The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-26
CAPE LEADS IN
Pure FOOD OF
SOUTHEAST MO.
Inspector Says Merchant and
Housewife Cooperate For
Food Sanitation.
CIVIC LEAGUE CLEANS
OUT CARUTHERSVILLE
State Commissioner Attends In
vestigation Into Shops
There.

Sanitation in food establishments of
all kinds throughout Southeast Mis-
souri, has been improved wonderfully
in the last few months, was the decla-
ration last night Of G. B. Cook, of
Fredericktowr, Deputy State Pure
Food Commissioner, who was in the
Cape to make a few inspections here
yesterday.
The Cape leads the Southeast Mis-
souri, district in cleanliness of its gro
ceries, meat markets, candy shops,
restaurants, ice cream parlOrs and ba-
keries, he said.
"Mcrchants who deal with food sup
plies for retail and wholesale distribu-
ton are becoming more cOnversant
with the State laws governing the care
that should be given its handling and
they are cooperating with the depart
ment in seeing that the law is OBJ
served.
~ are food has become 4 slogan all
over the state and it has spread rapid
ly in Southeast Missouri. Women in
many of the towns that | visit have
taken up the matter to see that their
food establishments are operated in a
sanitary manner.
"The cleanliness of food is some
thing that is vitality important to every
individual member of the community
and that fact is brought home by
many object lessons furnished the peo-
pie by the medical scientists.
Business men have realized that it
means better business for them to have
shop that complies with the law and
satisfies the demands of their intelli-
gent customers"
Mr.. Cook was in the Cape several
weeks ago when he made thorough
! inspection of all the food establish
ments here His report to Pure Food
Commissioner Fricke, of St. Louis, at
that time, was that the Cape was in
first-class condition. Many of the
sbons here made grades of 100 per
| cent
He inspected more than fifty estab-
lishments at that time and the work
occupied a weeks time. In making his
rounds, MIR. Cook left instructions with
few of the proprietors to have a
few minor corrections made in the ar
rangements of their places.
Following that trip, he returned and
last night indicated that his requests
have been complied with, placing the
Cape on the map as one of the clean
est towns in the State with reference
to food sanitation.
Mr.. Cook arrived in the Cape at
noon yesterday on his way home from
Charlottesville, where he Just COM
pleted his final report on that town
after a weeks work inspecting and in
Yvestigating the condition of the food
shops there.
He inspected four downtown estab-
lishments here yesterday and last
night said each of them scored high
mark. These marks will be forwarded
to the State Pure Food Commissioner
in December when he makes his an
nual report for this district,
In Caruthersville, Mr. Cook said he
found the sanitation conditions i'm
proved to a great extent through the
efforts of the Civic League which ha!
been urging a cleanup campaign
there. Charlottesville still has room
for improvement, he declared, and thu
: merchants are working with the Civft
League and the Pure Food Depart
. ment to bring about that Improvement
Mr.. Cook said.
After Cook had made his own in
spection of the towns food shops il
Caruther.ville, at the request of tn,
= members of the Civic League an,
many of the merchants themselves, h
t summoned Commissioner Fricke to p
4 there and view the situation himself.
Fricke was down there this las
= week and consulted with the busines
: men concerning the completion of thei
cleanup campaign.