The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-21
Furnishes VIOLATION
OF PURE FOOD LAW
Uncle Sam Has Not Abated
Enforcement of
Statutes.
FIGHTS THE FOOD EVILS
DIR. Wiley's Successor Does
Not Abate Protection of
Public.
FIGHTS THE FOOD EVILS
By SIDNEY ESPEY.

WASHINGTON, 90 21-The pure
food law, which is linked with the
name of DR.. Harvey w Wiley in the
public mind, just as the cherry tree
ID connected with the name of George
washington, has faded from the lime
light since DR.. Wiley stepped from
public to private life, but recent bull
letins issued by the department Of ag-
rlculture reveal that the enforcement
or the pure food law has not abated
one whit.
DR.. Carl Alsberg, who already is
known nationally as the successor of
DIR. Wiley as chief of the bureau of
chemistry of the department Of agri-
culture, is enforcing the pure food law
and seeing to it that viOlatOrs of the
law are punished, but his activities
have not gained more than small
traction of the publicity that was
given DR. Wiley and an erroneous i'm
preston has spread that the pure food
law has become in a sense a thing Of
the past"
Enforce Law.
On the contrary, enforcement of the
law Is going merrily along ana adulter-
atOrs of food and false labelers of food
containers are learning that Uncle
odul uOeS hot luleHu 10 permit tOOu
evils to continue. Bulletins issued by
the department of agriculture show
that almost every day some violator
of the pure food law is punished The
violators are prosecuted throughout
the nation but reports of all cases are
made to the department of agriculture.
few days ago David and Solomon
katZenstein, doing business under the
firm name of Star Extract Works, New
York city, were fined $50 for shipping
macaroni color adulterated with ar
senic, the product was alleged to have
been adulterated because arsenic was
added as a poisonous and deleterious
ingredient which might render the
macaroni color injurious to the health
of the consumer.
Get SIS oFine.
Another $50 fine was imposed upon
the Philadelphia Picking company of
Balleplain, n. j., for shipping into
Pennsylvania quantity of tomato
pulp alleged to have been adulterated
because it consisted of a filthy, de-
composed and putrid vegetable sub
stance, that is to say tomatoes con-
tanning yeasts, spores, bacteria and
molds."
A label bearing the picture of a
VI NdISI lON lIlS ii Olu a lulillcl,
described as the Famous Sunday
Spring Tunnel, Ellenville, n. V" help
ed to bring a $50 fine against the Sun
Ray Water company. The company
was alleged to have shipped into Penn
sylvania a quantity of water bearing a
label which indicated that it consisted
wholly of natural spring water. where
as it consisted of water artificially car
donated, to which had been added so
dunn Chord, sodium bicarbOnate and
carbon dioxid. This product was ad-
Judged misbranded.
The William A. Webster company
of Memphis, Tenn, was also fined
The company was accused of mis-,
branding lemon extract because the
product was labeled Pure Concen-
trated Extract of Lemon" whereas it
was an extract of lemon artificiallv
colored with a coal tar dye conceal
ing inferiority. Adulteration was also
alleged in banana extract labeled
pure Concentrated Extract of Ba
mana" because analysis showed that
an imitation banana flavor, artificially
colored, had been used. The company
was also accused of misbranding and
adulteration because quantities OF
strawberry and pineapple extract were
labeled pure" whereas it was alleged
that in both cases an imitation extract
had been artificially colored and mixed
with the products.