The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-02

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Give Bureau
D INSPECTOR IRIS
.FIrs J. Haskin. Sss n n n
stain which Is Il most serious o.
penftsn Harry lTlls r such n charge
thirteen egg men we're recently hailed
into a Sew Jersey court
| "A case OF vastly more importance
has iustabeen brought to q successful
termination by the pure food detec-i
4tires operating ia New York CT ty.
resulted in the hing of q great
scandal In caffse circles aud In Fees-3
.tablishinE that trade on new basis.
Coffee is sold on grades estab lishea
by the New. y ork dealers. One grade
for Instance. IS known as Bogota and
lis is orth 4 IA cents q pound moro than
5a Kindred grade known as Caracas
The East indian coffees are still more
valuable For this reason the pure
food men watch coffee, rticularly
that nferipT. grad essnay not be reT-H
resented as Mochas and II aras an q.
other far-eastern products These
latter varieties have peculiarities4
that they q cfuirs in making long
strips in the holds OF ships. TIL
moisture. and heat there encounteral]
give them certain appearances by
which they are judged Dishonest
dealers have been known to store
cheaper coffees and produce the de-
tFnf
holds. and maintain them for IN ntlls1
10 give their product the East IN
dian appearance. VI
The pure food INSPECTORS werel
hunting for such violations AS these
when they stumbled ontoSone entire
~ different. They were examining ~
warehouse to see that he coffeesl
from the vest we're not sWeated, sS
when a look at the books turned I'D
another fraud. There was the rec
ord OF = receipt from q broker of an;
order to sack the coffee IN q bin,
graded Caracas. IN ba gs marked Boz
gotta. This had been done. These
nlisbranded bags were even then on
the way TO Milwaukee. The love-.
grade had been sold as though IS!
was the higher. The case of mis-:
branding was clear. An Investigate ION
showed thataone of the most Import,
ant coffee dealers In New York had
tconspired with q coffee broker to SUBJ
nit one grade for the other. Not;
only was there a yiolati on Of the pure,
food law, but there was conspiracy
i The latter charge being the more
serious. the government proceeded,
3 on III. The Shipment was seized att
Buffalo. The broker and dealer
were arrested hey were convicted
| of conspiracy- ned IS 10 90 each. de-
.priyed Of tn cir citizenship. expelled
from heir clubs. The whole coffee
4 trade was III Ill ken Hi and new and
honest conditions have resulted.
The pure food inspectors are
taking special pain to- guard the in-s
5te gritty or the United States I'M the
I trade that is resulting from the
present war "a Ilnerican ~ grains. for
instance are roine- n, $ F,urope III
great 5n1lanfit ties. 81 81 y he federal alf-
Il thnrities 4 Re- Watcflin III tbs shipments
10 ssnreserye Il heir. int agri t.s.sS Baltf-
Il IL m l1e ftifaf sg15f silfpment
and l,.5t l,lri r VI he last
few week y Z Ia ,s5 baer, traced two yioz
1ations N 4 II 5 layg
i OF grains examined in Baltimore
Z q during 4 cartaf 1l period. several ship
lnents we're found that were below
the gta nttiard. IL 0 hap opened tina ali
of hese were from he Sa me elevator
in C,lIicago. 90 sus picion pointed to
that plaIlt. The inspectors examined
tl,s4 ORA ~ ira t7,ra q s,t,i ele-
yator ana found itlsl] 10 l,e Of good
grade Theys eSamin IL Ia /. when
/ IA conf 10 from RI and found that
sits chi, II ana n DISTURB "a
;stt1l furthar IA trlI an Etlla 4, rriyinr
rn,.nfil,cts showed that 5the% elevator,
i EfNas q ~. -reeai wins 1.arloa d OTIS Of
4 IA 70 a,r,f !, nj "a from GER
tain hrav-e,.fa s:s RreWerin "a q.
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ars ~, :,
$780, q - h N 49,