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New-York tribune., 1912-03-31
AN INSPECTOR VISITING BUTCHER SHOP.

York There was cause for worry, nut ms
culprit could not be apprehended.
In Manhattan and The Bronx there are
715 retail confectionery shops, i4s in Brook
lyn, 131 in Queens and IS in Richmond
Candies and sweets are always closely SUI
pervised Coal tar dyes are used 70 a great
extent In coloring the lollypops and other
brilliant all-day suckers and pachers
Such dyes are not injurious In any marked
degree. but there are other dyes, arsenical
in nature. which are. The sweet tooth ot
this big metropolis Is mammoth creation.
A sea OF ice cream sodas and other soft
drinks ard beverages go stomachwsrd
during the summer months. and candy by
the carload Is consumed each twelve
month Because DR.. Wiley discovered
that ice cream cones contained deleterious
matter the government confscated great
quantities Of them in this and other cities
last year and the year before.
One of the most encouraging features Of
the fight for pure food in this city, accord
ing 10 Commissioner Lederle. is the support
the courts have given the department Last
year and up 20 the present time this year
many purveyors OF rotten goods who have
been haled TO court nave either recelNeo
heavy fines or been sentenced TO jail Time
and again the Judges and magistrates have
announced from the bench their plan 10
deal relentlessly BY the guilty in such cases.
Jail. said one magistrate. is too good for
the man who wilfully sells rotten eggs 10
the poor.
But until the number of food inspectors is
increased in proportion 10 the work which
must be done this city will not have a thor
ough inspection of all that It eats. II IL
impossible to do with thirty men the work
that il is estimated should be done with not
fewer than two hundred.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-31
MMLL LAM CHIEF OF FOOD DIVISION DEPARTMENT OF

inspectors had to concentrate their efforts
at the wharves and terminal railroad sta
tions, where food was brought into the
city.
The department is able To take only the
first steps toward a proper con rol of the
food supply" said the Health Commission
cr. INSPECTIONS on the wharvcs and at
terminal railroad stations should be largely
undertaken by the federal authorities, but
as this has rot been provided for, the de-
partmcnt must attempt to do the work.
In spite Of the tremendous growth Of
New York and the vastly increased inter
est in pure foods the number Of inspectors
has not been increased for several years.
II Is interesting to know that the federal
government has placed IN the city force
Of one hundred employees for the inspec-
tion Of slaughter houses alone. Yet with
It's thirty men the Department Of Health
* expected To control not only the sale OF
meat. but OF all other foodstuns produced
or brought In and sold within the city"
As q result Of the activities Of the food
inspectors fines Ia the extent Of 81 900 or
more were imposed last year for violations
Of the rules Of the Sanitary code regarding
the sale Of foodstuffs. During that time
nearly four thousand inspections of bak-
cries were made The conditions IN some OF
them caused drastic action To be taken In
some places cats were found sleeping In
the bread troughst
Food inspectors can tell some funny cX-
pcricnccs Down IN saloon In the Bowery
u year ago this ST. Patrcks Day green
Lccr was sold Some one tcleyhoned the
New-York tribune., 1912-03-31
TOO DEEP.

Joseph E. Widener was showing group
OF visitors his fathers picture gallery at
Lynnewood Hall. the Wldener residence Ok
white marble near Philadelphia.
The talk turned to forged Raphaels, and
Mr.. Widener said:
There is an American who bought A
Raphael In Rome some years ago. The
Italian law prohibits the expectation ot
masterpieces, and the American had the
happy idea of getting the Raphael painted
over. This was accordingly done The
rare old painting reached New York in the
guise of a modern snow scene.
Then a restorer, under the watchful
owners eye set to work on it, With
sponge dipped in turpentine he proceeded
20 sponge the snow scene off He spong"d
it off readily, but he sponged bit "t the
Raphael of. too-and, behold, underneath
the Raphael a portrait OF Maroon was re-
yeaIeJ
New-York tribune., 1912-03-31

BROOKLYN. 44i5: queens, $50, and Richmond'
2so The number OF inspectors required I"
| inspect them properly would be thirty
/ eight II can readily be seen that the
present total of thirty inspectors Tor me
whole city. exclusive of milk, cannot do
what the Health Commissioner would like
to see Gone-havc thorough supervision
Of all the food channels in the city.
! Isn't 100000 pounds of bad foodstuffs
proof that there Is great quantity of bad
stuff for sale in the city, Dr. Mcmillan
was asked by his interviewer.
when you consider how much goes stom-
achward each day OF the year said the
head of the food division, 1T really is not
such an appalling figure. Think Of the tons
of foodstuffs New Workers consume every
twenty-four hours. Five million persons
can make an awful hole in the food supply
in that length of time.
no. | believe food conditions are much
better than they were We keep too sharp
a lookout now. even though We have such
an Inadequate force
No other CITY department has the queer
mail matter that goes to the Department
of Health. A great deal OF IT is about
foodstuffs. Shortly after Christmas let
ter from a man on the West Side was
received complaining Of his spoiled Christ
mas dinner He had bought to use his own
expression, rotten" goose. It was prob
ably one that the food inspectors missed,
/ for they condemned rotten" geese. tur-
keys. chickens and ducks by the hundreds
They were on the lookout. The mans
tip" however, led to the apprehension
OF other bad foodstuffs at the same shop
where he purchased the rotten goose.
But his dnner-of course, It was spoiled,
and he'll not be able TO celebrate again
until next Christmas.
There was a complaint from an irate
father not long ago about bad hot dogs
which were being sold in his neighborhood
lie lived on the East Side uptown. He
said one Of his youngsters had the not
dog" habit. lie ate half a dozen OF the
delicate things every day and finally be-
came ill., The father gave the address OF
the placc where the dogs" were pur-
chased and hoped the food inspectors
would pull" it. The matter was investi-
gated. but in that specific instance the
frankfurters were not to blame-it was the
boy. lie ate more than he could get away
with.
4 few days ago a woman came to the
Scpartmcnt Offices with a pickle. big
Juicy. round pickle II made your mouth
water to look IT it. She said It was
bought at q place where she had secured
others which had. in turn made the chill
dren Of her family ILL., She desired al
analysis to be made on the spot. The
/ pickle. she believed, was reekinS with
! germs.
! After keeping a bottle Of milk week
/ woman took it To tho department to have
the dealer prosecuted for selling it. The
/ milk was probably bad, hut she had kept
it to make il worse If the complaint q
/ made, accompanied by an address of the
person complained Of the food inspectors
will get on the Job at once
cruel tricks which raise the ire Of the
New-York tribune., 1912-03-31
CONDEMNED FRUIT AND V6Gt =
TABLES BEING REMOVED BY
CITY OFFAL WAGON.

Q fact to the department. An inspector found
the green beer. He sampled it and saw
the bartender placing something IN another
glass about to be put on the counter. II
proved to be a vegetable compound which
he was placing in the amber fluid. II
wasn't harmful, but the inspector stopped
il because it looked bad.
During the summer months the soft
drinks vendors are kept under close sur
yeillance TO see that acid Is not used In
place OF lemon. or saccharne instead OF
sugar Also that the ice cream bricks and
sandwiches that are peddled so extensively
on the East side are what they should be
Candies sold on the streets must be kept
covered up TO protect them from flies and
dirt. SO must meat and other foodstufrs.
Section IS Of the Sanitary Code, which
covers this, reads as follows:
No breadstuffs, cake. pastry. sliced fresh
fruits, dri' OF preserved fruits, candles or
. confectionery. or other perishable food
products. except those that are peeled
pared or cooked before consumption. shall
be kept. sold or offered for sale or dis
played outside Of any premises s,res IN or tine euh Gy
place. unless Il ey he kept so covered thai
they shall be protected from dust, dirt and
flies and other contamination.
Section 10 covers the sale Of meat, and is
in part as follows:
The body of any animal or any part
thereof which is to be used as human
food shall not be carted or carried through
the strets or avenues, unless II pe so GOV,
. cred as to protect IL from dust or dirt; ana
no meat shall be hung or exposed FOR sale
in any street or outside any shop or store,
. or hung in the open windows or door"ays
thereof in the city Of New York.
/ According to DR.. Mcmillan, there are LiSt
retail bakeries I'm Manhattan ana Inc
Bronx 1859 I'm Brooklyn. ll6 IN Queens and
New-York tribune., 1912-03-31

AS can be seen from the figures IN the
preceding table. fruit is the largest single
item on the list of Condemnations, with
vegetables second.
Fruit and vegetables are perishable,
said Or. Mcmillan. discussing the work ot
his department. we always keep sharp
. lookout for bad fruit. A great deal Of such
is often found on the pushcarts or on the
stands in the crowded sections of the city.
and il is seized wherever il - noticed by
the inspectors.
"Of course, large quantities come in on
ocean-going vessels. When that is the case
the fruit is piled up on the decks Of the
vessels. and on their return trips from
this port they get rid of the bad fruit or
vegetables al sea. That saves the labor Of
disposing OF II at the dump heap
When asked If one reason why so much
vegetable matter hoaied up on the beaches
in this part OF the country was lot due TO
the dumping at sea Of such cargOes, DR.
Mcmillan said:
NO that would he impossible The bad
stun is taken TOO far out 10 be brought in
on the currents
'Who are the hardest people to deal with
in inspecting?'
We'll, about the hardest TO catch" said
the doctor. are the pushcart offenders. We
used 10 serve summonses on them TO ap-
pear in court II didn't work very wei.
Now we call policeman and arrest them
on the spot. 1t is the only effective way Of
catching them.
Il have seen It when it seemed as if the
earth had swallowed up the hundreds Of
pushcart men we were in search Of Where
they went TO we never knew. But they dis
appeared completely. We would start out
10 inspect the carts and the tip would be
handed along by the pushcart men. Before
we could get at any number OF them they
had flown. Search could not reveal them
"Pushcart pedlcrs are prone to buy up
cheap fruit; sometimes il is cheap because
II is frozen, or IL may have been water
soaked in a fire. We get after such carts as
New-York tribune., 1912-03-31
CONDEMNED BA-
NANAS WITH METHYLENE BLUE.

best We can l think the results show we
manage to confscate a lot Of il,
The hungry dump heap IS on one Of the
piers near the Fulton Market. Most Of the
condemned stuff is carried out to sea. The
fish in these parts should never go hungry
while the food inspectors are busy. Such
seizures as Gags, however, are taken TO
Barren Island, as are other articles of diet
which. if not III to eat, can be made profit
able by turning them into fertilizer Canned
goods find a watery grave and thousands
OF cans Of corn, tomatoes beans. peas and
every other imaginable canned food staple
have been stored in Davy Jones's locker.
tn to last year canned goods, when
seized, were returned to the wholesale deal
ers, but commissioner Lederle changed his
tactics when he found ont that some con
demned goods were taken out of their old
cans. stewed over again and placed In new
ones and paid another visit TO store shelves
The Gamers set up howl, the wholesale e
merchants set MP another howl and the re-
taileTs came in for a still louder wall,
There was one reason for il all If on IN
spection "A retailer was made aware that
he had some bad goods on his shelves
swelled--he took them down and sent them
back TO the wholesaler from whom he had
purchased them. The wholesale merchant
in turn sent them on to the Gamer That
wasn't an exchange of cOurtesies: il was
an exchange for rebates Rebates, as can
he seen by the l,259.365 pounds Of canned
goods destroyed in 1911, amounted to some
thing.
Down came the mailed fist Of the Health
Commissioner, however He intended put
ting a stop 10 the practice Of returning
canned goods when found defective Wagon
load after wagon load of the swelled goods
found its way 10 the dump heap and 10
the bottom OF the deep blue sea. Commit
tees Of Gamers. wholesalers and retailers
all waited on the Health Commissioner and
had their say He heard them several
times and told them If they could advance
any argument which would show that II
was best from sanitary standpoint to re-
turn the spoiled goods he would like to
hear It.
If they did It was not strong enough to
thwart the plan Of the Commissioner to re-
turn no canned goods when condemned, for
that is the policy still, and there seems 10
be no chance that il Will be changed.
Commissioner Lederle does not believe
the average New Yorker knows much about
the work being done I'm his city for the
enforcing OF the pure food and drug law.
Il would be the last person 10 wish TO
withhold the smallest degree OF credit TO
the splendid work Of the federal authori-
ties" said the Health Commissioner, but
1t also seems to me important, for two
Taa hot ubn be
fully credited with its own accomplish
ments in the protection OF its food supply.
In the glow Of Wholesome and effective
popularity which surrounds thr enforce
ment Of the federal pure food law We are
New-York tribune., 1912-03-31
INSPECTION OF VEGETABLES ON PUSH CAS-
They Destroyed 100000
Pounds Of Spoiled Edibles
Last Year - Lederle
Wants Their Mum.
Der Multiplied.

rs this the day of pure food" Verify.
that question may the New Yorker
Il ask him self when nc realizes that last
wear 100000 pounds OF foodstuf was
taken out of the mouth of the city because
4, was unfit for consumption. I'm his zeal
10 know what the pure food people in the
federal government were doing he did not
think that right here In his own small town
Of 100000 inhabitants there we're number
Of men at work daily TO prevent Rad food
from reaching the cty's stomach.
The supervision of the citys food supply
naturally comes under the jurisdiction Of
the Department of Health If there is one
thing more than any other that the present
Health Commissioner Ernst J. Lcderle
wants to do # is TO give the city good
food supply. which includes a good milk
supply. for that is by far one of the greatest
of food staples. How far he has succeed
Cd can be ascertained by looking at the size
o: his force of food inspectors. There are
only thirty such. under the direction of DR..
Marion Mcmillan. assistant sanitary super
intendcnt and Dr.. Mcmillan. like Commits
sioner Lederlc, believes in doing things.
TO get a concrete idea Of the difficulties
of food inspection i'm this city it would be
wen to glance at the true state of things.
In the five boroughs OF the ercater
city there are 2l,GeS retail and 5,Sa
wholesale establishments TO inspect
properly all these il is the opinion OF Dr.
Mcmillan that there should be 2o3 food in
spectors, whereas there are only thirty
Time and again in the last few years the
city fathers have been asked to grant the
necessary funds 10 augment the force TO
the needed extent. but to no avail II
would cost s2fl0O0 to do 50, but they can't
see II that way.
Again, il is well to get down to concrete
statistics In the year 1911, which was one
of the greatest in the history OF the de
partment I'm food condemnations, as well
as in other ways, 1312l COS pounds of fruit.
vegetables canned goods. confectionery.
groceries eggs, fish and miscellaneous
food staples went TO the dump heap. Never
in its lifetime did that heap have such
feeding. But, added TO that was something
else. During the same months 9OS63G
pounds of beef veal. sheep, hogs, assorted
meats, poultry and game had the same
fate.
How near IL comes TO the stomach Of
the city consumer is shown In the matter
of the destruction of eggs. The inspectors
condemned and destr yed 727S pounds of
eggs II made into one gigantic omelette
bgp 90 New Workers could readily have par
ticpated, and been we'll fed at that. There
was 5o1 ,5s3 pounds Of beef sent to the same
hear. or enough To provide a meal for
$4,000 persons
Here are some Of tho largest condemna-
tons:
New-York tribune., 1912-03-31

Queens Hail After the performance SV'
vcnson In his black shirt walked ln silen,0
out Regent street to oxford Circus ~
stopped at oxford Circus and. IN a SLOW
meditativc voice. pronounced this eNcehe".
criticism on the English musician he ha'
heard:
THE manner of the elderly statesman d.
the piano was somewhat a2stere and ehih'
Ing. -
New-York tribune., 1912-03-31
BRITISH MUSIC.

The English are not very musical NA'
ter Damrosch. the conductor. admitted AZ .
dinner i'm New York. The English are
little too cold, too self-conscioua. TO pro-
duce a Chopin or a Rimsky- y-korsdhov
Robert Louis Stevenson once went TO
hear Charles Halle play the piano AT the
New-York tribune., 1912-03-31

10 In Ricdmonu. II would require the
services OF tea inspectors alone 10 civ"
proper attention 10 them and To see that
the provisions If the Sanitary code arc
carried out. There Al, 3,jU retail butcher
shops in Manhdttdn and The BrlnH 2.0l9 H.
Brooklyn, }-i In Queens and s. In Richmond
and twenty Inspector are needed To lool,
after them The retail groceries are as
follows. Manhattan and The Bronx, 6,lt9,
New-York tribune., 1912-03-31

health officials are often come across. Some
of them favor jail ds a punishment II the
offenders could be caught Some weeks
ago bottle of milk was brought In by a
man. When 1t was opened IL contained a
frog The milk was pasteurizcd milk, No
frog could ever have gone through the
process OF raStourization The lid of the
hotii, had hC,n opened ana Tho frog in
serted somewhere in the journey ~ New
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-12
A Crusher For Conklinq.

Roscoe Conkling was capital boxer
and quite proud of his skill One even
ing after considerable banter he in
duced Senator Chandler to put on the
gloves" with him. He played with
Chandler for few rounds. much to
the discontinue of the latter. Chan
der bided his time and some time
later quietly brought a professional
pugilist to dinner where Conkling was
guest. In the course of the evening
Mr.. Smith" was induced TO engage in
a boxing bout with Mr. Conkling The
professional danced around the sena-
tor, landing when and where he wish
I'd. playing with him as he would with
punching bag. The elegant New
York senator was dazed. overwhelmed
Inundated. crushed. When he surren-
dered and called enough. as he did at
last. Senator Chandler smiled blandly
and presented the pugilst in his true
colors.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-12
News From Surrounding Towns
CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Dec. 10
IN Wabash, the guest of F. J. Brewer
and other relatives.
Mrs. Charles Riggin has returned to
Indianapolis, accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. K p Diffenderfer
William E. Jenkins, of the State
University, will deliver an address up
on the subject Of "Woman's suffrage
at the High School Building in Rich
mond at eight o'clock, Friday evening.
An invitation is extended to all mem
bers Of the Western Wayne Franchise
League There will be no admission.
Rev. J. E. Coffin was in New Castle
Tuesday in attendance at the District
ministerial meeting.
Mrs. B. F. Griffin has returned from
Portland after a few days spent with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Beard
Mrs, w. II. Doney Is spending few
days in Indianapolis with her daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Glen Scott and Miss Helen
Doney.
Miss Carlyle Diffenderfer has return
ed after few days spent with friends
III MARION.
F. J. Scudder spent Wednesday in
indianapolis.
Mrs. Mary Butler has returned after
visit with relatives in indianapolis
and Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sherry and sons,
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cain, of Ha-
gerstown attended the concert given
Tuesday evening at the Methodist
church.
Mrs. Sarah Stombaugh, Mrs. John
Vickery, Mrs Charles briggs, Mrs.
Elizabeth Locke, Mrs. John Cornell, of
this city, Mrs. Hugh Compton and Mrs.
Eliza Mitchell of Germantown, went
to Richmond today to attend the dis
trict meeting Of the Woman's Relief
Corps.
Mrs. Stella Jenkins has returned af-
ter visit Of several days with her I'M
Gle, A. B. Mendenhall of indianapolis.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-12
Apes and Boards,

Almost all apes have boards. Oar
win says that gorillas. chimpanzees
and orang outangs have also stiff and
bristly hairs upon their upper lips, re-
sembling cats whiskers. The boards
Of apes possess remarkable resem-
blance to those of men in being al
most invariably lighter in color than
the hair Of the head. In apes the chin
growth is most frequently yellow or
red, becoming white in age. 1t is
common to both sexes. although more
strongly developed in the male. Apes
and monkeys also have eyebrows as
we'll. which do not grow thickly to-
gether as in human beings. but are
scattered through the hair. covering
the part of the face which would be
called the forehead in man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-12

had an old fashioned gallantry in
speaking to ladies. and every time he
saw the wife of his friend he compli-
mellted her most extravagantly on her
voice. When Jenny Lind came to
Washington Daniel Webster was, of
course, among the audience. He had
come in rather late from champagne
party and after each song of Jenny
Lind's applauded most vociferously.
Finally, rising to the pinnacle of en-
thusiasm, he stood up in the crowded
hall and made one of his most gallant
bows to the great singer. Then. catch
ing sight Of the lady whose voice he
also admired, he turned to her. away
from Jenny Lind, and made still low
er bow amid the laughter and applause
of the audience.