The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

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they appealed to the higher courts
This gives some idea of how profitable
1t must be for manufacturers to adul
terate food. The adultaration and
preservation Of food by chemicals no,
only was against the best interests OF
the public. but it made it almost i'm
possible for the honest manufacture,
to do an honest business.
Must Show Net Weight.
Another mode of deception was te
make containers short weight; for in
stance, what was supposed to be a
four-ounce box of spice usually con
tanned but 3h ounces. Now the con
tainer must show on the label It's net
weight. The law even goes a ster
further In regard to lard in requiring
that 1t shall be sold in even pound con
tainers. The packers, rather than com
ply with this law, will not sell lard in
oven pound pals in North Dakota
though they put up lard in even pounc
pals for some eastern jobbers.
The drug enforcement work under
The drug law makes 1t necessary thai
drugs shall be up to standard: if not
hey are regarded As adulterated. Falls,
labelling is prohibited 1t can not be
An imitation Of an article, nor bear
statement or design which shall de
ceive or tend to deceive II any drua
contains any Of the following, the labe
must give it and also give the amount
alcohol, morphine. opium, heroin, al
pha or beta eucaine, chloroform, can
aabis indica. chloral hydrate, bromne
Iodine, acetanilid or croton oil, or any
deriyative or preparation OF any suct
substances. Cocaine cannot be sold
nor can wood alcohol be used. II wa,
common practice, for instance. tt
sell formaldehyde that was one,half tt
two-thirds strength. and when a pound
was called for it was apt to be shOr,
weight. The result was that when 6
farmer would treat his seed grain fr
smut or the potatoes for scab, accord
Ing to the formula worked out by Pro
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not killed, as 1t would not be strons
enough. The department had to ell
force the law requiring q standard
strength. As soon as this was done
the farmers secured the desired re
suits. This resulted in a rapid In,
crease in the use OF formaldehyde
When 1t was being adulterated the
sale was being decreased.
Paint Must es Real.
Paint 10 another product that can
be readily adulterated N. D. Expert |
ment Station Bulletin No. 81 gave the |
analysis Of q number of paints that
we're sold In the state. Many of these
paints contained but little real paint
material. The purchaser had no way
Of knowing whether the paint was res!
paint or not. Some Of the paints were
worse than no paint as far as protect |
Ing the wood was concerned, and Oft
entimes the stun left such surface
that it was almost impossible to re
paint before It was removed
A Law was passed that requires the
label to state what the paint contains,
The enforcement Of this law was also
placed In the Experiment Station, OF
which President Worst was then d.
rector. He appointed DR.. Ladd pure
paint commissioner. This law was
fought by the paint men; first, in the
United States district court, and when
they failed there they carrisd it to
the United States supreme court, and
again President Worst and DR.. Ladd
won out for the state. The paint men
though beaten. were so much i'm
pressed with Dr. Ladd's knowledge OF
paint and what paint should do thai
they raised Q fund and turned II ovei
to him to use in making paint IN
sestigations. The investigation was
started A good many pieces OF dif
ferent woods and with different ex
posures were put up on the campus
These were painted with different
kinds OF paints and paint mixtures
and careful observations made anc
photographs taken to show how These
Daints protected ths wood. how dur
able they were. and other facts impor
tant b pa1at.
The beverages ssld In North Dskoss
vers quite excessively adulterated-
The bevssA0s nv vas passed and its
eaeorceneae IN = Dr. LAdd. Ins i
Seovisions - sAak The containers