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Show BRING YOUR I GOODS FOR I A TEST H 'fialt Laftb, Feb. 2. The farmers H who patronize some of tte mall order H IrpuBcs -which sell direct to tho con- H enmer, not only reccivo inferior prod- H t nets, but pay a doublo price for somo H of their' foodstuffs, besides being in- H daccd to buy a. quantity sufficient to H last them a lifetime, was the genoral Hj opinion of tho Pure Food- "bureau after H investigating particular cases yostor- H day afternoon at a meeting held in H the office of WHlard Hansen, jr., state H dairy and food commissioner. H A representative of one of these H houses appeared at the mooting and H endeavored to show causo why he H should not bo prosecuted for violating H the state dairy and food laws. His H showing failed to satisfy tho bureau H and a complaint will be filed against H his company by Commissioner Hansen H According to the findings of the H members of the bureau, inferior prod- H ucls.y bearing misleading labels, that H are condemned on tho retail markets, H are pushed off on the farming com- H munities on the mall order plan. By H the showing of a first-class sample, H orders are secured under the pretenso H that an examination will bo allowed H boforo goods are accepted, it is said. H A sight draCt, howevor, accompanies H the shipment and as a result tho vie- Hl tim pays for his goods boforo loarn- H lag that they aro "hot up to rcprescn- H tatlon. H Members, of tho bureau claim that a H comparison of tho bills of tho mail or- 1 ' der houses with the prices that would H be charged In tho average community H shows that the buyer pays from 50 M to 100 per cent more for his goods than would bo charged by tho retailer In his community. In many Instances, they say, tho buyor has b,cen Induced to buy quantities quan-tities of articles, thnt would bo Enough to supply tho community, citing Instances In-stances whero tho agpnt of the mall order house or wtiolosnlq company has sprtl 'to ono customer f two pounds of 'celery salt, one pound ;of nlmond ox-tract ox-tract and liko quantities of articles usod In very Bmall quantities. Other companlos engaged in soiling dlroct to tho consumer will bo subject to tho Investigation of the bureau, and prosecution against thoso violating tho stato laws aro likely to follow. If any ono In Ogdon receiving goods from mall order houses, or oven tho local grocory stores, is In doubt as to tho quality of the goods and will bring tholr purchases to this office of-fice tho Standard will hnvo a test made to dotormlno tho quality of the goods. Ed. |