New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-28
Noor ohine Still Before Destruction

butter that already contained per cent
more water than was legal. He added GER
tain chemicals-which every druggist knows
will cause fat to absorb A vast amount
OF water--aud "reworked" the butter at
certain temperature in water and milk
by careful manipulation he induced the
butte 10 take on - per cent of its weight
in water and then put II on the market
The fraud was not discovered until inc
shifty dealer had disposed OF most OF his
renovated wares Then several OF our IN
spectors secured sample, sent II 10 the
laboratory here for analysis, received our
report and arrested the dealer. His niue
trick cost him $1,000 in penalties.
III more than 1879 per cent or water
found i'm butter It is legally known as
.adultcratcd butter and. to escape punish
ment the maker or dealer must laoeI tne
butter as such and pay tax OK ~ cents
pound upon it. II people wish to purchase
IL. then. OF course. there Is no wa! 10 P'e'
vent them from doing so. In one Case
while ago the percentage Of water N ,he
butter seized for examination ran as h'sn
as g. per cent OF its gross weight
seemed serious question as 10 wnethei
the mass should be labelled 'adulteFa'eo
hutter' or 'adulterated water.
The laws regarding the MAKING ol !"
bacco products are SO well enforced tha'
few violations have been reported III d '0Ho
,,,na The inspcctors. however, are always
On the alert. and from time TO time niho'
ofrenders are caught The same may Oe
said of the Illicit manufacture OF pid!'ns
all of them are made IN lew ial &c os'eO
hshm,n ts, where the operations are a"1'
control. only a few attempts are in"ue
nut cards on the market Wi'ho1t Ia!As
, the revenue tax of two cents pacN'
,ra however. some unusual forms OF eaiu'
submitted 10 the law division of the oures'
for opinions as to their taNaoil'!'
TEMPERANCE PLAYING CARDS.
4 number of months ago telnperan's
enthusiast submitted a sample OF paen
cards he wished to put upon the Ma,
ON each card was inscribed a doSseie' "
CRYING the use OF liquor ana u'Po"ne
terrible effects of imbibng. the NaiN
kinds of LIQUORS were taken up anu -
with in turn one about rum ran as toI''""
OIL DEMON RUN!
To destruction you II come
II YOU tamper with rum .,.
II will damn you forever, my "'e'
It's a poison COMPOUND
The devil has found, Il, -t
And'n get you. old boy, ID INC e'1 ,-f
The insdious importation of OPIUM 70 On
OF the most difficult violations oil Id" "A
which the Internal Revenue Burea" no ~
deal The lengths to which the Wv" 80,
the opium habit will go to sa''sis a..
craving is exemplihed by the man. "A
tempts TO import clandestiney' a"e
avoid the prohibition upon 1t. IN So IL,
safe I'm the Treasury Department
almost as though II were pure so"'
collection OF thousands OF dollars w.. ne
the drug that has been seizeu III into
culiar boxes in which 1t Is sIhuse
the country TO be smoked. ,v ot.
Prepared opium is of the cohs's'.s arx
thick molasses. or heavy tar anu .ores
brown In color, like the former ord
I'm tin boxes weighing about po. 'oush
Is SO expensive in this country '''"' a,
for "a pipe" smeared on the paw ,h,s
MIA wing card. costs 80 cents. E.en "A
small quantity of the poison Is suhi0 sn.ln
put the victim to bailding ca'"|
and mansions in Fifth avenue ,,.,,.l
The greater bulk OF the OPIUM ar,s su-
into the country gets by the 'us ,s. =, tho
thorities as a compound of the Ju's. ..Isn,
poppy, TO be used for medicinal ., ,,ouuds
the purposes" Many OF these CONAN ooIuu,
so closely resemble that used 10. .iup.
smol,Ing that they require only ven INTO
,,n ohan,,ca, treatment to change them ' me
the pine" sort The real weakness y, ~ Al.
onium law. is to be found. many ~ no
,hority claim, in the fact that there s ~
means, at present provided by which W.. .rvsc.i
once mast the custom houses may %
and is final disposition ascertaineo
""' Topyrisht, 1912. by csrOlya C'''"