
former have used to deceive and to poison
a whole nation of people:
There was a. certain dealer in liquors In
Chicago who was waxing wealthy
through his counterfeit of foreign wines
and their sale as the imported, duty-pay-
ing articles This dealer actually i'm
ported a certain amount of liquor. prob
ably & per cent of all he sold. With this
as a nucleus he manufactured the dupii-
cate OF the imported goods He manu-
featured duplicate bottles to contain IT
and duplicate labels that were such ex-
cellent counterfeits as to make their de-
lection difficult His trade was unable to
tell the difference between the imported
and the manufactured product. His own
product was cheaper in the making and
escaped duty. He was therefore able 10
undersell his competitors and still make
unusual profits.
All of this IS in violation of the pure
food and drugs act. There are forty
food inspectors in the United States. and
these are scattered about. here and
there, mostly in the commercial centers.
These inspecors keep in touch with the
trade. They regularly take samples of
the important articles entering into COM
merce have them analyzed and deter
ttay
sented The reputable trade lends
sistance to the inspectors and makes
their work more effective. There is no
law requiring it, but most manufacturers
open their establishments to the inspec
tors. If admission to a factory is denied
an inspector its product is Immediately
put under suspicion.
The inspectors stationed at Chicago sus-
pected the given liquor dealer. He was
selling at a price that could not have
been met by a duty-paying importer. The
inspector asked to be admitted to the
dealers establishment and was refused.
His suspicious grew stronger.
In order to convict this dealer evidence
had TO be introduced into court that
showed he manufactured and sold as for
eign some certain assignment of wine.
This was difficult. for science is unable
10 tell old wine from new, and part of
his sales were genuine. 1t must be proven
that given shipment was ma anufactured,
sold and entered into interstate traffic,
before the federal government could act
To establish this evidence an inspector
disguised himself. and, knowing some
thing OF the business, succeeded in get
ting employment from the dealer. He
worked for weeks. making out an abso-
lutte case TO the effect that the wine was
manufactured in Chicago, yet sold out
side of Illinois imported material.
Eventually he personally Grated some OF
the wine that he had helped manufacture
and personally saw to its shipment into
Michigan. He had definitely marked the
bottles in this shipment. When IL was
on its way he resigned his job and start
ed In pursuit. He recovered the ship
ment from the man to whom it was as
signed and his case was complete
This Is among the simpler of the cases
handled by these new federal detectives
There Is another which had to do with