The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-01-06
WASHINGTON NOTES
Especial Correspondence
Foreign Spuds Must be Kept Out.

Washington, d. c., January 6.-Sen-
ator Brady and other members of the
Idaho delegation have been advised by
the secretary of agriculture that the
quarantine against the importation to
the United States of potatoes from
certain foreign countries will be OBJ
served, and the quarantine made eff
fective against shipments from the
Dominion of Canada, New Foundland,
Great Britain, Ireland, Continental
Europe; and other foreign countries
where the potato diseases are prevail
ent.
The action of the department is
most gratifying to the potato growers
of the country, who have become
alarmed at the spread of potato dis
eases which have been traced to i'm
ported potatoes, and who had appeal
ed to the senators and representatives
to protest against raising the quaran-
tine. Senator Brady was the spokes-
man at the hearing for the Idaho dele
cation.
Emmett Boy to West Point.
Congressman Smith of Idaho, has
appointed Howard Whipple Steward of
Emmett, Idaho, principal cadet to the
| United States Military Academy at
West Point, for which the examina-
ton will be held on the third Tuesday
in March, 1914.
| Mr.. Steward, who is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Steward of Emmett, is a
special student at the army and navy
preparatory school in Washington, d.
c., making preparations for the test.
Artificial Milk the Latest.
The latest product of the artificial
| food laboratory is a brand of Cow
less" milk, which, it is now discovered,
| has been for some weeks sold to a
large number of Indianapolis people
as the real bovine article. Inspectors
of that city have just proved this by
noting that the cream settled at the
! bottom of the bottles instead of rising
to the top, and on analysis it was
| found that this milk was manufac-
tured by mixing a powder with water
and adding a sufficient quantity of
cream to yield the proper percentage
OF butter fat 1t would appear that
technically this is as wholesome as the
real cows milk but nevertheless a
fraud is practiced when it is sold with
out being disclosed in it's true char
,acter This case is analogous to that
of oleomargarine, the makers of which
originally sold it as butter and OBJ
tanned for it butter prices. 1t is now
under the laws of the United States
and most of the states required to be
so prepared and marked as to be iden-
titled Enthusiastically as imitation but
ter. This the authorities of Indiana
polls are now requiring in the case of
artificial or manufactured milk Every
consumer has a right to know that
exact character of the product for
which he is paying. 1t is altogether
/ probable that the artificial milk costs
less to make than cows milk and yet
there is no reason to believe that the
! consumers were charged less prices
on their bills. They thought they were
{ getting cows milk and that they were
! paying for it. Now when they get man
ufactured milk they will have right
to demand an accounting This expert
ence in Indianapolis suggests that if
any Idahoans find conditions in their
milk bottles reversed, with a settle
ment of cream at the bottom, they
should Immediately notify the state
| food commissioner and have the COM
modify examined to determine wheth-
er this practice is in vogue in Idaho.